751-6129-00L Practical Course Epigenetics
| Semester | Herbstsemester 2018 |
| Dozierende | S. E. Ulbrich, M. Saenz de Juano Ribes |
| Periodizität | jährlich wiederkehrende Veranstaltung |
| Lehrsprache | Englisch |
Lehrveranstaltungen
| Nummer | Titel | Umfang | Dozierende | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 751-6129-00 P | Practical Course Epigenetics This course contains one week blockcourse and two weeks preparation before the course and wrap-up and reporting afterwards. The block course takes place from 4.-8.2.2019 from 8.00 to18.00 at ETH Zentrum. | 90s Std. |
| S. E. Ulbrich, M. Saenz de Juano Ribes |
Katalogdaten
| Kurzbeschreibung | The practical course will comprise lecture elements on introducing the topic of epigenetics in detail to you and a large amount of practical work where you will be able to perform DNA methylation analyses on your own. We will focus on DNA extraction, the estimation of Global DNA Methylation and Gene-specific Methylation. |
| Lernziel | The competencies and aims for the course are as follows: Get first hands-on experience with the experimental techniques Answer a scientific question by conducting an experiments Present the principle of different techniques to other students Obtain results of an experiment and get insight into what affects technical variation and thus influences reproducibility Interpret results in an adequate manner to solve a scientific question Combine results to draw an adequate conclusion Present an epigenetics research paper |
| Skript | You will receive a draft outline of the week, the slides of the theoretical parts and a detailed protocol of the work we will do in advance of the practical course. |
| Voraussetzungen / Besonderes | For receiving a total of 3 Credit Points for this practical course we kindly ask you to actively take part in the practical performance. You need to pass a 30-min written examination about the theoretical background of the techniques, approaches and the background. In addition, we ask you to present an original research paper together with a colleague. You will receive the paper in advance for preparation. We will ask you to prepare a 30 min presentation with a following discussion. Next to the presentation of your scientific paper you are asked to address questions of the presentations of your colleagues and actively take part in the discussion. Finally, we will ask you to write a lab report to be handed in at the beginning of the spring semester. |
Leistungskontrolle
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Leistungskontrolle als Semesterkurs | |
| ECTS Kreditpunkte | 3 KP |
| Prüfende | S. E. Ulbrich, M. Saenz de Juano Ribes |
| Form | benotete Semesterleistung |
| Prüfungssprache | Englisch |
| Repetition | Repetition nur nach erneuter Belegung der Lerneinheit möglich. |
Lernmaterialien
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| Es werden nur die öffentlichen Lernmaterialien aufgeführt. |
Gruppen
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Einschränkungen
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