GL der Biologie IIA: Zellbiologie

Fundamentals of Biology IIA: Cell Biology

Lecturer(s)

Prof. A. Helenius, Y. Barral, A.W. Brändli, U. Kutay, U. Suter, S. Werner

Hour(s) of lecture(s), exercise(s) and credit points

5L
5CP

Teaching goals

The goal of this course is to provide students with a wide general understanding cell biology. With this material as a foundation, students have enough of a cell biological basis to begin their specialization in fields such as biochemistry, microbiology, pharmacological sciences, molecular biology, and others.

Summary and outline

The focus is animal cells and the development of multicellular organisms with a clear emphasis on the molecular basis of cellular structures and phenomena. The topics include biological membranes, the cytoskeleton, protein sorting, energy metabolism, cell cycle and division, viruses, extracellular matrix, cell signaling, and the development process.

Only some of the lectures will be read in English, the rest will be German!

Literature

The molecular Biology of the Cell, Alberts et al., 4th Edition, 2002.

Principles in Tissue Engineering, Langer et al., 2nd Edition, 2002

Handouts provided during the classes and references therin.