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SYLLABI FOR DOCTORAL COURSES
Swedish title | Cell Cykeln och Apoptos i Cancer |
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English title | Cell Cycle and Apoptosis in Cancer |
Course number | 1590 |
Credits | 1.5 |
Responsible KI department | Institutionen för mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi |
Specific entry requirements | |
Grading | Passed /Not passed |
Established by | The Board of Postgraduate Education |
Established | 2007-08-30 |
Purpose of the course | |
Intended learning outcomes | Understanding of how mutations in genes regulating cell growth and death cause cancer and what approaches to cancer therapy could be developed based on this knowledge. |
Contents of the course | Cell cycle, DNA damage checkpoints and its perturbation in cancer Pro- and anti-apoptototic proteins in cancer and in cancer therapy Oncogene activation as a driving force for cancer development and its targeting for cancer therapy Tumor suppressors as targets for drug development Proteolysis and cancer |
Teaching and learning activities | Lectures, seminars, presentation of papers by students and disucssions wth teachers. |
Compulsory elements | To attend lectures, seminars, discussions and paper presentations. |
Examination | Writing an essay on the topic suggested by teachers. |
Literature and other teaching material | Weinberg, Robert. The Biology of Cancer. Garland Science. ISBN 0-8153-4076-1; ISBN 0-8153-4078-8. | Course responsible |
Galina Selivanova Institutionen för mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi Galina.Selivanova@ki.se |
Contact person |
Galina Selivanova Institutionen för mikrobiologi, tumör- och cellbiologi Galina.Selivanova@ki.se |