ZO614 : Biology of Cancer

Department

Department of Zoology

Academic Program

Master in Evolutionary Biology

Type

Elective

Credits

03

Prerequisite

Overview

v This course aims to introduce students to the mechanisms of cancerous tissue formation.

v Providing the student with the skills and requirements for detecting cancerous tissues and changing the fate of cells, and the ability to distinguish the factors that affect tissue formation and how to control them.

v The ability to prepare a successful research plan to study cancerous tissue in the laboratory

Intended learning outcomes

أ.1

Introducing students to different cancerous tissues

أ.2

The student acquires the skills of extracting and transplanting cancerous tissue and teaching the student to link the growth of the tissue

أ.3

The student acquires the skills of laboratory techniques and research related to the diagnosis of tumors, and teaches the student how to form scientific relationships with researchers in other universities.

Teaching and learning methods

Lectures

· Laboratory activities

· • Data collection

Methods of assessments

evaluation number

Evaluation methods

Evaluation period

assessing weight.

percentage

evaluation date(the week)

comments

First evaluation

midterm exam

2 hours

20

20%

seventh

Second evaluation

Scientific reports and presentations

40

40%

Semester length

Final evaluation

final exam

3hours

40

40%

Following the fourteenth week

the total

100 درجة

100%

Course content

scientific topic

number of hours

lecture

Lab

Independent study

week

The Nature of Cancer

24

4

6

14

2

Cellular Oncogenes.Growth Factors, Receptors, and Cancer

24

4

6

14

2

Maintenance of Genomic Integrity and the Development of Cancer

12

2

3

7

1

Current Topics in Cancer Research

12

2

3

7

1

Cytoplasmic Signaling Circuitry Programs

12

2

3

7

1

Tumor Suppressor Genes

12

2

3

7

1

pRb and Control of the Cell Cycle Clock

12

2

3

7

1

p53 and Apoptosis: Master Guardian and Executioner

12

2

3

7

1

Crowd Control: Tumor Immunology & Immunotherapy

24

4

6

14

2

Moving Out: Invasion and Metastasis.

Stem Cells and Cancer

24

4

6

14

2