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<div class="">Dear students,</div>
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<div class="">The registration for these two upcoming ÅAU courses is currently open:</div>
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<div class="">Transmission and molecular genetics (or Genetics and genomics), 5 sp (organised every second year)</div>
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<div class="">Model organisms in biological research, 5 sp </div>
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<div class="">For more information, don´t hesitate to contact me.</div>
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<div class="">Kind regards,</div>
<div class="">Annika</div>
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<div class=""><strong>Transmission and molecular genetics or Genetics and genomics<br class="">
</strong>5 ECTS, course codes: ÅAU CB00BX45<br class="">
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Learning goals:<br class="">
- Understand the concept of hereditance<br class="">
- Analyse, describe and predict inheritance patterns, calculate risks of inheritance of alleles<br class="">
- Perform pedigree analysis<br class="">
- Compare and analyse gene sequences<br class="">
- Reflect on how the genome is used in the cells<br class="">
- Describe different types of mutations affecting the genome<br class="">
- Understand how gene expression is regulate<br class="">
- Theoretically master techniques of gene editing and regulation of gene expression<br class="">
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Seminars and laboratory demonstrations:<br class="">
Course auditorium, BioCity 2nd floor<br class="">
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Monday 16/3 13.30-15<br class="">
Tuesday 17/3 13.30-15<br class="">
Wednesday 18/3 13.30-15</div>
<div class="">Monday 23/3 13.30-15</div>
<div class="">Tuesday 24/3 13.30-15</div>
<div class="">Wednesday 25/3 13.30-15<br class="">
Monday 30/3 13.30-15<br class="">
Tuesday 31/3 13.30-15<br class="">
Wednesday 1/4 13.30-15<br class="">
Wednesday 8/4 10.15-11.45<br class="">
Thursday 9/4 10.15-11.45<br class="">
Tuesday 21/4 13.30-15<br class="">
Wednesday 22/4 13.30-15<br class="">
Wednesday 29/4 13.30-15<br class="">
Fri day 8/5 13.30-15<br class="">
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Course examination:<br class="">
Friday 15/5 10-12<br class="">
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Course registration by e-mail before 12/3/2020<br class="">
on moodle (<a href="https://moodle.abo.fi/course/view.php?id=5375" target="_blank" class="">https://moodle.abo.fi/course/view.php?id=5375</a> )or peppi (<a href="http://student.abo.fi" target="_blank" class="">student.abo.fi</a>)</div>
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<div class=""><strong>Model organisms in biological research<br class="">
</strong>5 credits, course codes: ÅAU CB00BX44, UTU ÅA_2835<br class="">
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Learning goals:<br class="">
- Describe how genetic manipulation of organisms can be performed and what it is used for <br class="">
- Determine the types of research that benefit from the use of model organisms <br class="">
- Determine the types of model organisms that are suitable to answer specific research questions <br class="">
- Get familiar with handling of D. melanogaster (fruit fly), C. elegans (nematode) and D. rerio (zebrafish)<br class="">
- Design simple experiments with model organisms <br class="">
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Seminars (10 h):<br class="">
Course introduction, Annika Meinander<br class="">
Monday 6/4 13.30-15.00 Auditorium Biokemi, BioCity 3rd floor<br class="">
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Caenorhabditis elegans, Päivi Koskinen<br class="">
Tuesday 7/4 13.30-15.00 Auditorium Biokemi, BioCity 3rd floor<br class="">
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Drosophila melanogaster, Annika Meinander<br class="">
Wednesday 8/ 13.30-15.00 Auditorium Wikgren BioCity 1st floor<br class="">
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Danio rerio, Ilkka Paatero<br class="">
Thursday 9/4 13.30-15.00 Auditorium Biokemi, BioCity 3rd floor<br class="">
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CAM models, Organ-on-a-Chip models and mouse models,<br class="">
Wednesday 22/4 10.15-11.45 Auditorium Wikgren BioCity 1st floor<br class="">
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Poster presentations (20 h), 18 h preparations and 2 h presentation:<br class="">
Poster presentations Wednesday 20/5 10-12<br class="">
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Laboratory demonstrations (80 h):<br class="">
Drosophila melanogaster, Annika Meinander<br class="">
Tuesday 14/4 – Friday 17/4 2-3 h/day/group, Meinander laboratory, BioCity 2nd floor<br class="">
Monday 2-3 h/day/group, Meinander laboratory, BioCity 2nd floor<br class="">
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Caenorhabditis elegans, Päivi Koskinen<br class="">
Thursday 23/4 – Friday 24/4 2-3 h/day/group, Course laboratory, Natura, 1st floor, room 138<br class="">
Monday 27/4 - Wednesday 29/4 2-3 h/day/group, Course laboratory, Natura, 1st floor, room 138<br class="">
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Danio rerio, Ilkka Paatero<br class="">
Monday 4/5 – Thursday 7/5 2-3 h/day/group, Course laboratory, BioCity 2nd floor<br class="">
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An effort is made to arrange the laboratory groups to avoid overlaps with other courses<br class="">
Course registration before 16/3 on ÅAU peppi (<a href="http://student.abo.fi" target="_blank" class="">student.abo.fi</a>) or on ÅAU Moodle (<a href="https://moodle.abo.fi/course/view.php?id=5374" target="_blank" class="">https://moodle.abo.fi/course/view.php?id=5374</a>)</div>
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<div>-- <br class="">
Annika Meinander, PhD<br class="">
Senior lecturer<br class="">
Head of subject in Cell Biology<br class="">
Docent in Molecular Genetics<br class="">
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Cell Biology<br class="">
Faculty of Science and Engineering<br class="">
Åbo Akademi University<br class="">
BioCity, 2nd floor<br class="">
Tykistökatu 6<br class="">
20520 Turku<br class="">
Finland</div>
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<div>Viestin välitti,</div>
<div>Samuli Pyytövaara</div>
<div>Biokemian koulutuspoliittinen vastaava</div>
<div>Turun Yliopiston Kemistit TYK ry<br>
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