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Teaching GuideTerm Faculty of Science |
| Grao en Bioloxía |
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| Biology: Basic Levels of Organisation of Life I (Cells) |
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| Identifying Data | 2017/18 | |||||||||||||
| Subject | Biology: Basic Levels of Organisation of Life I (Cells) | Code | 610G02007 | |||||||||||
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| Descriptors | Cycle | Period | Year | Type | Credits | |||||||||
| Graduate | 1st four-month period |
First | FB | 6 | ||||||||||
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| Topic | Sub-topic |
| INTRODUCTION: |
Concept and historical background of Cell Biology. Organization levels and clasification of life. |
| CELL MEMBRANE AND CELL SURFACE | Structure and organization of biological membranes. Transport of molecules across the membrane. The cell surface. Cell adhesion and cellular junctions. |
| CYTOSOL AND CYTOSKELETON | Cytosol. Cytoskeleton. Complex microtubular structures. |
| SYNTHESIS, INTRACELLULAR TRAFFIC AND DEGRADATION OF MACROMOLECULES | Ribosomes The endoplasmic reticulum The Golgi complex Lisosomes |
| THE ENERGY CONVERSION | Mitohondria Plastids Microbodies |
| THE CELL NUCLEUS AND THE EUKARYOTIC GENOME ORGANIZATION | The cell nucleus Chromatin Chromosomes |
| THE CELL CYCLE | The cell cycle Mitosis and cytokinesis Meiosis The programmed cell death. |
| THE SOCIAL CONTEXT OF THE CELL | Cell communication and cell signaling Cancer |
| Practical lessons | - Fundamentals of light microscopy - Observation of bacteria and fungi - Observation of protozoans (Protista) and animal cells - Observation of plant cells - Cell Fractionation - Study of plant subcellular structures - Observation of chromosomes and mitosis - Staining and observation of blood cells - Fundamentals of electron microscopy |
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