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Identical coursesHot Topics in Developmental Biology (B-KUL-E04N4A)
Cannot be taken as part of an examination contract
Zwijsen An (coordinator) | Jones Elizabeth | Lluis Vinas Frederic | Tylzanowski Przemko | Zwijsen An Aims
Please do not select a Research Track via your ISP, but use the application of the Faculty to apply for these elective courses. Students are asked to rank their choice of elective course and students are distributed amongst the available places in each Research Track by an allocation tool. Each research track has a limited number of students that can enroll for a course in order to facilitate interactive teaching. More information about this procedure will follow in the first week of the academic year.
Students from another Faculty or programme who wish to participate in a Research Track will need to submit an application via the following form. Only if the maximal number of students per Research Track is not yet reached, students from other programmes can be admitted. More information regarding this procedure and the conditions for applying for these courses can be consulted via the website/form.
If there aren't enough applications for a Research Track, students will be contacted and asked to choose another Research Track.
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- The students have knowledge via reading of scientific publications and informally discussing in-depth of state-of-the-art research in developmental biology and stem cell biology, with emphasis on organogenesis, repair of organs and organ pathology.
- Students can reflect independently and critically on the topics in the aforementioned fields.
- Students have insight in experimental design in these types of research.
Previous knowledge
Insight into the genetic and molecular control of organogenesis and the actions of stem cells, and the molecular regulations and studies of cell state transition and differentiation.
Order of Enrolment
Mixed prerequisite:
You may only take this course if you comply with the prerequisites. Prerequisites can be strict or flexible, or can imply simultaneity. A degree level can be also be a prerequisite.
Explanation:
STRICT: You may only take this course if you have passed or applied tolerance for the courses for which this condition is set.
FLEXIBLE: You may only take this course if you have previously taken the courses for which this condition is set.
SIMULTANEOUS: You may only take this course if you also take the courses for which this condition is set (or have taken them previously).
DEGREE: You may only take this course if you have obtained this degree level.
SIMULTANEOUS(E04N3A) AND (FLEXIBLE(E08C5D) OR FLEXIBLE(U04D3A))
The codes of the course units mentioned above correspond to the following course descriptions:
E08C5D : Bachelorproef
U04D3A : Bachelorproef
E04N3A : Advanced Studies in Developmental Biology: Organogenesis
Is included in these courses of study
- Master of Biomedical Sciences (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master in de biomedische wetenschappen (Leuven) 120 ects.
- Master in de biomedische wetenschappen (Leuven) (Afstudeerrichting Biomedisch basis- en translationeel onderzoek) 120 ects.
Activities
5 ects. Hot Topics in Developmental Biology (B-KUL-E04N4a)
Content
The aim of this course is to present the students with the latest breakthroughs or standing papers in the field of developmental biology and stem cell biology, with emphasis on organogenesis. Therefore, this course will be based on the scientific articles selected from top journals in the field. Consequently, the content of the course will be (re)defined each year.
Course material
Recent scientific publications in international peer reviewed journals.
Language of instruction: more information
The discussions will be done in English.
Format: more information
Literature review - Paper - Skills training
Evaluation
Evaluation: Hot Topics in Developmental Biology (B-KUL-E24N4a)
Explanation
Journal Club
Weekly Journal Club with articles relating to the chapter's content of the advanced course.
Evaluation
There is a continuous evaluation. The first 2 sessions are considered try-out sessions without scoring. The other sessions will be scored. The final score is the average of all scored classes.
The student gets intermediate feedback and at the end of the course.
Attendance at the lectures
Presence at the Journal Club is mandatory. In case of absence, students always send an e-mail in advance of the Journal Club and provide valid justification afterwards, mainly by MD certificate.
Wildcard: students will have one wildcard, to be used at their own discretion to skip one Journal Club Class (try-out or scored journal club class). The wildcard absence does not have to be justified. All absences, justified and wildcard, need to be announced before onset of the class (details will be provided on Toledo). All additional absences need to justified, mainly by MD certificate.
Unjustified absences other than the wildcard will result in a zero for that session. In case of multiple absences, a replacement task will be given. If a student is absent during all classes, an 'NA' score will be given.
We encourage students to use the wildcard wisely and professionally. If a wildcard is used, then the student will be scored on a reduced number of classes. A student that has not used his/her wildcard at the end of the course, and has thus engaged for all classes (and learnt from them), will be rewarded by waiving the lowest score of the scored classes.
Information about retaking exams
The student will have to prepare all the papers that were discussed in class during the semester (except for the warm-up sessions) and will receive one or more additional new papers. At the exam, a few of these papers will be discussed with the coaches, and the student will be gauged for general understanding of the content and methodology. The student can take all preparatory material (notes, summaries, etc) to the oral exam.