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| MBG3029 | Virology | 2+0+0 | ECTS:4 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | First Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of MOLECULAR BIOLOGY and GENETICS | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 2 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Dr. Öğr. Üyesi Cihan İNAN | | Co-Lecturer | | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | It is aimed for students to have basic and specific knowledge about viruses, to understand the mechanism of viral infection and the importance of viral diseases. |
| Learning Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | LO - 1 : | They will have detailed knowledge of basic features of viruses. | 3,7,12 | | | LO - 2 : | They will conduct a detailed literature search on the general characteristics of a particular virus and the important aspects of human life. | 3,7,12 | | | LO - 3 : | Participants in classroom discussions on current virology topics. | 3,7,12 | | | LO - 4 : | They will have detailed information about the relationship of viruses to their hosts. | 3,7,12 | | | CTPO : Contribution to programme outcomes, TOA :Type of assessment (1: written exam, 2: Oral exam, 3: Homework assignment, 4: Laboratory exercise/exam, 5: Seminar / presentation, 6: Term paper), LO : Learning Outcome | | |
| General information about viruses, enveloped positive-stranded RNA viruses, enveloped positive-stranded RNA viruses, negative-stranded RNA viruses, viroids, small viral RNAs and prions associated with other diseases, double-stranded RNA viruses, small genomic DNA viruses, bacteriophages of medium and large DNA, biological fate of viral infections in eukaryotic cells, transformation of animal cells by tumor viruses, biological fate of viral infections on the organism and population. |
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Historical development of viruses and virology | | | Week 2 | Morphological structures of viruses | | | Week 3 | Bacis features of viruses | | | Week 4 | Classification of viruses | | | Week 5 | Virus-host relationships and replication | | | Week 6 | Genome and gene expression in viruses | | | Week 7 | Virus infections | | | Week 8 | Viral pathogenesis | | | Week 9 | Midterm | | | Week 10 | İmmunological response, viral control and treatment of diseases | | | Week 11 | Seminars on current virus issues I | | | Week 12 | Seminars on current virus issues II | | | Week 13 | Seminars on current virus issues III | | | Week 14 | Antiviral Vaccines | | | Week 15 | Antiviral Drugs | | | Week 16 | Final exam | | | |
| 1 | Genel Viroloji by Ustaçelebi. ve Us, D.A. Pelikan Yayıncılık, Ankara. | | | 2 | Principles of Virology by Flint, S.J. ve arkadaşları. 2000. ASM Press, USA | | | 3 | Genel Viroloji. By Demirbag, Z. 2009. Karadeniz Teknik Üniversitesi, Trabzon. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | | 1 | 30 | | Presentation | 13 | | 1 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | | 1 | 50 | | |
| Student Work Load and its Distribution | | Type of work | Duration (hours pw) | No of weeks / Number of activity | Hours in total per term | | Yüz yüze eğitim | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Sınıf dışı çalışma | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 1 | 8 | 8 | | Ödev | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 12 | 24 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 16 | 16 | | Total work load | | | 110 |
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