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BIY5270Virological Diagnosis3+0+0ECTS:7.5
Year / SemesterSpring Semester
Level of CourseSecond Cycle
Status Elective
DepartmentDEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY
Prerequisites and co-requisitesNone
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
Contact Hours14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week
LecturerProf. Dr. İsmail DEMİR
Co-Lecturer
Language of instructionTurkish
Professional practise ( internship ) None
 
The aim of the course:
The main objectives of this course are to provide the students basic informations about cell culture and virological methods
 
Programme OutcomesCTPOTOA
Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to :
PO - 1 : have knowledge about virological diagnosis in detail1,31,2
PO - 2 : do detail literature research on a specific virological methods1,33
PO - 3 : have information about applications of specific and current techniques in virological diagnosis1,34
PO - 4 : use current techniques in virology1,32,4
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), PO : Learning Outcome

 
Contents of the Course
Importance of virological methods, Virus isolation, microscopy, complement fixation, haemagglutination, enzyme linked immunoassay, immunofluorescense, radioimmunoassay system, neutralization, assays of viral nucleic asids.
 
Course Syllabus
 WeekSubjectRelated Notes / Files
 Week 1History, development and importance of tissue culture.
 Week 2Biology of cultured cells and the culture environment.
 Week 3Laboratory equipment and materials and cell culture techniques.
 Week 4Disaggregation of the tissue and characterization of cell lines.
 Week 5Cloning and selection of the specific cell types.
 Week 6Study of viruses in cell culture.
 Week 7Virus replication and stock preparation.Virus production methods
 Week 8Techniques in diagnostic virology.
 Week 9Mid-term exam
 Week 10Use of radioactive isotopes in cell culture.
 Week 11Production of monoclonal antibodies.
 Week 12Presentation
 Week 13Presentation
 Week 14Presentation
 Week 15Current techniques in cell culture
 Week 16End-of-term exam
 
Textbook / Material
1Freshney, R.I.2005, Culture of Animal Cells, Wiley.
 
Recommended Reading
 
Method of Assessment
Type of assessmentWeek NoDate

Duration (hours)Weight (%)
Mid-term exam 9 21/04/2022 1 30
Presentation 11
12
13
04/05/2022
11/05/2022
18/05/2022
0,3 20
End-of-term exam 16 16/06/2022 1 50
 
Student Work Load and its Distribution
Type of workDuration (hours pw)

No of weeks / Number of activity

Hours in total per term
Yüz yüze eğitim 3 14 42
Sınıf dışı çalışma 3 14 42
Laboratuar çalışması 0 0 0
Arasınav için hazırlık 2 8 16
Arasınav 1 1 1
Uygulama 0 0 0
Klinik Uygulama 0 0 0
Ödev 2 9 18
Proje 1 10 10
Kısa sınav 0 0 0
Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık 5 15 75
Dönem sonu sınavı 1 1 1
Diğer 1 2 10 20
Diğer 2 0 0 0
Total work load225