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| BIY7372 | Cell Physiology | 3+0+0 | ECTS:7.5 | | Year / Semester | Fall Semester | | Level of Course | Third Cycle | | Status | Elective | | Department | DEPARTMENT of BIOLOGY | | Prerequisites and co-requisites | None | | Mode of Delivery | Face to face, Group study | | Contact Hours | 14 weeks - 3 hours of lectures per week | | Lecturer | Prof. Dr. Rabiye TERZİ | | Co-Lecturer | None | | Language of instruction | Turkish | | Professional practise ( internship ) | None | | | | The aim of the course: | | To explain roles and tasks of physical and chemical parameters in a cell. |
| Programme Outcomes | CTPO | TOA | | Upon successful completion of the course, the students will be able to : | | | | PO - 1 : | Understand the fundamental physiological mechanisms of cell function. | 1,3,5 | 1,5, | | PO - 2 : | Identify the major parts of the cell and explain key functions of each part
| 1,3,5 | 1,5, | | PO - 3 : | Build structure to function relationships of a cell
| 1,3,5 | 1,5, | | PO - 4 : | Know the scientific methods that are currently being used to explore cell physiology. | 1,3,5 | 1,5, | | 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 | | |
| Functional Architecture of Biological Membranes. Diffusion and Permeability. Osmosis and Water Movement. Electrical Consequences of Ionic Gradients
Section II: Ion Channels and Excitable Membranes. Ion Channels. Passive Electronic Properties of Membranes. Generation and Propagation of the Action Potential. Ion Channel Diversity. Solute Transport. Electrochemical Potential Drives All Transport Processes. Passive Solute Transport. Active Transport and the Coupling of Transport Processes. Molecular Motors and Muscle Contraction. Molecular Motors and the Mechanisms of Contraction. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in Skeletal Muscle. Mechanics and Energetics of Skeletal Muscle Contraction
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| Course Syllabus | | Week | Subject | Related Notes / Files | | Week 1 | Functional Architecture of Biological Membrane and organel systems
| | | Week 2 | Diffusion and Permeability | | | Week 3 | Osmosis and Water Movement
| | | Week 4 | Electrical Consequences of Ionic Gradients
| | | Week 5 | Ion Channels
| | | Week 6 | Passive Electronic Properties of Membranes | | | Week 7 | Generation and Propagation of the Action Potential | | | Week 8 | Ion Channel Diversity. Electrochemical Potential Drives All Transport Processes
| | | Week 9 | Mid-term exam.
| | | Week 10 | Passive Solute Transport | | | Week 11 | Active Transport and the Coupling of Transport Processes | | | Week 12 | II.Exam | | | Week 13 | Molecular Motors and the Mechanisms of Contraction. Excitation-Contraction Coupling in cell and out skeleton | | | Week 14 | Mechanics and Energetics of cell junctions and plasmodesmata | | | Week 15 | Signal Transduction. Cell Signals and Receptors | | | Week 16 | End-of-term exam | | | |
| 1 | Stern, K.R.2000; Introductory Plant Biology, 8th Edit., California State University, USA. | | | 2 | Taiz, L., Zeiger E. 2008: Plant Physiology, 3rd Ed., Sinauer Associates, Inc., Publishers, Massachusetts, USA | | | |
| 1 | Campbell, N.A., Reece, J.B. 2008; Biology, Benjamin Cummings-Pearson Education, FL, USA. | | | |
| Method of Assessment | | Type of assessment | Week No | Date | Duration (hours) | Weight (%) | | Mid-term exam | 9 | 22/04/2022 | 1 | 30 | | In-term studies (second mid-term exam) | 12 | 13/05/2022 | 2 | 20 | | End-of-term exam | 16 | 04/06/2022 | 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 | 3 | 15 | 45 | | Laboratuar çalışması | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Arasınav için hazırlık | 14 | 1 | 14 | | Arasınav | 2 | 1 | 2 | | Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Klinik Uygulama | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Ödev | 5 | 8 | 40 | | Proje | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Kısa sınav | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Dönem sonu sınavı için hazırlık | 2 | 15 | 30 | | Dönem sonu sınavı | 1 | 1 | 1 | | Diğer 1 | 16 | 3 | 48 | | Diğer 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | | Total work load | | | 225 |
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