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Syllabus 2014-15 - 72512012 - Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases (Biología molecular de enfermedades infecciosas)

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DEGREE: Máster en Biotecnología y biomedicina
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2014-15
COURSE: Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
CODE: 72512012 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2014-15
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 1
ECTS CREDITS: 4.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: AN
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: MARTÍNEZ CAÑAMERO, MAGDALENA
DEPARTMENT: U130 - CIENCIAS DE LA SALUD
FIELD OF STUDY: 630 - MICROBIOLOGÍA
OFFICE NO.: B3 - 259 E-MAIL: canamero@ujaen.es P: 953212701
WEBSITE: http://www10.ujaen.es/conocenos/departamentos/ciesal/area-de-microbiologia
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3241-0066
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 2
NAME: MÁRQUEZ JIMÉNEZ, FRANCISCO JOSÉ
DEPARTMENT: U102 - BIOLOGIA ANIMAL, BIOL.VEGETAL Y ECOLOGIA
FIELD OF STUDY: 819 - ZOOLOGÍA
OFFICE NO.: B3 - 150 E-MAIL: jmarquez@ujaen.es P: 953212797
WEBSITE: http://www10.ujaen.es/conocenos/departamentos/bioani/4124
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1450-6235
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 1
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

LECTURES 1. Vector borne infectious diseases: Introduction. 2. Intermediate hosts. 3. Vector transmission pathogens: Ecological implications. 4. Infectious models implying vector transmission. 5. Vectors and emerging diseases. 6. Molecular bases of parasite-host relationships. 7. Viral infectious diseases 8. Virus structure. Replication and expression mechanisms. 9. Virus/host molecular interactions 10. Immune system subversion strategies and host defenses. 11. Pathogenesis, epidemiology, with special focus on emerging viruses. 12. Viral vectors 13. Antiviral therapy 14. Vaccines 15. Genetic resistance to viral infections LABORATORY EXERCISES 1. Recollection of infectious disease vectors. 2. Molecular detection of pathogenic agents with DNA/RNA amplification through PCR/RT-PCR, PCR products purification, sequencing, etc. 3. Antigen and viral protein analysis: immune-enzymatic assays, immune-fluorescence, western blot. 4. Genomic Analysis: in situ molecular hybridization.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

The course will get organized alternating lectures and laboratory exercises so that long sessions will be avoided. A field trip to get starting material will also be scheduled. At the end of the course, students are expected to have presented two papers.

Students with special educational needs should contact the Student Attention Service (Servicio de Atención y Ayudas al Estudiante) in order to receive the appropriate academic support

5. ASSESSMENT METHODOLOGY

Grade will be provided according to the student’s participation both in debates and expositive classes, the proficiency in the subject main facts, and the structure, quality and exposition of papers.

6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Human parasitology [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: 3rd ed. Author: Bogitsh, Burton J. (Burton Jerome). Publisher: Burlington, MA : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005  (Library)
  • Georgis' parasitology for veterinarians. Edition: 8th ed. Author: Bowman, Dwight D.. Publisher: St. Louis: W.B. Saunders Company, cop. 2003  (Library)
  • Principles of molecular virology. Edition: 4th ed. Author: Cann, Alan J.. Publisher: Burlington : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005  (Library)
  • Molecular medical parasitology [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Academic Press, c2003.  (Library)
  • Lennette's laboratory diagnosis of viral infections. Edition: 4th ed.. Author: -. Publisher: New York : Informa Healthcare USA, c2010.  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • FUNDAMENTAL virology. Edition: 3rd ed. Author: -. Publisher: Philadelphia ; New York: Lippincott-Raven, cop. 1996  (Library)
  • Encyclopedia of parasitology. Edition: 3rḋ ed.. Author: -. Publisher: New York : Springer, 2007.  (Library)
  • Practical guide to diagnostic parasitology [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: 2nd ed. Author: Garcia, Lynne Shore. Publisher: Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2009  (Library)
  • Atlas of tropical medicine and parasitology. Edition: 6th ed. Author: Peters, Wallace. Publisher: Philadelphia : Elsevier Mosby, 2007  (Library)
  • Encyclopedic reference of parasitology [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: 2nd ed. Author: -. Publisher: Berlin [etc.]: Springer, cop. 2001  (Library)