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Syllabus 2020-21 - 76713002 - Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases (Biología molecular de enfermedades infecciosas)

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DEGREE: Máster Univ. en Biotecnología y biomedicina
FACULTY: Centro de Estudios de Postgrado
ACADEMIC YEAR: 2020-21
COURSE: Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
SYLLABUS
1. COURSE BASIC INFORMATION
NAME: Molecular Biology of Infectious Diseases
CODE: 76713002 ACADEMIC YEAR: 2020-21
LANGUAGE: English LEVEL: 2
ECTS CREDITS: 3.0 YEAR: 1 SEMESTER: SC
2. LECTURER BASIC INFORMATION
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: - LEVEL: 2
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: - LEVEL: 2
3. CONTENT DESCRIPTION

Lectures

  1. Vector-borne zoonotic diseases: Introduction. 2. Intermediate hosts. 3. Pathogenic organisms with vector transmission: ecological implications. 4. Infectious models that implicate vector transmission. 5. Emerging infectious diseases and vectors. 6. Molecular basis of parasite-host relationship. 7. Infectious diseases due to virus. 8. Viral structure and expression and replication mechanisms. 9. Molecular interaction between virus and host cell. 10. Immune system subversion strategies and host defenses. 11. Pathogenesis and epidemiology with special reference of emerging virus. 12. Viral vectors. 13. Antiviral therapy. 14. Vaccines. 15. Genetic analysis of resistance to viral infections.

 

Practical program

  1. Sampling of vector of infectious diseases. 2. Molecular detection of pathogen agents (DNA/RNA extraction, PCR/RTPCR amplification, sequencing, etc.). 3. Viral protein and antigens analysis: immunoenzimatic test, immunofluorescence, western blot. 4. Genomic analysis: molecular hybridization in situ.

4. COURSE DESCRIPTION AND TEACHING METHODOLOGY

The course is structured in lectures concerning molecular biology of parasitic and viral diseases and practical sessions that involucrate the use molecular biology techniques in detection and characterization of such kind of organisms.

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

Attendance at 90% of seminars is required.

We evaluate the participation in class discussion; knowledge on molecular virology and parasitology topics and its applications, and quality and completion of one two presentation on different subjects.

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6. BOOKLIST
MAIN BOOKLIST:
  • Lennette's laboratory diagnosis of viral infections . Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: New York : Informa Healthcare USA, c2010.  (Library)
  • Virus: estudio molecular con orientación clínica . Edition: -. Author: Shors, Teri. Publisher: Madrid [etc.] : Médica Panamericana, cop. 2009  (Library)
  • Human parasitology. Edition: 3rd ed. Author: Bogitsh, Burton J.. Publisher: San Diego: Academic Press, 2005  (Library)
  • Georgis parasitología para veterinarios . Edition: -. Author: Bowman, Dwight D. Publisher: Barcelona : Elsevier España, cop. 2011  (Library)
  • Molecular medical parasitology [Recurso electrónico] . Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Amsterdam &#59; Boston : Academic Press, c2003.  (Library)
  • Principles of molecular virology. Edition: 4th ed. Author: Cann, Alan J.. Publisher: Burlington : Elsevier Academic Press, c2005  (Library)
ADDITIONAL BOOKLIST:
  • FUNDAMENTAL virology. Edition: -. Author: -. Publisher: Philadelphia &#59; New York: Lippincott-Raven, cop. 1996  (Library)
  • Encyclopedia of Parasitology [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: Third Edition.. Author: Mehlhorn, Heinz. Publisher: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York, 2008.  (Library)
  • Microbiología y parasitología médicas . Edition: -. Author: Prats, Guillem. Publisher: Buenos Aires [etc.] &#59; Madrid : Editorial Médica Panamericana, cop. 2013  (Library)
  • Introducción a la parasitología aplicada [Recurso electrónico] .. Edition: -. Author: Casado Escribano, Nieves. Publisher: Alcalá de Henares : Universidad de Alcalá, 2011  (Library)
  • Practical guide to diagnostic parasitology [Recurso electrónico]. Edition: 2nd ed. Author: Garcia, Lynne Shore. Publisher: Washington, DC : ASM Press, c2009  (Library)
7. VIRTUAL / CLASSROOM TEACHING SCENARIO

I.- TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Theoretical teaching (24 hours). Aimed at a large group, will be taught electronically via videoconference with the Google Meet platform (or any other alternative platform determined by the Universidad de Jaén). The 

continuous evaluation will also be carried out electronically, by conducting tests, delivering exercises and oral presentations in public session, using the ILIAS platform (or another determined by the Universidad de Jaén).

Practical teaching (6 hours). It will be carried out in person with reduced capacity. Each three-hour session (assuming a total of 20 enrolled students) will be divided into two one-and-a-half hour semi-sessions. The time allocated to the practices received by each student will be completed individually through the tutoring of the teachers assigned to them. The evaluation adjusts to the exposed previously for the theoretical teaching.

Training Activities

Format (classroom / online)

Teaching methodology Description

16 Sessions of online theoretical classes

In class room at 100%*

16 sessions of participatory master classes of one and a half hours each, held in the classroom. The conditions of the assigned classroom capacity do not require retransmission of these sessions (* only in the event that the number of enrolled students exceeds the capacity assigned to the classroom, the attendance would be reduced to 50% and in this case we would carry out the video broadcast- conference to the rest of the group as they are obliged to carry out the periodic rotation of students)..

2 practical sessions

 

In laboratory at 50%

Development of 2 practical sessions, lasting three hours each, applying rotation in reduced groups of 50%, in such a way that each subgroup remains in the laboratory for half the session. The rest of the practice was broadcast to the entire student body.

Online Tutoring

Online

All the tutoring sessions will be done online (synchronous and asynchronous)

II.- EVALUATION SYSTEM

The adapted evaluation system will be as follows:

- The exam on the theoretical concepts of the subject will be replaced by a series of short questionnaires (8-10 test and development questions) that will be made available to students, through the subject space on the ILIAS platform, at the end of each of the thematic blocks of theory. Students must take these tests on the ILIAS platform, with a deadline of seven days after the end of the theory block. Weight: 20%.

- Attendance and participation in the videoconferences forum and the ILIAS platform. Weight: 15%.

- Carrying out works, cases or practical exercises, as well as reviewing scientific articles. The works may be done in html, pdf or doc format, and may be delivered through the ILIAS platform on the designated dates. In certain cases the student must make a presentation of their work in PowerPoint format. Weight: 65%.

 

III.- RESOURCES

The computer resources provided by the University of Jaén will be used (ILIAS Virtual Teaching Platform, Videoconference through GoogleMeet, other applications in the Google environment: Docs, Slides, Calendar, Drive) in order to encourage student participation, as well as resources Electronic bibliographies available in the library of the Universidad de Jaén.

The teaching staff involved in teaching, reserves the right not to give consent for the capture, publication, retransmission or reproduction of their speech, image, voice and professorship explanations, in the exercise of their teaching functions, in the scope of the Universidad de Jaén.

8. VIRTUAL TEACHING SCENARIO

I.- TEACHING METHODOLOGY AND TRAINING ACTIVITIES

Theoretical teaching (24 hours). Aimed at a large group, will be taught electronically via videoconference with the Google Meet platform (or any other alternative platform determined by the Universidad de Jaén). The continuous evaluation will also be carried out electronically, by conducting tests, delivering exercises and oral presentations of the same in public session, using the ILIAS platform (or another determined by the Universidad de Jaén).

Practical teaching (6 hours). It will be carried out telematically through videoconference with the Google Meet platform (or any other alternative platform determined by the Universidad de Jaén). The evaluation adjusts to the exposed one for the theoretical teaching.

Training Activities

Format (classroom / online)

Teaching methodology Description

16 Sessions of online theoretical classes

Online

16 sessions of participatory master classes, one and a half hours each, conducted by videoconference.

2 practical sessions

 

Online

Online Substitution of the 2 three-hour practical sessions for online training activities. (Synchronous activities consisting of explanations of practical and asynchronous methodologies that allow students to work individually and make a presentation about the practical content of the subject).

Online Tutoring

Online

All the tutoring sessions will be done online (synchronous and asynchronous)

 

II.- EVALUATION SYSTEM

The adapted evaluation system will be as follows:

- The exam on the theoretical concepts of the subject will be replaced by a series of short questionnaires (8-10 test and development questions) that will be made available to students, through the subject space on the ILIAS platform, at the end of each of the thematic blocks of theory. Students must take these tests on the ILIAS platform, with a deadline of seven days after the end of the theory block. Weight: 20%.

- Attendance and participation in the videoconferences forum and the ILIAS platform. Weight: 15%.

- arrying out works, cases or practical exercises, as well as reviewing scientific articles. The works may be done in html, pdf or doc format, and may be delivered through the ILIAS platform on the designated dates. In certain cases the student must make a presentation of their work in PowerPoint format. Weight: 65%.

III.- RESOURCES

The computer resources provided by the University of Jaén will be used (ILIAS Virtual Teaching Platform, Videoconference through GoogleMeet, other applications in the Google environment: Docs, Slides, Calendar, Drive) in order to encourage student participation, as well as resources Electronic bibliographies available in the library of the Universidad de Jaén.

 

The teaching staff involved in teaching, reserves the right not to give consent for the capture, publication, retransmission or reproduction of their speech, image, voice and professorship explanations, in the exercise of their teaching functions, in the scope of the Universidad de Jaén.

DATA PROTECTION CLAUSE (on line exams)

Institution in charge of data processing: Universidad de Jaén, Campus Las Lagunillas, s/n, 23071 Jaén

Data Protection Delegate: dpo@ujaen.es

Purpose: In accordance with the Universities Law and other national and regional regulations in force, carrying out exams and assessment tests corresponding to the courses students are registered in. In order to avoid frauds while sitting the exam, the exam will be answered using a videoconference system, being able the academic staff of the University of Jaén to compare and contrast the image of the person who is answering the exam with the student's photographic files. Likewise, in order to provide the exam with evidential content for revisions or claims, in accordance with current regulation frameworks, the exam will be recorded and stored.

Legitimacy: compliance with legal obligations (Universities Law) and other national and regional regulations currently in force.

Addressees: service providers who are the owners of the platforms where the exams are carried out and with whom the University of Jaén has signed the corresponding data access contracts.

Storage periods: those established in current in force regulations. In the specific case of exam videoconference recordings, not before the examination records and transcripts are closed or the exam can still be reviewed or challenged.

Rights: you can exercise your right of access, amendment, cancellation, opposition, suppression, limitation and portability by sending a letter to the postal or electronic address indicated above. In the event that you consider that your rights have been violated, you may submit a complaint to the Andalusian Council for Transparency and Data Protection www.ctpdandalucia.es

CLASS RECORDING CLAUSE PERSONAL DATA PROTECTION

Person in charge: Universidad de Jaén, Paraje Las Lagunillas, s/n; Tel.953 212121; www.ujaen.es

Data protection delegate (DPO): TELEFÓNICA, S.A.U. ; Email: dpo@ujaen.es

Procedure aim: To manage proper recordings of teaching sessions with the aim of facilitating learning process under a multimodal and/or online teaching

Period for record storage: Images will be kept during legal term according to regulations in force

Legitimacy: Data will be managed according to legal regulations (Organic Law 6/2001, December 21, on Universities) and given consent provided by selecting corresponding box in legal admission documents

Data recipients (transfers or assignments): Any person allowed to get access to every teaching modality

Rights: You may exercise your rights of access, rectification, cancellation, portability, limitation of processing, deletion or, where appropriate, opposition. To exercise these rights, you must submit a written request to the Information, Registration and Electronic Administration Service of the University of Jaen at the address above, or by e-mail to the address above. You must specify which of these rights you are requesting to be satisfied and, at the same time, you must attach a photocopy of your ID card or equivalent identification document. In case you act through a representative, legal or voluntary, you must also provide a document that proves this representation and identification. Likewise, if you consider that your right to personal data protection has been violated, you may file a complaint with the Andalusian Data Protection and Transparency Council www.ctpdandalucia.es