Postgraduate Course: Biologics and Protein Design (PGBI11091)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Online Distance Learning |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | There is a massive growth in the use of proteins as therapeutic drugs. This course will cover the design and potential uses of different families of proteins. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 1, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
16/09/2013 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Online Activities 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
78 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
¿ A knowledge of different kind of biologics used therapeutically;
¿ an appreciation of the demands for purity, characterisation and quality control, and how to achieve them; and
¿ a critical understanding of the principles and limitations of rational design of biologics.
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Assessment Information
An electronic portfolio will be kept by students including a blog on their engagement, and a linkage to a list of graduate attributes for which they will provide appropriate evidence from the course. (50%)
There will be a problem based exercise based on a vignette of our own research in which the students will go through the computational aspects required to achieve it and to assess their work critically. (50 %)
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
1 Introduction. To the problem. Priming students on main problem to be assessed and guidance to the on-line modules that will prepare them for it.
2 Virtual Classroom. Introduction to sub-problem.
3&4 Submission of sub-problem, Virtual Classroom. Feed forward to the main problem.
5 Virtual Classroom. Submission of main problem.
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| Transferable skills |
¿ Computing skills; thinking in three-dimensions
¿ Problem solving
¿ Group work
¿ Self-reflection |
| Reading list |
Not entered |
| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
Not entered |
| Keywords | BPD |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Prof Malcolm Walkinshaw
Tel: (0131 6)50 3719
Email: M.Walkinshaw@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Vicky Mactaggart
Tel: (0131 6)51 7052
Email: Vicky.Mactaggart@ed.ac.uk |
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