Program Overview

Program Overview

The University of Copenhagen offers a range of programs, including Bachelor's, Master's, PhD, and Continuing Education. The provided content focuses on the MSc Programme in Biochemistry, Biology, Biology with a minor subject, and Molecular Biomedicine, specifically the course NBIK10015U Cell Cycle Control and Cancer.

Course Description

The course NBIK10015U Cell Cycle Control and Cancer aims to provide students with a thorough understanding of pioneering and contemporary cell cycle research, emphasizing mechanisms deregulated in cancer. The course covers various themes, including:

• Cancer as a genetic disease
• Basic cell-cycle regulation and deregulation of the pRB pathway
• p53 and checkpoints
• Genetic instability and DNA repair
• Mitosis
• Loss of heterozygousity
• Epigenetics and cancer
• Mechanisms of chromosome mis-segregation
• Fragile sites in chromosome replication

Learning Outcomes

Upon completing the course, students will be able to:

• Apply a critical experimental approach to the study of cell cycle control
• Read, understand, and convey the reasoning and logic of scientific experiments dealing with experimental approaches to cell cycle control in normal cells and the genetic deregulation of these control mechanisms that causes cancer
• Understand, evaluate, and convey molecular genetic research on cell cycle control and cancer development

Literature and Academic Qualifications

The course literature is available on Absalon. Recommended academic qualifications include Molecular Genetics or equivalent, with an academic qualification equivalent to a BSc degree.

Teaching and Learning Methods

The course employs lectures, group discussions of research papers, and guest seminars.

Workload

The workload is distributed as follows:

• Lectures: 27 hours
• Preparation: 148 hours
• Theory exercises: 27 hours
• Exam: 4 hours
• Total: 206 hours

Exam

The exam is an on-site written exam, 4 hours under invigilation, with all aids allowed except Generative AI and internet access. The marking scale is a 7-point grading scale, with no external censorship.

Course Information

• Language: English
• Course code: NBIK10015U
• Credit: 7.5 ECTS
• Level: Full Degree Master
• Duration: 1 block
• Placement: Block 1
• Schedule: C
• Course capacity: 70

Study Board and Contracting Department

The study board is the Study Board for the Biological Area, and the contracting department is the Department of Biology, Faculty of Science. The course coordinator is Olaf Nielsen.