Erciyes University - Info Package

Course unit title	Level of course unit	Course unit code	Type of course unit	Semester of course unit	Local credit	ECTS credit	Syllabus
COMMUNICATION OF THE CELLS, RECEPTORS	Third cycle	EBK 604		1	8.00	8.00	Print

Description of course unit

Prerequisites and course requisities	No
Language of instruction	Turkish
Coordinator	Associate Prof Ahmet CUMAOĞLU
Lecturer(s)	Associate Prof Ahmet CUMAOĞLU
Teaching assitant(s)	No
Mode of delivery	Theoretical
Course objective	The aim of the course is to give information about the cell communication and the receptors
Course description	Signal pathways, hydrophilic and lipophilic hormones, intracellular hormone receptors, cell surface receptors, seconder messengers, signal pathways of visual and odor receptors, phospholipase C, signal pathways related to phospholipase C, phosphoinositole, calmoduline.

Course contents

1	Communication of the cells
2	Signal pathways
3	Hydrophilic and lipophilic hormones
4	Intracellular hormone receptors
5	Cell surface receptors
6	Presentation of a paper
7	Seconder messengers
8	Signal pathways of the visual receptors
9	Signal pathways of the odor receptors
10	Presentation of a paper
11	Phospholipase C
12	Signal pathways related to the Phospholipase C
13	Phosphoinositole
14	Calmoduline
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Learning outcomes of the course unit

1	Learnig about signalling molecules
2	Learning about receptors
3	Learning about signalling pathways
4	Learning about the cross-talk of signallig pathways
5	Learning about signalling inhibitors
6	Learning about targetting therapy
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*Contribution level of the course unit to the key learning outcomes

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Number of stars refer to level of contribution from 1 (the least) to 5 (the most)

Planned learning activities, teaching methods and ECTS work load

	Quantity	Time (hour)	Quantity*Time (hour)
Lectures (face to face teaching)	14	3	42
Study hours out of classroom (study before and after the class)	14	3	42
Homework	4	3	12
Presentation / seminar	6	10	60
Quiz	0	0	0
Preparation for midterm exams	1	15	15
Midterm exams	1	2	2
Project (term paper)	0	0	0
Laboratuar	0	0	0
Field study	0	0	0
Preparation for final exam	1	20	20
Final exam	1	2	2
Research	0	0	0
Total work load			195
ECTS			8.00

Assessment methods and criteria

Evaluation during semester	Quantity	Percentage
Midterm exam	1	20
Quiz	0	0
Homework	1	20
Semester total		40
Contribution ratio of evaluation during semester to success		40
Contribution ratio of final exam to success		60
General total		100

Recommended and required reading

Textbook	Following the recent papers from SCI
Additional references

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