The definition, content and the history of molecular biology, the application fields and its importance, the structure of a plant cell, functions and evolutionary development, the structure of nucleic acids and aminoacids, the structure of DNA, and preservation of DNA, relication and repair of DNA, structure, transcription and modification of RNA, synthesis, trafficking and degradation of proteins, promoter activities, cis-acting elements , transcription factors, co-supression, transpozable elements and gene silencing in plants, the organization of plant genome, the regulation of chloroplastic and mitochondriyal gne expressions.
Prerequisite(s)
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Corequisite(s)
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Special Requisite(s)
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Instructor(s)
Professor Özge Çelik
Course Assistant(s)
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Schedule
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Office Hour(s)
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Teaching Methods and Techniques
Lecture, discussion
Principle Sources
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Other Sources
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Course Schedules
Week
Contents
Learning Methods
1. Week
The definition, content, history, importance and the application fields of molecular biology
Oral presentation
2. Week
The structure, function and evolutionary development of a plant cell
Oral presentation
3. Week
Th structure of nucleic acids and aminoacids, the structural features of DNA and preservation of DNA
Oral presentation
4. Week
DNA replication and repair mechanisms in plants
Oral presentation
5. Week
The structure and transcription of RNA in plants
Oral presentation
6. Week
RNA modification
Oral presentation
7. Week
Midterm Exam
Exam
8. Week
Synthesis, trafficking and degradation of plants
Oral presentation
9. Week
Promoter activity and cis-acting elements
Oral presentation
10. Week
Transcription factors and co-supression
Oral presentation
11. Week
Transpozable elements and gene silencing
Oral presentation
12. Week
The structure and organization of plant genome
Oral presentation
13. Week
The regulation of gene expression in chloroplast and mitochondrial genome
Oral presentation
14. Week
Signal mechanisms and cell cycle in plant cells
Oral presentation
15. Week
Final Exam
Exam
16. Week
Final exam
Exam
17. Week
Fİnal exam
Exam
Assessments
Evaluation tools
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Weight(%)
Midterm(s)
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20
Homework / Term Projects / Presentations
1
20
Final Exam
1
60
Program Outcomes
PO-1
To be able to improve the current and advanced level knowledge coming from undergraduate and graduate degree qualifications with originial ideas and/or researches into professional field end to reach the genuine definitions introcuding novelty of science
PO-2
To realise the network of the related field with other interdisciplinary fields, to reach the novel results coming from the analysis, sythesis and evaluation of new and complex ideas
PO-3
To be able to think systematically about the novel ideas in related field
PO-4
To be able to develop a novel scientific technique or to introduce the known technique into a different field
PO-5
To be able to raise qualified individuals that obtain and evaluate the effective scientific results
PO-6
To be able to discuss the scientific results in related field and present them by effective interactive relation strategies
PO-7
To be able to decide strategically to solve the scientific problem and produce the solution
PO-8
To be able to produce solutions to social, scientific and ethical subjects in related field or in industry
PO-9
To be able to discuss field related subjects and to gain ability in effective verbal and visual communication by using at least one foreign language ("European Language Portfolio Global Scale", Level C1).
PO-10
To be able to being a mentor in the novel and interdisciplinary areas that requires the solutions of problems
PO-11
To gain advanced research ability in related field
PO-12
To be able to resarch, design, realise and perform a novel subject
Learning Outcomes
LO-1
To have knowledge on the structural and the functional evolution of plant cells
LO-2
To have knowledge about the structural properties of DNA, replication and DNA replication and repair mechanisms of DNA in plants
LO-3
To have knowledge about the structure and transcription of RNA in plants
LO-4
To have information about the synthesis, trafficking, degradation of proteins, promoter activities and cis-acting elements in plants
LO-5
To have information about transcription factors in plants, co-supression, transpozable elements and gene silencing
LO-6
To have knowledge on the regulation of chloroplastic gene expressions
