5 ECTS credits
150 h study time

Offer 1 with catalog number 1018074AER for all students in the 1st semester at a (A) Bachelor - preliminary level.

Semester
1st semester
Enrollment based on exam contract
Possible
Grading method
Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
Can retake in second session
Yes
Enrollment Requirements
‘Ontwikkelingsbiolpgie en Embryologie’ means that you simultaneously follow ‘Biologie’, ‘’Anatomie’, ‘De cel: van cel naar weefsel’, ‘De cel: structuur, functie en analyse’ or have successfully passed ‘Biologie’, ‘’Anatomie’, ‘De cel: van cel naar weefsel’, ‘De cel: structuur, functie en analyse’ This requirements are only for students enrolled in the bachelor BMW
Taught in
Dutch
Faculty
Faculteit Geneeskunde en Farmacie
Department
Surgical clinical sciences
Educational team
Herman Tournaye (course titular)
Hilde Van De Velde
Ellen Goossens
Claudia Spits
Michel De Vos
Activities and contact hours
34 contact hours Lecture
Course Content

This course unit deals with the normal development of the human organism and possible defects. Genetic, hormonal and environmental variables affecting cell proliferation and differentiation will be looked into. Links will be made with both research and practice. As such, practical applications such as insemination, in-vitro embryo culture and cryopreservation of gametes and embryos will be explained. Due attention will be paid to embryonic stem cell biology, research in this domain and possible applications in medicine.

Keywords: sex determination, gametogenesis, fertilization, IVF, embryo, cleavage, stem cells, gastrulation, neurulation, axis formation, morphogens, cell adhesion, cell migration, hox genes, organogenesis.

Course material
Course text (Required) : Embryologie en ontwikkelingsbiologie, Tournaye, VUB, 2220170005805, 2018
Digital course material (Required) : Aangeboden via het leerplatform Canvas, Canvas
Additional info

34 hours of lectures comprising core lectures taught by Prof. H. Tournaye (18 hours) and 16 hours of complementary lectures.

Learning Outcomes

General Competencies

Students understand the production of reproductive cells and fertilization and their translational clinical applications.

Students understand embryonic development, developmental biology and (embryonic) stem cell biology.

Students understand how genetic information is translated into the outlines of the embryo’s development, tissue differentiation, organ development and the embryo’s development into an adult individual.

Students know how to explain how disruptions in the above-mentioned processes may lead to diseases involving cell growth and differentiation disorders and congenital developmental disorders.

Grading

The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Written Exam determines 100% of the final mark.

Within the Written Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:

  • Examen Andere with a relative weight of 100 which comprises 100% of the final mark.

Additional info regarding evaluation

Written exam with multiple choice questions. The qualtiy of the exam is ascertained by an item and test analysis. In de tweede zittijd wordt het examen mondeling afgenomen.

Allowed unsatisfactory mark
The supplementary Teaching and Examination Regulations of your faculty stipulate whether an allowed unsatisfactory mark for this programme unit is permitted.

Academic context

This offer is part of the following study plans:
Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences: Default track (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences: Abridged (only offered in Dutch)
Bachelor of Biomedical Sciences: Abridged BMLT (only offered in Dutch)