3 ECTS credits
75 h study time
Offer 1 with catalog number 4017586ENR for all students in the 2nd semester
at
a (E) Master - advanced level.
- Semester
- 2nd semester
- Enrollment based on exam contract
- Impossible
- Grading method
- Grading (scale from 0 to 20)
- Can retake in second session
- Yes
- Enrollment Requirements
- Following courses are mutually exclusive: Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology, Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology and Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology.
- Taught in
- English
- Faculty
- Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences
- Department
- Bio-Engineering Sciences
- Educational team
- Carl De Trez
(course titular)
- Activities and contact hours
-
13 contact hours Lecture
13 contact hours Seminar, Exercises or Practicals
13 contact hours Independent or External Form of Study
- Course Content
This course will focus on following aspects
- Description of the life cycles of parasites, that cause serious health problems, and their interaction with the immune system
- The actual diagnosis and treatment of parasitic infections including their shorthcomings
- The future biotechnological approaches in the detection and therapy of parasitic infections.
- Course material
- Digital course material (Required) : Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology, Students receive transcripts of the slides shown in the courses
Digital course material (Recommended) : Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology, Review articles indicated during the course
Digital course material (Required) : Medical Biotechnology and Parasitology, During the course supplementary information such as appropriate review articles, which could be useful, will be indicated to the students
- Additional info
Students receive transcripts of the slides shown in the courses. During the course supplementary information such as appropriate review articles, which could be useful, will be indicated to the students.
Prof. De Trez will be the main lecturer for this course for the 2019-2020 academic year
Complementary study material:
Review articles indicated during the course
- Learning Outcomes
-
Algemene competenties
To understand the basis of host-parasite interactions
To known the life cycle of the major human infective parasites
To know the diagnostics methods for the major human infective parasites
To know the treatment modalities for the major human infective parasites.
To compile published data on a particular parasite and be able to present scientific conclusions in the context of host-parasite interactions in an oral presentation
- Grading
-
The final grade is composed based on the following categories:
Oral Exam determines 100% of the final mark.
Within the Oral Exam category, the following assignments need to be completed:
- Oral exam
with a relative weight of 1
which comprises 100% of the final mark.
Note: The students choose one research article (recently published in a high impact journal) connected to subjects discussed in the course. They have to present the essentials of the article and be able to critically discuss the main message of the article. Furthermore their general knowledge acquired during the course and related to the chosen topic will be assessed during the examination.
- Additional info regarding evaluation
The knowledge of the course will be assessed by open questions
- 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:
Master of Biology: Molecular and Cellular Life sciences
Master of Biology: Human Ecology
Master of Biology: AR Human Ecology 60 ECTS