Cell Biology I
Matter: BIOLOGY
Main language of instruction: Spanish
Other languages of instruction: Catalan, English
Head instructor
Dr. Francisco Miguel TORRES - fmtorres@uic.es
Other instructors
Dra. Cristina MIRALPEIX - cmiralpeixm@uic.es
Dra. Silvia Núria PEÑUELAS - spenuelas@uic.es
Office hours
Students can ask any question regarding the course and the content, or set an appointment with the coordinator or directly with any of the teachers, using the email:
Course coordinator, magisterial classes, case methods: Miquel Bosch: miquelbosch@uic.es
Part of magisterial classes: Francisco Miguel Torres: fmtorres@uic.es
Laboratory teacher: Lídia Romero: lromerocor@uic.es
The cell is the basic functional unit of all living beings. Cell biology is responsible for the study of cells and their properties: their structure, their functions, their composition, their interaction with the environment and their life cycle. The mission of cell biology is the understanding of the functioning of cellular systems, including the functions of their subcellular components; Its internal regulation and its relationship with external agents. It is complemented with the study areas of Histology, Physiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry.
Previous scientific training (highschool level), including:
Students in first call:
Students in second call: will do an exam in July that will count 65% of the final grade and that will average with the grade of laboratory sessions (15%), and preparation of the case methods (20%) obtained in the first call. Midterm exam will not be taken into account.
Students with two or more than two deadlines: they will do the final exam of each call that will count 65% of the final grade and that will averaged with the laboratory sesions grade (15%), and preparation of the case methods (20%) obtained in the first announcement. Whenever they wish, the students can repeat the attendance to the laboratory practices and case methods to obtain a new grade.
General points to keep in mind about the evaluation system:
1) To pass the course, in the final exam a minimum grade of 5.0 must be obtained.
2) Attendance to laboratory practices is mandatory. In case the student cannot attend a given session, a justification must be sent to the course coordinator in advance. Non-justified non-attendance means an automatic failure of the course.
3) Class participation is understood as the contribution of interesting ideas or the posing of pertinent questions that help to improve the quality of the session, be it a magisterial lesson, lab session or case method.
4) The exams will be a combination of questions with short written answers, and test type questions (with 4 answer options, the correct anwer counting +1 points, the incorrect answers counting -0.33 point, and the no-answer counting 0 points).
5) Attendance to magistral lectures is not mandatory, but students must accept the norms that the professor indicate.
6) Atendance to case methods is mandatory (>80% of sessions). In case the student cannot attend a given session, a justification must be sent to the course coordinator in advance. Non-justified non-attendance (<80%) means an automatic failure of the course.
Alberts B. et al., Essential Cell Biology. Fourth edition (2013), or fifth edition (2018). Garland Science.
Alberts B, et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 6th edition. Garland Science, 2015.
Lodish H, et al. Molecular Cell Biology. 7th edition Macmillan Learning, 2013 (8th edition, 2016).
Alberts, B et al. Biología Molecular de la Célula. 6ª edición. Ediciones Omega 2016.
Lodish et al. Biología Celular y Molecular. 7ª edición. Editorial Médica Panamericana S.A. 2016.
E: exam date | R: revision date | 1: first session | 2: second session: