Molecular Biomedicine
Objectives
The main objective is to provide students with an overview of the use of molecular technologies in medicine and the relevance of Biomedicine in research.
Specifically, to investigate application of molecular structures in biomedicine: diagnostics and therapeutics; biomedical applications; smart design; nanotechnology for biomedicine.
General characterization
Code
11853
Credits
3.0
Responsible teacher
Maria Alexandra Núncio de Carvalho Ramos Fernandes, Pedro Miguel Ribeiro Viana Baptista
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 26
Teaching language
Português
Prerequisites
Available soon
Bibliography
New Advances on Disease Biomarkers and Molecular Targets in Biomedicine; 2013; ISBN-13: 978-1627034555 ISBN-10: 1627034552
Biomedicine; 2012; ISBN 978-953-51-0352-3
Systems Biomedicine: Concepts and Perspetives; 2009; ISBN: 978-0-12-372550-9
Complex Systems Science in Biomedicine; 2006; ISBN: 978-0-387-30241-6; 978-0-387-33532-2
Teaching method
presential classes (or otherwise stated)
Powerpoints and bibliographic references
Evaluation method
Evaluation: (All compulsory for approval grade >9.5)
Quiz (20%)
Monography (25%) (4 pages)
Presentation/Questions/Discussion of Monography (35%)
Paper presentation/Questions/discussions (20%)
Subject matter
- Molecular mechanisms in cell control
- Molecular actuators
- Smart design of molecular structures
- Biosensing applications
- Molecular therapeutics
- Therapeutic nucleic acids: gene silencing and dose compensation
- in vitro models
- in vivo models
- Drug discovery, development and validation
- Bionanotechnology and Bionanomachines
- Regenerative systems
- Translation, ethical and societal impact, regulation.
Programs
Programs where the course is taught: