Research practical Evolutionary medicine I

Module code

mlsPractEvoMedI-01a

Abbreviated title

Practical EvoMed I

Module components

1 two-week or 2 one-week laboratory block practical(s)

When

Semester 2

Module coordinator/

Organiser

J. Baines

IEM

Lecturers

Lab leaders of research groups investigating aspects relevant for evolutionary medicine

Contact hours

Practical 1: 3 CH                             Practical 2: 3 CH

Workload

Total: 180 h

Practical 1: 90 h
Attendance time 38 h, preparation 30 h, revision 22 h

Practical 2: 90 h

Attendance time 38 h, preparation 30 h, revision 22 h

Credit points

6

Requirements

MolBio passed

Expected outcome

Knowledge: Students

- know how to conduct themselves in a laboratory

- are familiar with the theoretical background on which the lab experiments conducted are based.

Skills: Students can apply lab and analytical techniques for evolutionary biology and medicine.

Competences: Students are able to critically assess the results of their experi-ments and put them into a scientific context.

Content

Experimental lab work connected to topics of lecture (e.g. analysis of NGS data, microbiome analysis).

Module evaluation/

exam

Graded

Written documentation of lab work (lab book)

Media used

Lab experiments

Literature

Manuals and instructions for lab work, current scientific publications

Literature

Ridley M, Evolution (John Wiley & Sons 2003) [still valid, no new edition available]

Gluckman P, Beedle A, Hanson M, Principles of Evolutionary Medicine (OUP 2^nd edition, 2016)

Stearns S, Medzhitov R, Evolutionary Medicine (Sinauer Associates 2015)

Current original publications and reviews

Lab manuals