Genetics, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Cellular Biology:

1: Outer cellular structures: Biological membranes, cell walls and flagella
2: Cell biology of Anabolism: The Nucleus, the Endoplasmic Reticulum and the Golgi apparatus
3: Cell biology of Catabolism: The endo-lysosomal system and autophagy
4: Cellular energy and detox: Mitochondria, Chloroplasts and Peroxisomes
5: Intracellular logistics: The cytoskeletons, transport routes and motor systems
6: Elements of multicellular organization: From biofilms to cell specialization, cell-cell communication and stem cells
7: The cell in time: Cell cycles, cell death and senescence
8: Organelles and disease + Wrap up and synthesis

Genetics:

1: Introduction to Genetics
2: Mendelian Genetics I
3: Mendelian Genetics II
4: Principles of human genetics
5: Exercises
5: The structure of DNA, and Chromosomes.
6: The structure of chromatin
7: The structure of genes.
8: The genetic code.
9: Mutations and polymorphisms
10: Models of regulation (the Operon model)
11: Hybridization, amplification and NGS techniques.
12: Cancer Genetics
13: Population Genetics
14: Exercises
15: Principles of Epigenetics/Imprinting

Molecular Biology:

1- Genes and genome
2- DNA replication
3- Repair Mechanisms
4- Transcriptional regulation in procaryotes
5-Transcriptional regulation in eukaryotes
6- Splicing mechanisms
7- mRNA processing
8- Translation and translational regulation
9- Post- translational regulation
10- Molecular mechanisms of cell-cycle
11- ncRNA
12- Methods- plasmids and cloning
13- Methods- Northern, Southern, Western, PCR
14- Methods- DNA insertion in cell culture and different animal modes
15- Methods- CRISPR-CAS9, genome editing