Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Biological Kinetics (PGBI11073)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Course type | Standard |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits | 10 |
| Home subject area | Postgraduate |
Other subject area | None |
| Course website |
None |
Taught in Gaelic? | No |
| Course description | **Online Distance Learning Course**
Many drugs designed in the laboratory fail in clinical trials. To understand why, students need a knowledge of pharmacokinetics, for which an appreciation of biological kinetics is required. In addition more complex modelling of drug targets as systems of interacting molecules is emerging. Other courses in the MSc require a knowledge of elementary kinetics. This course is designed to introduce these concepts. |
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | None |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2013/14 Semester 2, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Learn enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Web Timetable |
Web Timetable |
| Course Start Date |
07/04/2014 |
| Breakdown of Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
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Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
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| Additional Notes |
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| Breakdown of Assessment Methods (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| No Exam Information |
Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
At the end of this course students should be able to:
- Demonstrate an appreciation of biological time scales at the molecular level;
- Show advanced knowledge of the factors that affect molecular time scales;
- Appreciate how to extract first order association/dissociation constants and half-lives from experimental data;
- Appreciate the scale of diffusion-limited processes and how to show that they are so;
- Demonstrate advanced knowledge of enzyme kinetics and derivation and manipulation of attendant equations. |
Assessment Information
50% = Group Assessment (including maximum 20% variation for Peer Assessment of contribution)
50% = Electronic Portfolio (comprising of learning log and contribution to skills profile)
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords | IntroBiolKin |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Linda Gilmore
Tel: (0131 6)50 7047
Email: linda.gilmore@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Vicky Mactaggart
Tel: (0131 6)51 7052
Email: Vicky.Mactaggart@ed.ac.uk |
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