Postgraduate Course: Introduction to Biological Kinetics (PGBI11073)
Course Outline
School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
SCQF Credits | 10 |
ECTS Credits | 5 |
Summary | **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. |
Course description |
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Co-requisites | |
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Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
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Academic year 2014/15, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Course Start Date |
06/04/2015 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
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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Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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Additional Information (Assessment) |
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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Feedback |
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No Exam Information |
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.
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Additional Information
Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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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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