Postgraduate Course: Druggable Systems (PGBI11067)
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**
Some targets are more likely to have a successful drug developed against them than others. In next generation drug discovery, drug targets are likely to be chosen on a more rational basis. This course will introduce some targets to which successful drugs have been developed while examining the reasons why success was achieved and how these lessons might be applied to future cases. |
| Course description |
Not entered
|
Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
|
Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | None |
Course Delivery Information
|
| Academic year 2015/16, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
|
Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
| Course Start Date |
04/04/2016 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
100
(
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 2,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
98 )
|
| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
|
| 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)
|
| Feedback |
Not entered |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- At the end of this course students should be able to: Appreciate the characteristics of successful drug targets;
- Understand and evaluate the structural characteristics of successful drug binding sites;
- Gauge the characteristics of protein's place in a pathway, or system of interacting proteins, for its likelihood to be a good drug target.
- Name and describe several experimental methods for validating a drug target
|
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Not entered |
| Keywords | Druggable |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Douglas Houston
Tel: (0131 6)50 7358
Email: DouglasR.Houston@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Vicky Mactaggart
Tel: (0131 6)51 7052
Email: Vicky.Mactaggart@ed.ac.uk |
|
© Copyright 2015 The University of Edinburgh - 18 January 2016 4:32 am
|
University Homepage