330029 VO Nutrition and Gene Regulation (2009W)
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Regular attendance is required during the course.
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max. 30 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
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Currently no class schedule is known.
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Aims, contents and method of the course
Assessment and permitted materials
Assessment is based on the following activities:
1. Oral or written presentations of students after the course
2. Activity during the course
Oral presentations: Power point presentations, approximately 15-20 minutes, minimum 5 slides, maximum 10 slides
Written works: 15-20 pages of A4 sheets
Structure: Introduction, discussion, summary.
References, literature: Accepted bibliographical reference data of per reviewed journals or registered scientific meetings should be given. Recent references dated from the last few years are preferred.
1. Oral or written presentations of students after the course
2. Activity during the course
Oral presentations: Power point presentations, approximately 15-20 minutes, minimum 5 slides, maximum 10 slides
Written works: 15-20 pages of A4 sheets
Structure: Introduction, discussion, summary.
References, literature: Accepted bibliographical reference data of per reviewed journals or registered scientific meetings should be given. Recent references dated from the last few years are preferred.
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
Aims:
Giving some relevant examples on the involvement of nutritional factors in genetic regulation,
by showing recent trends in genomics and systems biology
Showing the different, publicly available scientific databases of genomics and proteomics for further studies,
Promoting the presentations of students ¿ own scientific works, related to these fields.
Giving some relevant examples on the involvement of nutritional factors in genetic regulation,
by showing recent trends in genomics and systems biology
Showing the different, publicly available scientific databases of genomics and proteomics for further studies,
Promoting the presentations of students ¿ own scientific works, related to these fields.
Examination topics
Methods:
1. Lectures on the topics listed above
2. Online presentations of internet-based genomic and proteomic databases
3. Students ¿ presentations on connected topics with common discussions
1. Lectures on the topics listed above
2. Online presentations of internet-based genomic and proteomic databases
3. Students ¿ presentations on connected topics with common discussions
Reading list
Literature:
1. Power point presentations of the lectures will be available
2. Further publications (textbooks and/or review articles) on the topics of genetics, genomics and nutrition/nutritional genomics
1. Power point presentations of the lectures will be available
2. Further publications (textbooks and/or review articles) on the topics of genetics, genomics and nutrition/nutritional genomics
Association in the course directory
Last modified: Mo 07.09.2020 15:44
Introduction, Basic terms in genetics.
Characteristics of chromosomal, monogenic and multifactorial diseases.
The 50 years`history of modern genetics from the double-helix to the Human Genome Project. Gene regulation, general aspects.14 October
SNP variations, haplotype blocks. Microarray (chip) technology
Chromosomal and Mendelian (monogenic) disorders.
Genetic regulation in complex diseases. Example: Allergies15 October:
Nutritional genomic aspects of complex multifactorial diseases.
Examples: Coronary heart disease and related subjects as main health-related challenges.
Role of genomics, proteomics and metabolomics in the understanding of complex biological regulatory systems. Applied genomics, Nutritional genomics (Biological networks, Systems Biology approach)16 October:
Information technology, nutrition and gene-regulation: Genetic, genomic and proteomic databases: OMIM, NCBI-Entrez integrated database, BLAST, Swissprot, PFAM, E-Ensembl.
Food safety issues and genomics, Food allergens, GMO-food, Hazards, risks, tresholds19 October:
Epigenetic regulation and nutrition. Post-genomics, fractogeometry.20-21 October:
Special aspects of nutrition and gene regulation in humans during pregnancy and after birth. Examples: Role of folic acid, vitamine D and probiotic supplementation.
Students ¿ presentations.
Summary, conclusions.