| CODE | MDS3105 | ||||||||
| TITLE | Research Project 1: Technical Optimisation | ||||||||
| UM LEVEL | 03 - Years 2, 3, 4 in Modular Undergraduate Course | ||||||||
| MQF LEVEL | 6 | ||||||||
| ECTS CREDITS | 16 | ||||||||
| DEPARTMENT | Faculty of Medicine and Surgery | ||||||||
| DESCRIPTION | This study-unit will involve the student in designing and optimizing a particular research question related to a medical condition and then attempting to answer it via a series of experiments. Study-unit Aims: - To provide students with the practical means to address medical conditions with the relevant science base; - To teach students how to extrapolate research questions from current knowledge; - To introduce students to laboratory techniques and equipment. Learning Outcomes: 1. Knowledge & Understanding: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - discuss the research questions arising in a specific medical topic; - explain mainstream laboratory techniques applied in current biomedical research; - to describe experiment design. 2. Skills: By the end of the study-unit the student will be able to: - link medical knowledge to research proposal; - formulate research questions; - understand the operation of basic laboratory equipment; - participate in experiment design; - select the literature that supports the research questions; - analyse the literature; and - write a research project. Main Text/s and any supplementary readings: Main Texts - Weissman, S. (1999). CDNA preparation and characterization (Methods in enzymology 303). Academic Press. - Pardee, A., & McClelland, M. (1999). Expression genetics : Differential display (BioTechniques update series). BioTechniques Books. - Burgess, R., & Deutscher, M. (2009). Guide to protein purification(2nd ed., Methods in enzymology 463). Academic Press. - Corthell, J. (2014). Basic molecular protocols in neuroscience : Tips, tricks, and pitfalls. https://www-sciencedirect-com.ejournals.um.edu.mt/science/book/9780128014615 Supplementary Readings - Walters, N., Estridge, B., & Reynolds, A. (1990). Basic medical laboratory techniques (2nd ed.). Delmar. - Schena, M. (2003). Microarray analysis. Wiley-Liss. |
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| STUDY-UNIT TYPE | Practical and Project | ||||||||
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