Making and Shaping Blood Cells

6 EC

Semester 1, period 2

5234MSBC6Y

Owner Master Biomedical Sciences
Coordinator Emile van den Akker
Part of Master Biomedical Sciences, track Developmental and Therapeutic Biology,

Course manual 2021/2022

Objectives

  • Explain and discuss the development of blood cells and the use of blood cells in therapeutic applications.
  • Reflect on ethical aspect of stem cell research.
  • Understand regulatory and commercial aspects of blood cell therapeutics.
  • Use knowledge of blood cell development to design and write a research proposal on this topic.

Learning activities

Activity

Hours

Hoorcollege

30

Practicum

3

Presentatie

23

Werkcollege

9

Self study

103

Total

168

(6 EC x 28 uur)

Attendance

Requirements of the programme concerning attendance (OER-B):

  1. Attendance during practical components exercises is mandatory.

Assessment

Item and weight Details

Final grade

1 (33%)

grant

1 (33%)

JC1

1 (33%)

JC2

Fraud and plagiarism

The 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' applies to this course. This will be monitored carefully. Upon suspicion of fraud or plagiarism the Examinations Board of the programme will be informed. For the 'Regulations governing fraud and plagiarism for UvA students' see: www.student.uva.nl

Course structure

WeeknummerOnderwerpenStudiestof
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

Timetable

The schedule for this course is published on DataNose.

Contact information

Coordinator

  • Emile van den Akker