ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 92 Hours of tutorials: 4 Expository Class: 36 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Areas: Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Center Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable | 1st year (Yes)
- Knowledge of the chemical structure of the molecules that constitute the human body.
- Knowledge of the mechanisms of assembly in supramolecular structures, cells, and tissues of the human body.
- Knowledge of the ways to obtain the energy needed to maintain the vital functions of the human body.
- Knowledge of the metabolic pathways that the human body used for both synthesis and degradation of biomolecules.
- Knowledge of the control mechanisms that coordinate the thousands of chemical reactions that occur in the human body.
- Knowledge of the chemical changes that accompany growth, differentiation, aging, and death of cells in the human body.
- Knowledge of the molecular mechanisms involved in the operation of equipment and human body systems and their pathological changes.
MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF LIVING ORGANISMS. Scope and objectives of Medical Biochemistry. Biomolecules: techniques of study. Cells and cellular compartments. Composition of both extracellular and intracellular media.
WATER. Molecular structure and properties. The water in living beings. Ionic activity. Acids and bases. Physiological buffers.
PROTEINS. Amino acids: properties and methods of analysis. Structure of proteins. Folding of proteins. Methods for the study of proteins. Proteins with a particular physiological interest.
ENZYMES. Classification of enzymes. Mechanisms of enzymatic catalysis. Kinetics of enzymatic reactions. Regulation of enzyme activity.
LIPIDS AND BIOLOGICAL MEMBRANES. Lipids of biological interest. Structure and characteristics of membranes. Transport across membranes.
INTODUCTION TO METABOLISM. Sources of energy and matter for living beings. Features of intermediary metabolism.
METABOLISM OF CARBOHYDRATES. Glycolysis. Gluconeogenesis. Glycogen metabolism. The pentose phosphate pathway.
COMMON PHASES OF OXIDATIVE METABOLISM. Tricarboxylic acid cycle. Mitochondrial electron transport chain and oxidative phosphorylation.
METABOLISM OF LIPIDS. Oxidation and synthesis of fatty acids. Metabolism of complex. Metabolism of eicosanoids. Metabolism of cholesterol.
METABOLISM OF LIPOPROTEINS. Composition and structural characteristics of lipoproteins. Lipoprotein functions. Lipoprotein metabolism.
METABOLISM OF AMINO ACIDS. General aspects of amino acid metabolism. Specific amino acid metabolism. Amino acid derivatives of physiological interest.
Basic bibliography:
Meisenberg G, Simmons WH. "Principios de Bioquímica Médica". Cuarta ed. Barcelona: Elsevier; 2018.
Ronner P. “Netter. Bioquímica esencial”. Primera ed. Barcelona: Elsevier; 2019.
Feduchi E, Romero C, Yáñez E, Blasco I, García-Hoz C. "Bioquímica. Conceptos Esenciales". Segunda ed. Madrid: Editorial Médica Panamericana; 2015.
Garzón de la Mora P, González Hita M, Gurrola Díaz CM y cols. “Manual de prácticas de laboratorio de bioquímica”. Tercera ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana; 2014.
Complementary bibliography:
Baynes JW, Dominiczac MH. "Bioquímica Médica". Cuarta ed. Barcelona: Elsevier-Saunders; 2015.
McKee T, McKee JR. “Bioquímica. Las bases moleculares de la vida”. Quinta ed. Madrid: McGraw-Hill Interamericana; 2014.
Ferrier DR. Bioquímica. Sexta ed. Barcelona: Woulters Kluwer; 2014.
Stryer L, Berg JM, Tymoczko JL. "Bioquímica". Con Aplicaciones Clínicas. Séptima ed. Barcelona: Editorial Reverté; 2013.
The student will have remote access to part of the recommended bibliography through the service of the USC University Library.
Specific skills
- Understanding cells structure and functions.
- Biomolecules.
- Metabolism.
- Regulation and metabolic integration.
- Knowing of both instrumentation and basic laboratory techniques.
- Interpreting normal laboratory tests.
General skills
- Understanding the normal structure and function of the human body at the molecular, cellular, tissue, organ, and system levels and in the different stages of life and in both sexes.
- Knowing the basis of normal human behavior and its disorders.
- Understanding the effects, mechanisms, and manifestations of the disease on the structure and function of the human body.
- Understanding the causative agents and risk factors that determine the health status and development of disease.
- Understanding the effects of growth, development, and aging on an individual and his social environment.
- Understanding the action, indications, and efficacy of therapeutic interventions based on scientific evidence.
- Being able to formulate hypotheses, collect data, and critically evaluate the information for the solving of problems using the scientific method.
- Acquiring basic training for research activity.
Expository teaching
Expository teaching is designed to enhance the independent learning of students. In the lectures the teacher will present and explain the most important aspects of each topic, helping students to achieve the objectives of the subject. In the scenarios planned for the academic year 2020-2021, this teaching will have the following characteristics:
Scenario 1: classroom teaching.
Scenario 2: classroom and/or virtual teaching (synchronous), using corporate tools (MS Teams, Virtual Campus-Moodle, etc.).
Scenario 3: virtual teaching (synchronous or asynchronous), using corporate tools (MS Teams, Virtual Campus-Moodle, etc.).
Interactive teaching
There will be seminars/labs on topics related to the theoretical content of the subject and clinical aspectss will be also discussed. The teacher will lead and guide the student in the learning process. In the scenarios planned for the academic year 2020-2021, this teaching will have the following characteristics:
Scenario 1: both seminars and labs will be face-to-face.
Scenario 2: both seminars and labs will be face-to-face and /or virtual (synchronous or asynchronous), with a reduced duration of labs to 50%. Corporate tools (Campus Virtual-Moodle, MS Teams, etc.) will be used for this purpose.
Scenario 3: both seminars and labs will be virtual (synchronous or asynchronous), with a reduced duration of labs to 50%. Corporate tools (Campus Virtual-Moodle, MS Teams, etc.) will be used for this purpose.
Tutorials
This activity will be used for the clarification of doubts related to the theoretical and practical contents of the subject. In the scenarios planned for the academic year 2020-2021, the tutorials will have the following characteristics:
Scenario 1: face-to-face, without ruling out the complementary use of virtual forms (Teams, Virtual Campus, etc.).
Scenario 2: fundamentally virtual (synchronous or asynchronous), using corporate tools (MS Teams, Campus Virtual-Moodle, etc.).
Scenario 3: virtual (synchronous or asynchronous), using corporate tools (MS Teams, Campus Virtual-Moodle, etc.).
In the three scenarios, a virtual classroom will be kept at the disposal of the students, also maintaining direct communication channels for tutorials, forums, and virtual sessions.
A final exam representing an 80% of the final grade will be done. The final exam may include multiple choice questions and/or short questions, covering all aspects related to the contents of the subject. The student must demonstrate in the exam an adequate knowledge of each part of the subject.
A continuous assessment representing a 20% of the final grade will be also done. This continuous assessment could be done through regular checks of student learning, attendance, and student participation in scheduled activities.
To pass the evaluation the student must obtain:
- a minimum of 4.0 points (out of a maximum of 8.0) in the final exam
- a minimum of 5.0 points (out of a maximum of 10) in the sum of the final exam + the continuous assessment (out of a maximum of 2.0).
The grade corresponding to the continuous assessment will only be valid during the academic year in which it was obtained.
In the scenarios planned for the academic year 2020-2021, the evaluations will have the following characteristics:
Scenario 1: as a form of assessment, a final face-to-face test will be used, combined with a continuous formative evaluation (face-to-face and virtual). For this purpose, corporate tools (Virtual Campus-Moodle, etc.) may be used.
Scenario 2: as a form of assessment, a telematic final test will preferably be used, combined with a continuous formative telematic evaluation. Corporate tools (Campus Virtual-Moodle, etc.) will be used for this purpose.
Scenario 3: as a form of assessment, a telematic final test will be used, combined with a continuous formative telematic evaluation. Corporate tools (Campus Virtual-Moodle, etc.) will be used for this purpose.
In cases in which the fraudulent performance of exercises and assessment tests is detected, the provisions of the “Regulations for the evaluation of student academic performance and review of grades” will be applied.
Student class work: 60 hours
Personal work: 90 hours
Attendance at all classroom activities relating to the teaching of the subject.
Monitoring and periodic reading of texts and other materials recommended by the teacher.
Use of tutorials to solve any doubts the student may have in relation to the covered contents.
Finally, students will focus their study on the understanding of the concepts given and their possible application in the medical field, not limiting its attention to simply assimilate information.
Contingency plan
Both teaching methodology and evaluation system foreseen for scenarios 2 and 3 are in accordance with the “Guidelines for the development of safe face-to-face teaching for the academic year 2020-2021” of June 26, 2020, as indicates:
Adaptations for teaching methodology
Scenario 2: expository and interactive teaching will be face-top-face and/or virtual teaching (synchronous), using corporate tools (MS Teams, Virtual Campus-Moodle, etc.). Tutorials will be preferably virtual (synchronous or asynchronous).
Scenario 3: exclusively virtual teaching and tutoring, using corporate tools (MS Teams, Campus Virtual-Moodle, etc.).
Adaptations for assessment system
Scenario 2: assessment will preferably telematic, for which corporate tools will be used (Virtual Campus-Moodle, etc.).
Scenario 3: assessment will be carried out telematically, using corporate tools (Virtual Campus-Moodle, etc.).
Antonio Juan Pazos Castelos
- Department
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Area
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Phone
- 881816056
- antonioj.pazos [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Estefania Maria Salome Mendez Alvarez
- Department
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Area
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Phone
- 881812210
- estefania.mendez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Ramon Soto Otero
Coordinador/a- Department
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Area
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Phone
- 881812210
- ramon.soto [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
German Sierra Paredes
- Department
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Area
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Phone
- 881812212
- german.sierra.paredes [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Maria Dolores Vazquez Illanes
- Department
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Area
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Phone
- 881812335
- mdolores.vazquez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
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| 08:30-09:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Spanish | Medicine-Classroom 4 |
| 15:30-16:30 | Grupo /CLE_03 | Spanish | Medicine-Classroom 4 |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Dentistry-Classroom 1 |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Dentistry-Classroom 2 |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Castelao Classroom |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 1 |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 2 |
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| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 4 |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 5 |
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| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 7 |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 8 |
| 01.26.2021 09:00-12:00 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 9 |
| 06.26.2021 12:30-14:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 4 |
| 06.26.2021 12:30-14:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 5 |
| 06.26.2021 12:30-14:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 7 |
| 06.26.2021 12:30-14:30 | Grupo /CLE_01 | Medicine-Classroom 8 |