ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 30 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 51
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Microbiology and Parasitology
Areas: Microbiology
Center Faculty of Sciences
Call: First Semester
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
To know the differential, morphological and structural characteristics of viruses.
To understand the genetic and functional diversity of the main groups of viruses.
To understand the mechanisms of pathogenicity and the main pathogenic viruses.
To know the techniques used in the laboratory for their study and their applications.
THEORY SYLLABUS
TOPIC 1. Concept and historical development of virology.
TOPIC 2. Structure of viruses.
TOPIC 3. Virus taxonomy.
TOPIC 4. The virus multiplication cycle.
TOPIC 5. Virus-cell interaction.
TOPIC 6. Virus culture.
TOPIC 7. Main pathogenic viruses.
TOPIC 8. Subviral agents. Viroids and Prions.
TOPIC 9. Biotechnological applications of viruses.
LABORATORY PRACTICALS
PRACTICE 1. Virus culture.
PRACTICE 2. Detection of bacteriophages.
PRACTICE 3. Immunological techniques for virus detection.
Genetic techniques for virus detection.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
-Cann, A.J., 2009. Principios de virología molecular. Zaragoza: Acribia.
-Carter, J.B. and Saunders, V., 2013. Virology: principles and applications. 2nd ed.Chichester, WS: John Wiley & Sons.
-Flint, S.J., Enquist, L.W., Krug, R.M., Racaniello, V.R. and Skalka, A.M., 2000.Principles of virology: molecular biology, pathogenesis, and control. Washington,DC: ASM Press.
-Flint, S.J., Racaniello, V.R., Rall, G.F. and Skalka, A.M., 2015. Principles of virology.4th ed. 2 vol. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
WEB RESOURCES
-Editorial WileyPortal Viralzone (https://viralzone.expasy.org/)
-Portal This week in Virology (https://www.microbe.tv/)
-ICTV (International Commitee for Taxonomy of Virus): https://ictv.global/
-The Big Picture Book of Viruses: http://www.virology.net/Big_Virology/BVHostList.html
BASIC AND GENERAL COMPETENCES
GC1 - Possess and understand the fundamental knowledge of the organisation and function of biological systems at the cellular and molecular levels.
CB1 - That students have demonstrated possession and understanding of knowledge in an area of study that starts from the basis of general secondary education, and is usually at a level that, while relying on advanced textbooks, also includes some aspects that involve knowledge from the cutting edge of their field of study.
TRANSVERSAL COMPETENCES
CT3 - Ability to work in a team.
CT6 - Ability to search for, analyse and manage information from different sources.
CT14 - Ability to apply knowledge to practice.
CT15 - Ability for oral and written communication.
SPECIFIC COMPETENCES
CES17 - Knowledge of the diversity and replication strategies of viruses, as well as the main problems and current applications in the field of virology.
Lectures will be given in the form of master classes (30 hours), where the theoretical foundations of the subject will be explained with the help of the necessary audiovisual aids and materials. Student participation will be encouraged.
Interactive teaching will be carried out through laboratory practices and seminars.
The practicals of the subject (15h) are compulsory. They are aimed at the student acquiring practical skills and abilities in relation to biosafety, handling of equipment, and microbiological techniques necessary for the study of viruses.
Seminars (3h), of compulsory attendance, in which complementary topics will be developed, which the lecturer will propose to the students at the beginning of the subject, and which they will elaborate in groups. The presentation of the topics will take the form of a "round table" debate.
The tutorials (3h) are aimed at guiding the student in the different activities of the subject, mainly for the approach of the group activity and the presentation of seminars.
Communication and teaching tasks will be carried out through the Virtual Campus of USC. The virtual course allows students enrolled in the subject to access all the contents taught by the lecturer, as well as access to information on the subject, programs, timetables, seminars, tutorials, and homework.
The assessment will be carried out by means of a final exam which represents 70% and a continuous assessment which will represent the remaining 30%.
The student's final grade will take into account both the result of the exam and all the activities carried out: attendance and participation in lectures, attendance and participation in laboratory practicals, and group work.
The evaluation system consists of the following sections:
-FINAL EXAMINATION: Up to 7.0 points (CG1, CB1, CES17).
-CONTINUOUS ASSESSMENT: Up to 3.0 points:
1. Attendance and participation in lectures and practical classes: Up to 1.0 points.
Attendance, participation in lectures, and resolution of questionnaires aimed at strengthening knowledge about the organization and function of biological systems at the cellular and molecular levels (CG1), the diversity and replication strategies of viruses, as well as the main problems and current applications in the field of Virology (CES17) will be assessed. The ability to work appropriately in a laboratory applying safety standards and the ability to apply knowledge to practice will be assessed (CT14).
2. Performance and presentation of work in seminar sessions: Up to 2.0 points.
The ability to work in a team (CT3), to search for, analyze and manage information from different sources (CT6) and to apply knowledge to practice (CT14) will be assessed. Likewise, the capacity for oral and written communication will be assessed (CT15).
-To pass the course it is essential to attend the practical laboratory sessions.
-To pass the subject it is essential to obtain a minimum grade in all sections: written exam (4) and continuous assessment (1).
VERY IMPORTANT:
"For cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, what is established in the "Regulations for the evaluation of student's academic performance and revision of grades" will be applied.
Hours of face-to-face classes and student work (non-face-to-face).
EXPOSITIVE teaching:
Total hours: 99
Face-to-face: 30% = 30 hours
Non-attendance: 70% = 69 hours
INTERACTIVE PRACTICAL teaching:
Total hours: 30
Class attendance: 50% = 15 hours
Non-attendance 50% = 15 hours
INTERACTIVE SEMINARS:
Total hours: 9
Attendance: 33% = 3 hours
Non-attendance 66% = 6 hours
TUTORIALS IN SMALL GROUPS:
Total hours: 12
Face-to-face: 33% = 3 hours
Non-attendance 66% = 9 hours
TOTAL
Total hours: 150
Classroom hours: 51
Non-attendance hours: 99
Regularly consult the information uploaded to the Virtual Classroom, attendance, and completion of tasks that contribute to continuous assessment.
INDIVIDUAL Tutorials: in the offices of Pavilion I, 2nd floor of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (by prior agreement of date and time by email).
The subject is taught in the two official languages of the community, Spanish and Galician.
Miguel Blanco Alvarez
- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- miguel.blanco [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Jesus Eulogio Blanco Alvarez
- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- jesuseulogio.blanco [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Lecturer
Azucena Del Carmen Mora Gutierrez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- azucena.mora [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Vanesa Garcia Menendez
- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- vanesag.menendez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Xunta Post-doctoral Contract
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