ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Student's work ECTS: 99 Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 24 Interactive Classroom: 24 Total: 150
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Center Faculty of Biology
Call:
Teaching: Sin docencia (Extinguida)
Enrolment: No Matriculable
It is intended that the student acquire basic theoretical and practical knowledge of Biochemistry and that allows him to interpret and solve simple questions. Among the skills that the student should obtain are the handling of specialized literature, the ability to interrelate biochemistry with other biological disciplines, and the management of basic laboratory techniques. The study of this subject will provide the student with knowledge of the structure/function of biomolecules, energy transfer and exchange processes, biochemical reaction and enzymes, and metabolism and their regulation from a general overview.
SUBJECT WITHOUT TEACHING, ONLY WITH THE RIGHT TO EVALUATION
The contents of the last course with teaching that will be evaluated this course are indicated.
LECTURES PROGRAM
Topic 1. Biochemical science. Molecular design of life.
Topic 2. Carbohydrates. General characteristics and biological function.
Topic 3. Lipids. General characteristics and biological function.
Topic 4. Nucleotides and amino acids.
Topic 5. Peptide bond and proteins. Three-dimensional structure and functionality of proteins.
Topic 6. Function of proteins. Myoglobin and hemoglobin.
Topic 7. Biological membranes. Structure and properties. Mechanisms of transport through membrane.
Topic 8. Bioenergetics: Study of energy transformations and exchanges.
Topic 9. Enzymes: structure and function.
Topic 10. Enzymatic reaction. Kinetics of enzymatic reaction.
Topic 11. Inhibition and regulation of enzymatic reaction.
Topic 12. Cell signaling and its mechanisms.
Topic 13. Introduction to metabolism and its regulation.
PROGRAM OF INTERACTIVE CLASSES / SEMINARS
Resolution of practical questions (problems, reasoning questions, etc.) related to the topics of the exhibition matter, which serve to deepen their knowledge, with the following topics:
• Seminar 1: carbohydrates
• Seminar 2: lipids
• Seminar 3: amino acids and proteins
• Seminar 4: biological and bioenergetic membranes
• Seminar 5: activity and enzymatic inhibition
TUTORIAL PROGRAM
According to the hours established for the subject, there will be 5 hours of tutoring, each one lasting 1 hour, will be at the request of the students, agreed with the corresponding teachers (lectures, seminars and practicals) and will be dedicated to answering questions about the topics of the lectures, the problems carried out in the seminars and laboratory practices. These tutorials can be carried out in person or using the telematic methods proposed by the teaching staff (MS-Teams, virtual Campus, institutional email).
PROGRAM OF LABORATORY PRACTICES
• PRACTICE 1. Homogenized animal tissue (calf liver) and fractionation of cellular organelles. Preparation of reagents.
• PRACTICE 2. Determination of protein concentration. Lowry method.
• PRACTICE 3. Obtaining and purifying DNA from nuclei of eukaryotic cells. Electrophoretic analysis on agarose gels.
• PRACTICE 4. Enzymology: realization of the standard line and determination of the specific activity.
• PRACTICE 5. Enzymology: kinetics and Enzymatic Inhibition.
EXAM (2h face-to-face)
Mandatory face-to-face written exam of the contents of lectures and seminars. In your case, there may be students who also have to do an exam of the laboratory practices.
BASIC
• Berg, J.M., Tymoczko, J.L. y Stryer L., 2015. Bioquímica con aplicaciones clínicas. 7ª ed. Barcelona: Reverté.
• *Rodwell, V.W., Bender, D.A., Botham, K.M., Kennelly, P.J. y Weil, P.A., 2018. Harper Bioquímica ilustrada. [on line] 31ª ed. México: McGraw-Hill/Interamericana. Available in: https://accessmedicina-mhmedical-com.ezbusc.usc.gal/Book.aspx?bookid=27…
• Nelson, D.L. y Cox, M.M., 2018. Lehninger Principios de Bioquímica. 7ª ed. Barcelona: Omega.
• Voet, D., Voet, J.G.y Pratt, C.W., 2016. Fundamentos de bioquímica: la vida a nivel molecular. 4ª ed. Buenos Aires: Ed. Médica Panamericana.
• *McKee, T., y McKee, J.R., 2014. Bioquímica. Las bases moleculares de la vida. [on line] 5ª ed. México: McGraw-Hill/Interamericana. Available in: https://accessmedicina-mhmedical-com.ezbusc.usc.gal/Book.aspx?bookid=19…
• *Kuchel, P.W., Easterbrook-Smith, S., Gysbers, V., y Guss J.M., 2009. Schaum’s Outline of Biochemistry. [on line] 3ª ed. McGraw-Hill. Available in: https://www-accessengineeringlibrary-com.ezbusc.usc.gal/content/book/97…
• *Battaner Arias, E., 2013. Biomoléculas: una introducción estructural a la bioquímica. [on line] Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. Available in: https://prelo.usc.es/Record/Xebook1-134
• *Battaner Arias, E., 2014. Compendio de enzimología. [on line] Salamanca: Ediciones Universidad de Salamanca. Available in: https://prelo.usc.es/Record/Xebook1-163
COMPLEMENTARY
• *Sánchez Enríquez, S., Flores Alvarado, L.J., Gurrola Díaz, C.M., Heredia Chávez. P., 2014, Manual de prácticas de laboratorio de bioquímica. [on line] 3ª ed. México: McGraw-Hill/Interamericana. Available in: https://accessmedicina-mhmedical-com.ezbusc.usc.gal/Book.aspx?bookid=14…
• Roca, P., Oliver, J. y Rodríguez, A.M., 2003. Bioquímica. Técnicas y Métodos. Madrid: Hélice.
ANOTHER RESOURCES
- http://biomodel.uah.es. Website of Universidad Alcalá de Henares
-http://www.sebbm.es/BioROM/indices/index.html
-http://www.pubmed.com (books)
-BUSC electronic resources: Cell, Nature, Science, Sciencedirect, etc.
In this matter, the student will acquire and practice both a series of basic / general and transversal competences, desirable in any university degree, and specific to this subject within the Degree of Biology.
Within the competency table that was designed for the degree, the following will be worked on more specifically:
Basic / General Competences
Those that appear reflected in the Memory of the Degree of Biology.
Transversal Competences
CT1 - Ability to analyze and synthesize.
CT2 - Ability for reasoning and argumentation
CT3 - Ability to work in groups and deal with problem situations collectively
CT4 - Ability to obtain adequate, diverse and up-to-date information
CT5 - Ability to prepare and present an organized and comprehensible text
CT7 - Commitment to veracity of information offered to others
CT9 - Use of bibliographical and Internet information.
CT11 - Ability to solve problems through the integrated application of their knowledge
Specific Competences
CE1.c - Competence: Instrumental knowledge, skills and abilities: Basic techniques in biology.
CE2.a - Competence: Origin and molecular bases of life: Concepts, mechanisms and hypotheses.
CE2.b - Competence: Origin and molecular bases of life: Structure and function of biomolecules.
CE2.d.- Competence: Origin and molecular bases of life: Metabolism, Cell signaling and Bioenergetics.
CE2.e.- Competence: Origin and molecular basis of life: Biomolecules Analysis and Metabolic Processes.
THIS SUBJECT IS IN EXTINCTION AND WILL NOT HAVE TEACHING.
The subject is designed to promote the active learning of students. Theoretical classes are conceived as general introductions to each theme whose topics are indicated in the content section, which will be complemented with the rest of proposed activities. These activities are the individual study, the accomplishment of practical activities in laboratory and of a book of practices, the resolution of questions and problems in seminars and the resolution of doubts of the matter through the tutorials. The individual study will be carried out with organized and detailed information provided by the teaching staff through the presentations available on the Virtual Campus. The basis of this information will be the recommended basic bibliography, which will be complemented with additional information.
In the seminars, various practical questions and problems will be proposed (through the Virtual Campus) in which concepts and theoretical knowledge presented during the lectures will be applied. These problems are subject to examination.
The contents of the mandatory laboratory practices, carried out the last year with teaching, will be available to the students through the Virtual Campus, together with other complementary contents, for the study of the techniques and protocols treated for the exam they must take, be the case.
The tutorials are conceived as a means of control, coordination and for the students to raise their doubts or questions. They will be especially useful as an element of feedback and self-evaluation of the tasks carried out. The Internet will also facilitate contact between students and teachers through electronic consultations.
The exam is a compulsory face-to-face test for the evaluation of knowledge and skills using a written test in which multiple choice questions, problems similar to those of the seminars and development questions will be formulated, covering the topics covered in the contents of the classes. exhibitions and seminars. If this is the case, there will also be a compulsory exam of the practical contents.
Plagiarism and improper use of technologies in the performance of tasks or tests: in cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of student academic performance and review of grades will apply.
It is expressly forbidden for students to distribute, among people outside the course, the teaching material (both written and audiovisual) available on the Virtual Campus or provided by the teaching staff through other channels.
The student's grade is a weighted average between the student's performance in the parts in which their work is evaluated: exam, bulletins / questionnaires from the seminars and memory of practices. The same instruments will be used to evaluate competencies according to the following scheme:
Exam: CT1, CT2, CT5, CT9, CT11, CE1.c, CE2.a, CE2.b, CE2.d, CE2.e, CB1, CB4, CB5, CG1, CG3, CG5.
Practices: CT1, CT2, CT3, CT5, CT7, CT11, CE1.c, CE2.a, CE2.d, CE2.e, CB1, CB4, CB5, CG1, CG2, CG3, CG5.
Seminars: CT1, CT2, CT3, CT4, CT7, CT9, CT11, CE2.a, CE2.d, CE2.e CB1, CB4, CB5, CG2, CG5.
Common standards in the evaluation in both calls.
This subject will only have evaluation of repeating students.
1) Those repeating students who have carried out continuous evaluation (memory of practices and questionnaires from the seminars) in previous courses, the provisions of the teaching guide of the last course with teaching will apply: these are kept complete. Notes that will account for 35% of the final grade and must repeat the mandatory expository/seminar exam, which will account for 65% of the remaining grade. But, in any case, if they have a low grade in the continuous evaluation or if they consider the other evaluation system more appropriate, they can also follow the evaluation system in point 2, after notifying the teaching staff.
2) Repeating students who have not carried out continuous evaluation in previous years: by not having done the practices and/or not having delivered the practice report (both mandatory according to the general criteria to pass the subject in the previous years) , they must take a mandatory practice exam (to be taken together with the final exam) which will account for 20% of the total grade. The note of seminars (not compulsory in previous courses) is added to that of the obligatory expository/seminars exam, which in this case will mean 80% of the final mark. The contents for the practice exam will be the practice memory (protocols and introductions), videos and other complementary material attached in the laboratory practices section of the Virtual Campus of the subject.
3) Newly enrolled students (if any) of the Degree in Biology, who logically do not have continuous assessment grades from past courses and do not have the right to teach: the provisions of point 2 will apply.
The final exam is contemplated as a mandatory and complementary face-to-face test, for all students, to the continuous evaluation carried out in other courses, if applicable. for all students. In all cases also, it will be necessary to achieve a minimum of 4 out of 10 in the final exam of lectures/seminars (in the two calls) so that the continuous evaluation is added, if applicable. Otherwise, the final mark will be exclusively that of this exam (65% or 80% of the total mark). A minimum final grade of 5 out of 10 will be required to pass the course.
There will be no compensatory mechanisms for non-attendance and/or failure to carry out any compulsory and/or evaluable activity in other courses other than the one indicated here. There will be no partial exams or exams outside the official date.
Plagiarism and improper use of technologies in performing tasks or tests:
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of student academic performance and review of grades will apply.
It is expressly forbidden for students to distribute, among people outside the course, the teaching material (both written and audiovisual) available on the Virtual Campus or provided by the teaching staff through other channels.
SUBJECT WITHOUT TEACHING
Resolution of the problems and questions corresponding to the seminars.
Use and consultation of the recommended bibliography and of the material provided by the teaching staff.
Frequent reading and reflection on the subject taught, necessary for the integration of knowledge.
Make use of the tutorials and contact the teachers to resolve any doubts and problems that arise in the study of the subject and monitor the learning.
There will be an active virtual classroom of the subject through the Virtual Campus of the USC.
Plagiarism and improper use of technologies in the performance of tasks or tests: in cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of student academic performance and review of grades will apply.
It is expressly forbidden for students to distribute, among people outside the course, the teaching material (both written and audiovisual) available on the Virtual Campus or provided by the teaching staff through other channels.
In cases of fraudulent performance of exercises or tests, the provisions of the Regulations for the evaluation of student academic performance and review of grades will apply.
Communication with teachers
Face-to-face communication in the office. Communications may also be established through institutional email, messages through the Virtual Campus forum, by telephone and through the MS-teams platform.
Guillermo Covelo Artos
- Department
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Area
- Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- Phone
- 881816930
- guillermo.covelo [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Temporary PhD professor
| 12.22.2023 16:00-20:00 | Grupo de examen | Classroom 01. Charles Darwin |
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