Course detail
Technology in Cellular Engineering
FEKT-MPA-TBIAcad. year: 2022/2023
Not applicable.
Language of instruction
English
Number of ECTS credits
5
Mode of study
Not applicable.
Guarantor
Offered to foreign students
The home faculty only
Learning outcomes of the course unit
Not applicable.
Prerequisites
Knowledge of biology, mathematics and physics accordant with the subjects of previous bachelor’s study is expected.
Co-requisites
Not applicable.
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Not applicable.
Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes
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Course curriculum
1. Cultivation and preparation of cells and tissue, automation of processes in the cell laboratory.
2. Technology for cell counting and sorting, automated laboratory analyzers for tissue engineering.
3. Mechanical properties and methods of their measurement. Holographic microscopy and its applications.
4. Microscopic techniques, light field observation, contrast techniques, fluorescence microscopy.
5. Special microscopic imaging techniques in cell engineering. Recording techniques for microscopy.
6. Electron microscopy in cell engineering, correlation microscopy, preparation of biological samples for electron microscopy.
7. Methods for measuring electrical activity of excitable tissue using microelectrode arrays and microelectrode systems.
8. Methods and technologies for cell migration analysis.
9. Nanotechnology in regenerative and cancer medicine.
10. 3D bioprinting and its application in regenerative medicine.
11. Technologies and methods used in optogenetics.
12. Microfluidic systems and their use in cell engineering.
2. Technology for cell counting and sorting, automated laboratory analyzers for tissue engineering.
3. Mechanical properties and methods of their measurement. Holographic microscopy and its applications.
4. Microscopic techniques, light field observation, contrast techniques, fluorescence microscopy.
5. Special microscopic imaging techniques in cell engineering. Recording techniques for microscopy.
6. Electron microscopy in cell engineering, correlation microscopy, preparation of biological samples for electron microscopy.
7. Methods for measuring electrical activity of excitable tissue using microelectrode arrays and microelectrode systems.
8. Methods and technologies for cell migration analysis.
9. Nanotechnology in regenerative and cancer medicine.
10. 3D bioprinting and its application in regenerative medicine.
11. Technologies and methods used in optogenetics.
12. Microfluidic systems and their use in cell engineering.
Work placements
Not applicable.
Aims
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Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences
Not applicable.
Recommended optional programme components
Not applicable.
Prerequisites and corequisites
Not applicable.
Basic literature
Alberts B., Johnson A., Walter P.: Molecular Biology of the Cell. (CS)
Ankur Singh, Akhilesh K. Gaharwar: Microscale Technologies for Cell Engineering (CS)
Bengt Nölting: Methods in Modern Biophysics (CS)
José Luis R. Arrondo, Alicia Alonso: Advanced Techniques in Biophysics. (CS)
Ankur Singh, Akhilesh K. Gaharwar: Microscale Technologies for Cell Engineering (CS)
Bengt Nölting: Methods in Modern Biophysics (CS)
José Luis R. Arrondo, Alicia Alonso: Advanced Techniques in Biophysics. (CS)
Recommended reading
Not applicable.
Elearning
eLearning: currently opened course
Classification of course in study plans
Type of course unit
Lecture
26 hod., optionally
Teacher / Lecturer
Exercise in computer lab
13 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Laboratory exercise
13 hod., compulsory
Teacher / Lecturer
Elearning
eLearning: currently opened course