The Nobel Prizes explained – the stories of breakthroughs in life sciences 2600-OG-EN-NPE

Lectures:
1. Introduction to Nobel Prize Awards in Medicine and Physiology
2. Why need to eat veggies? Discovery of vitamins (Dam/Doisy, Györgyi, Hopkins)
3. How to save all people on the Earth? Discovery of antibiotics (Fleming/Chain/Florey and Waksman)
4. How to make a human zombie? Discovery of the therapeutic value of lobotomy in certain psychoses (Moniz)
5. Where is the beginning of life? Discovery of the chromosomes (Morgan) and the structure of DNA (Watson/Crick)
6. How do telomeres protect DNA against aging? (Blackburn/Greider/Szostak)
7. How to cure malaria? (Youyou)
8. How to understand the behavior of animals and humans? (Lorenz and Tinbergen)
9. How to activate the immune system and why is it important? (Beutler, Hoffmann, Steinman)
10. How does the brain “see” and “feel”? on processing the vision (Sperry/Hubel/Wiesel), smell (Axel/Buck), and touch (Julius/Patapoutian)?
11. Not only Pavlov’s dogs. On physiology of digestion (Pavlov) and hormonal regulation (Houssay,Banting/Macleod)
12. Stopping cancer. On immunotherapy and gene editing (Allison/Honjo)
13. Why do we need healthy intestines? The story of Helicobacter pylori (Marshall/Warren)
14. How did humans evolve? lessons from humanoid DNA(Pääbo)
15. New epidemics, new vaccines. The story of the development of mRNA vaccines against COVID-19 (Kariko/Weissman)

Całkowity nakład pracy studenta

Contact hours with teacher: - participation in lectures and discussions - 30 hrs - consultations - 2 hrs Self-study hours: - preparation for test- 10 hrs - reading literature - 8 hrs Altogether: 50 hrs (2 ECTS)

Efekty uczenia się - wiedza

W1: Student has basic knowledge of the major scientific achievements in life sciences W2: Student is familiar with the biographies and achievements of the Nobel Prizes holders in medicine and physiology

Efekty uczenia się - umiejętności

U1: Student can understand biological processes behind the major scientific achievements U2: Student is capable of searching and reading the current literature U3: Student has the ability of critical thinking and formulating opinions on scientific facts

Efekty uczenia się - kompetencje społeczne

K1: Student understands the significance of life sciences and importance of the scientific breakthroughs K2: Student understands the need for constant advancement of life sciences K3: Student recognizes and appreciates different aspects of life sciences.

Metody dydaktyczne

Expository teaching methods: participatory lecture, problem-based lecture

Metody dydaktyczne podające

- pogadanka
- wykład problemowy
- wykład informacyjny (konwencjonalny)

Rodzaj przedmiotu

przedmiot fakultatywny

Wymagania wstępne

none

Koordynatorzy przedmiotu

Anna Sławińska

Kryteria oceniania

Assessment methods:
- test: W1, W2, U1, U2, U3, K1, K2
Assessment criteria:
- Test: 100% of the final grade

Test evaluation:
fail- < 60 %
satisfactory- 60-70%
satisfactory plus- 71-80%
good – 81-87%
good plus- 88-94%
very good >94%

Praktyki zawodowe

n/a

Literatura

The overview of the achievements
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/medicine
Each lecture will be prepared based on scientific publications (the list will be delivered after each lecture)

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