MF9120BTS ¨C Molecular Medicine (national course)

Course content

The aim of this course is to provide a good overview of selected topics in molecular medicine that are relevant to understanding disease mechanisms and development, aspects of translational medicine and the future of diagnostics and targeted therapies integrated to stratified, tailored and personalized medicine.

Topics to be covered in the course are:

• Disease mechanisms and development
• Animal models of disease
• Imaging disease
• Biobanks
• Health registries and biomarker discovery
• Structure-based drug discovery
• Tailored and personalized medicine
• Computational biology
• Advanced cell-based therapies
• Virology
• Immunology and neuroscience

Learning outcome

National and international experts in the field that will give updated overviews of state-of-the-art and emerging trends will give all lectures. It is anticipated that students in the basic science area will receive insights into the translational and clinical aspects of science and conversely that students in clinical medicine will have the opportunity to gain new insights into molecular mechanisms, disease models and preclinical work.

Admission to the course

The maximum number of participant is 30-35.

Applicants admitted to a PhD programme at UiO sign up for classes and exam to this course in StudentWeb.

Applicants who are not admitted to a PhD programme at UiO must apply for a right to study before they can sign up for classes and exam to this course. See information here: How to apply for a right to study and admission to elective PhD courses in medicine and health sciences

Applicants will upon registration receive an immediate reply in StudentWeb?as to whether a seat at this course is granted or not.

Overlapping courses

• 10 credits overlap with MBV9200BTS ¨C Molecular Medicine in Cancer and Immunology (discontinued).
• 10 credits overlap with MEDFL5120BTS ¨C Molecular medicine (national course).
• 8 credits overlap with MBV9200BTS ¨C Molecular Medicine in Cancer and Immunology (discontinued).

Teaching

The course is given as a two-weeks intensive course with 60 hours of lectures. In addition, preparations, reading of selected reviews, with summaries of 80% of the talks are stipulated to amount to 75 to 90 hours.

The course consists of a series of lectures. In addition the students are required to write a daily journal: Here the students are to write brief summaries of and comments to the lectures held during the course. The lectures and the journal are mandatory.

Most of the topics are presented in a way that the first lecture introduces the field from the basic science point of view followed by a lecture that focuses on more clinical relevant aspects of the same topic. We also include some lectures that cover modern techniques and approaches in translational medicine.

Examination

You have to participate at the lectures and write a journal covering a summary of 80% of the course lectures. The journal shall consist of daily summaries of and comments to the lectures. Participation at the lectures and the journal are together basis for the evaluation of the students.

Participation at the lectures and writing a journal, are all mandatory and part of the exam.

The course includes a poster session in which presentation skills will be evaluated. Participants are expected to bring a poster demonstrating their work and future research plans. The poster can be new or one used at a previous event or conference.

Language of examination

The examination text is given in English, and you submit your response in English.

Grading scale

Grades are awarded on a pass/fail scale. Read more about the grading system.

More about examinations at UiO

• Use of sources and citations
• Special exam arrangements due to individual needs
• Withdrawal from an exam
• Illness at exams / postponed exams
• Explanation of grades and appeals
• Resitting an exam
• Cheating/attempted cheating

You will find further guides and resources at the web page on examinations at UiO.