Note from June 29, 2020
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
Although we do not yet know how long the social distancing related to the Covid-19 pandemic will last, and regardless of the changes that had to be made in the evaluation of the June 2020 session in relation to what is provided for in this learning unit description, new learnig unit evaluation methods may still be adopted by the teachers; details of these methods have been - or will be - communicated to the students by the teachers, as soon as possible.
6 credits
50.0 h
Q1
Teacher(s)
Bommer Guido; Collet Jean-François; Rider Mark (coordinator);
Language
French
Prerequisites
The prerequisite(s) for this Teaching Unit (Unité d’enseignement – UE) for the programmes/courses that offer this Teaching Unit are specified at the end of this sheet.
Content
The main objective of this course is a comprehensive understanding at the molecular level of chemical processes in living organisms. Therefore, this course on Metabolic Biochemistry constitutes the stepping stone for the course on Human Biochemistry.
Content:
Content:
- Reminder of the principles of thermodynamics
- Structure-function relationships of haemoglobin
- Introduction to enzymes
- Principles of enzyme kinetics
- Enzyme mechanisms
- Principles of metabolic control
- Glycolysis
- Glycogen metabolism
- The tricarboxylate cycle (Krebs cycle)
- Electron transport and oxidative phosphorylation
- Amino acid metabolism
- Fatty acid metabolism
- Other pathways of sugar metabolism
Teaching methods
Formal lectures
Evaluation methods
The written examination will consist in part of a multiple-choice questions and in part open-ended questions. Students will be evaluated on their ability to integrate biochemical concepts into a coherent synthesis. They must be able to describe, use and explain in precise biochemical terms all aspects addressed in the course. Exam duration: 3 h.
There are no negative points or weighting according to the questions and chapters of the subject. However, when a student has a final mark between 9/20 and 10/20 after correction, the lecturers review together the exam copy to decide whether the mark should be rounded down or up. It is therefore a complete re-evaluation of the exam copy by the 3 lecturers. If the conclusion is that the answers are insufficient, the score will be rounded down.
There are no negative points or weighting according to the questions and chapters of the subject. However, when a student has a final mark between 9/20 and 10/20 after correction, the lecturers review together the exam copy to decide whether the mark should be rounded down or up. It is therefore a complete re-evaluation of the exam copy by the 3 lecturers. If the conclusion is that the answers are insufficient, the score will be rounded down.
Online resources
There is no formal syllabus ! PDF versions of slides presented in the course, which cover the subject in a comprehensive way, will be made available on MoodleUCL (https://moodleucl.uclouvain.be/).
In addition, a tablet will be used to explain certain aspects of the course. The "Tablet" PDF versions of the PowerPoint files will also be made available to students via MoodleUCL.
Bibliography
Voet et Voet "Biochimie" 2e édition 2007, traduction de la 3e édition américaine par Guy Rousseau et Lionel Domenjoud
Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, 7ème édition, Thomas M. Devlin
Textbook of Biochemistry with Clinical Correlations, 7ème édition, Thomas M. Devlin
Teaching materials
- présentations Power Point en format PDF seront mises à disposition des étudiants sur MoodleUCL
Faculty or entity
MED
