GAZI UNIVERSITY INFORMATION PACKAGE - 2019 ACADEMIC YEAR

COURSE DESCRIPTION
BASIC CONCEPTS AND BIOTRANSFORMATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY/FRG-3110
Course Title: BASIC CONCEPTS AND BIOTRANSFORMATION IN PHARMACEUTICAL BIOTECHNOLOGY
Credits 2 ECTS 6
Course Semester 1 Type of The Course Elective
COURSE INFORMATION
 -- (CATALOG CONTENT)
 -- (TEXTBOOK)
 -- (SUPPLEMENTARY TEXTBOOK)
 -- (PREREQUISITES AND CO-REQUISITES)
 -- LANGUAGE OF INSTRUCTION
  Türkish
 -- COURSE OBJECTIVES
 -- COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES
Learn general concepts in biotechnology
Learn the basic concepts of biotransformation
 -- MODE OF DELIVERY
  The mode of delivery of this course is face to face
 --WEEKLY SCHEDULE
1. Week  Pharmacobiotechnology, general definition and importance for pharmacy
2. Week  Recombinant DNA, Restriction enz., Cloning, Polymerase chain reaction (PCR-PCR)
3. Week  RFLP, ELISA (Enzyme linked immunosorbant Assay)
4. Week  Southern, northern, western blot techniques
5. Week  Molecular Diagnostics
6. Week  Pharmacological products produced from plants biotechnologically
7. Week  Definition of biotransformation, obtaining biological derivatives
8. Week  Biotransformation methods, substance extraction, fermentation, precursor addition and isolation
9. Week  Common biotransformation reactions, -11 alpha-hydroxyation
10. Week  11-beta-hydroxylations, 16-alpha-hydroxylations, 21-alpha-hydroxylations
11. Week  Dehydrogenations, side chain breaks,
12. Week  Dehydrogenations, side chain breaks,
13. Week  Obtaining steroidalsapogenes and their use in biotransformation
14. Week  Related article discussion and student project presentations
15. Week  
16. Week  
 -- TEACHING and LEARNING METHODS
 -- ASSESSMENT CRITERIA
 
Quantity
Total Weighting (%)
 Midterm Exams
1
50
 Assignment
1
50
 Application
0
0
 Projects
0
0
 Practice
0
0
 Quiz
0
0
 Percent of In-term Studies  
50
 Percentage of Final Exam to Total Score  
50
 -- WORKLOAD
 Activity  Total Number of Weeks  Duration (weekly hour)  Total Period Work Load
 Weekly Theoretical Course Hours
14
3
42
 Weekly Tutorial Hours
0
0
0
 Reading Tasks
14
3
42
 Searching in Internet and Library
14
3
42
 Material Design and Implementation
0
0
0
 Report Preparing
1
3
3
 Preparing a Presentation
1
3
3
 Presentation
1
1
1
 Midterm Exam and Preperation for Midterm Exam
1
7
7
 Final Exam and Preperation for Final Exam
1
10
10
 Other (should be emphasized)
0
 TOTAL WORKLOAD: 
150
 TOTAL WORKLOAD / 25: 
6
 Course Credit (ECTS): 
6
 -- COURSE'S CONTRIBUTION TO PROGRAM
NO
 PROGRAM LEARNING OUTCOMES
1
2
3
4
5
1X
2X
3X
4X
5X
6X
7X
8X
9X
10X
11X
12X
13X
14X
15X
16X
17X
18X
19X
20X
 -- NAME OF LECTURER(S)
   (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ufuk KOCA-ÇALIŞKAN)
 -- WEB SITE(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (https://websitem.gazi.edu.tr/site/ukoca)
 -- EMAIL(S) OF LECTURER(S)
   (ukoca@gazi.edu.tr)