ECTS credits ECTS credits: 6
ECTS Hours Rules/Memories Hours of tutorials: 3 Expository Class: 30 Interactive Classroom: 18 Total: 51
Use languages Spanish, Galician
Type: Ordinary Degree Subject RD 1393/2007 - 822/2021
Departments: Microbiology and Parasitology
Areas: Microbiology
Center Faculty of Sciences
Call: First Semester
Teaching: With teaching
Enrolment: Enrollable
To know the differential, morphological and structural characteristics of viruses.
To understand the genetic and functional diversity of the main groups of viruses.
To understand the mechanisms of pathogenicity and the main pathogenic viruses.
To know the techniques used in the laboratory for their study and their applications.
THEORY SYLLABUS
TOPIC 1. Concept and historical development of virology.
TOPIC 2. Structure of viruses.
TOPIC 3. Virus taxonomy.
TOPIC 4. The virus multiplication cycle.
TOPIC 5. Virus-cell interaction.
TOPIC 6. Virus culture.
TOPIC 7. Main pathogenic viruses.
TOPIC 8. Subviral agents. Viroids and Prions.
TOPIC 9. Biotechnological applications of viruses.
LABORATORY PRACTICALS
PRACTICE 1. Virus culture.
PRACTICE 2. Detection of bacteriophages.
PRACTICE 3. Immunological techniques for virus detection.
Genetic techniques for virus detection.
BASIC BIBLIOGRAPHY
-Cann, A.J., 2009. Principios de virología molecular. Zaragoza: Acribia.
-Carter, J.B. and Saunders, V., 2013. Virology: principles and applications. 2nd ed.Chichester, WS: John Wiley & Sons.
-Flint, S.J., Enquist, L.W., Krug, R.M., Racaniello, V.R. and Skalka, A.M., 2000.Principles of virology: molecular biology, pathogenesis, and control. Washington,DC: ASM Press.
-Flint, S.J., Racaniello, V.R., Rall, G.F. and Skalka, A.M., 2015. Principles of virology.4th ed. 2 vol. Washington, DC: ASM Press.
WEB RESOURCES
-Editorial WileyPortal Viralzone. https://viralzone.expasy.org/
-Portal This week in Virology. https://www.microbe.tv/
-ICTV (International Committee for Taxonomy of Virus). https://ictv.global/
-The Big Picture Book of Viruses. http://www.virology.net/Big_Virology/BVHostList.html
LEARNING OUTCOMES
1. TYPE: Competencies
Comp06 -Develop the ability to learn autonomously with initiative and an entrepreneurial spirit.
Comp07 -Use the basic tools of information and communication technologies.
2. TYPE: knowledge or content
Con05 - Know and interpret the diversity of the microbial world, or metabolism, physiology, and genetics that regulate its functions.
Con07 - Know and interpret the structure, organization, transmission, expression, regulation, and evolution of genetic material.
Con10 -Acquire knowledge and distinguish between different applications of two main experimental and instrumentation methods.
3. TYPE: Skills or abilities
H/D06 -Analyze and critically evaluate the genetic, molecular, and biochemical markers associated with different pathologies and traits of interest.
H/D11 -Establish the main problems and current applications in the field of Virology.
H/D07 -Design and execute immunochemical techniques and interpret the results.
MASTER CLASS. Expository teaching will be carried out through master classes (30 hours), where the theoretical foundations of the subject will be explained using the necessary audiovisual media and materials. Student participation will be encouraged with the PRELIMINARY STUDY method through small assumptions questions. Learning outcomes: Con05, Con07, Comp06.
LABORATORY PRACTICES. The subject practices (15h) are mandatory. They are aimed at ensuring that the student acquires practical skills and abilities in relation to biosafety, equipment management, and microbiological techniques necessary for the study of viruses. Learning outcomes: Comp06, Con05, Con10, H/D06, H/D07.
SEMINAR. The seminars (3h), with compulsory attendance, in which complementary topics will be developed that the teacher will propose to the students at the beginning of the subject, and which they will develop in groups. The group's work will be supervised by the teacher. The presentation (oral presentation) of the topics will be developed as a debate in the form of a “round table”.
The tutorials (3h) are intended to guide the student in the different activities of the subject, mainly for the focus of the group activity and seminar presentation.
Communication and teaching tasks will be carried out through the USC Virtual Campus. The virtual course allows students enrolled in the subject to access all the content taught by the teacher, as well as have information related to the subject, programs, schedules, seminars, tutorials, and homework.
The evaluation will be carried out through a final exam that represents 70% and a continuous evaluation that will represent the remaining 30%.
The student's final qualification will consider both the result of the exam and all the activities carried out: attendance and participation in master classes, attendance and participation in laboratory practices and group work in seminars.
The evaluation system consists of the following sections:
EXAM: Up to 7.0 points (Con05, Con07, Con10)
CONTINUOUS EVALUATION: Up to 3.0 points:
1. Attendance and participation in expository and practical classes: Up to 1.0 points.
Attendance, participation in lecture classes, and resolution of questionnaires aimed at strengthening knowledge about the organization and function of biological systems at the cellular and molecular levels (Con05, Con07), the diversity and replication strategies of viruses, will be valued. as well as the main current problems and applications in the field of Virology (Con10). The ability to work appropriately in a laboratory applying safety regulations and the ability to apply knowledge to practice will be valued (Comp06, H/D06, H/D07).
2. Completion and presentation of work in seminar sessions: Up to 2.0 points.
The ability to work as a team, to search, analyze and manage information from diverse sources, and to apply knowledge into practice will be valued. Likewise, the ability for oral communication (presentation and debate) and writing (work reports) will be valued (Comp07, Con10, H/D11)
-To pass the subject it is essential to attend the practical laboratory sessions.
-To pass the subject it is essential to obtain a minimum qualification in all sections: written exam (4 points) and continuous evaluation (1 point).
VERY IMPORTANT:
“In cases of fraudulent completion of exercises or tests, the provisions established in the “Regulations for evaluating the academic performance of students and reviewing qualifications” will apply.
Hours of face-to-face classes and student work (non-face-to-face).
EXPOSITIVE teaching:
Total hours: 99
Face-to-face: 30% = 30 hours
Non-attendance: 70% = 69 hours
INTERACTIVE PRACTICAL teaching:
Total hours: 30
Class attendance: 50% = 15 hours
Non-attendance 50% = 15 hours
INTERACTIVE SEMINARS:
Total hours: 9
Attendance: 33% = 3 hours
Non-attendance 66% = 6 hours
TUTORIALS IN SMALL GROUPS:
Total hours: 12
Face-to-face: 33% = 3 hours
Non-attendance 66% = 9 hours
TOTAL
Total hours: 150
Classroom hours: 51
Non-attendance hours: 99
Regularly consult the information uploaded to the Virtual Classroom, attendance, and completion of tasks that contribute to continuous assessment.
Only students who do not carry out any activity during the course will be graded “Not Presented”.
The subject is taught in the two official languages of the community, Spanish and Galician.
INDIVIDUAL tutorials: in the offices of Pavilion I, 2nd floor of the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine (with prior agreement of day and time by email).
Azucena Del Carmen Mora Gutierrez
Coordinador/a- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- azucena.mora [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: University Professor
Vanesa Garcia Menendez
- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- vanesag.menendez [at] usc.es
- Category
- Professor: Intern Assistant LOSU
Leticia Carballeira Campa
- Department
- Microbiology and Parasitology
- Area
- Microbiology
- leticia.carballeira.campa [at] usc.es
- Category
- USC Pre-doctoral Contract
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