Course outline: (17 hours theory)

Ø  Background, definitions, prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, cytosol, cytoplasm and their difference (2 hours)

Ø  Cellular membrane: membrane trafficking, cell signaling (3 hours)

Ø  Cytoskeleton (2 hours)

Ø  Nuclear (nuclear membrane, chromatin, chromosome, DNA structure, gene structure, nucleolus and nuclear membrane holes) transcription and replication and meiosis (4 hours)

Ø  Ribosome, smooth and rough endoplasmic network and protein synthesis, Golgi apparatus, lysosomes, peroxisome, mitochondria (4 hours)

Ø  Apoptosis and its types, stem cell (2 hours)

Main References:

The latest edition of the following books:

1.     Molecular biology (Lodish)

2.     The Cell (Albert)

Student Evaluation Method:

In a developmental form during the semester in compliance with the student-oriented principle through performing the required assignments and in the form of written, oral and practical final exams.