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Modul LS4101 B

Module part: Molecular Endocrinology (BMolEndo)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each summer semester
Credit points:


2,67
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master Molecular Life Science 2023 (module part), cell biology, 2nd semester
  • Master Nutritional Medicine 2023 (module part), advanced curriculum, 2nd semester
  • Master MLS 2018 (Module part of a compulsory module), cell biology, 2nd semester
  • Master Nutritional Medicine 2019 (Module part of a compulsory module), advanced curriculum, 2nd semester
  • Master MLS 2016 (module part), cell biology, 2nd semester
Classes and lectures:
  • Molecular Endocrinology (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
  • 30 Hours in-classroom work
  • 50 Hours private studies
Contents of teaching:
  • Hormone-secreting glands and tissues
  • The prime hormonal axes
  • Principples of hormone structure and function
  • Hormone receptors and signal transduction
  • Endocrine disorders and therapies (diabetes mellitus, hypo- and hyperthyreosis, adrenal hyper- and hypofunction, disruption of the reproductive axis)
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Understanding how hormone production is regulated according to selected examples (pancreas, thyroid, adrenal, adipocytes etc.)
  • Understanding the mechanisms of hormonal action
  • Knowing established and novel strategies of treating function disorders of endocrine tissues
Grading through:
  • written exam
Responsible for this module:
  • Siehe Hauptmodul
Teachers:
Literature:
  • : Williams Textbook of Endocrinology - Elsevier Ltd, Oxford; Auflage: 13th Edition. (31. Dezember 2
Language:
  • offered only in English
Notes:

MLS: part of module LS4101-KP04, LS4101-KP09, MZ4101-KP08
Nutritional Medicine: part of module EW4200-KP08.

Letzte Änderung:
16.4.2021