Course Information


Course Information
Course Title Code Semester L+U Hour Credits ECTS
CANCER STEM CELL BIOLOGY AND CANCER VACCINES 56982003 3 + 0 3.0 8.0

Prerequisites None

Language of Instruction English
Course Level Graduate Degree
Course Type Compulsory
Mode of delivery
Course Coordinator
Instructors Pınar BAYDIN
Assistants
Goals To be able to define cancer stem cells and biology; To learn the place of cancer vaccines and cancer stem cells in treatment.
Course Content Cancer stem cells, theory and hypothesis, characterization, signaling pathways, place in treatment methods; cancer vaccines, cancer stem cell therapies
Learning Outcomes 1) Define carcinogenesis process and cancer stem cell hypothesis
2) Define cancer stem cell pathways and their role in cancer
3) Define the importance of therapeutic targets for cancer stem cells

Weekly Topics (Content)
Week Topics Teaching and Learning Methods and Techniques Study Materials
1. Week Introduction, general topics and concepts Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
2. Week Stem cell definition, cancer stem cell definition, cancer stem cell theories, cancer stem cell surface markers and isolation Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
3. Week Cancer stem cell signaling pathways Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
4. Week Cancer stem cell niche, angiogenesis and metastasis Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
5. Week Mesenchymal stem cell definition, sources, role of mesenchymal stem cells in the neoplastic microenvironment, mesenchymal stem cell-cancer cell-cancer stem cell interaction Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
6. Week Epigenetic regulation of cancer stem cells Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
7. Week Cancer stem cell and miRNAs Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
8. Week Midterm exam presentations Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
9. Week Midterm exam presentations Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
10. Week Cancer vaccines Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
11. Week Stem cell therapy Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
12. Week Cancer stem cells and therapy resistance, immune system-cancer stem cell interaction Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
13. Week Treatments that target cancer stem cells Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)
14. Week Final exam Lecture; Question Answer; Problem Solving
Colloquium
 Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.)

Sources Used in This Course
Recommended Sources
Cancer Stem Cells, Edited by William L. Farrar Cambridge University Press, 2009
Stem Cells and Cancer, Bagley, Rebecca G.; Teicher, Beverly A. (Eds.) HumanaPress 2009

Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
Program RequirementsContribution LevelDK1DK2DK3
PY15555
PY25555
PY35555
PY45000

*DK = Course's Contrubution.
0 1 2 3 4 5
Level of contribution None Very Low Low Fair High Very High
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ECTS credits and course workload
Event Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Course Duration (Total weeks*Hours per week) 14 8
Work Hour outside Classroom (Preparation, strengthening) 14 4
Activity (Web Search, Library Work, Trip, Observation, Interview etc.) 2 4
Time to prepare for Midterm Exam 1 20
Final Exam 2 2
Time to prepare for Final Exam 1 20
2 10
Total Workload
Total Workload / 30 (s)
ECTS Credit of the Course
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Course Information
  • Course Information
  • Weekly Topics (Content)
  • Sources Used in This Course
  • Relations with Education Attainment Program Course Competencies
  • ECTS credits and course workload