CNWY40090 Introduction to 'Omic' and Advanced Imaging Technologies

Academic Year 2021/2022

Indicative Module Descriptor: This course is designed to familiarise students with the principles, practice and application of the rapidly developing 'omic' and imaging technologies. It will comprise 10x3hr seminar-style sessions covering Protein Array based clinical research and diagnostics, Proteomics, Imaging for clinical diagnostics, Glycomics, Metabolomics, Genomics, Flow cytometry, Imaging in biological research (2 sessions) and imaging in digital pathology.

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Learning Outcomes:

Indicative Learning Outcomes On completion of the course the students should:
- Protein Array: Have a general understanding how protein array can be used in clinical research and diagnostic in particular in screening the antibodies present in human serum ;
- Proteomics: Will have seen how mass spectrometer are used to identify and quantify proteins and how this ability can be used in systems based biological research and clinical applications;
- Imaging for clinical diagnostics: Be familiar with the different imaging technologies used in clinics, their capabilities and limitations;
- Glycomics: Will be exposed to current techniques to analyse glycosilations on proteins, their representation in databases and which role glycosilations play in cancer biology. Finally, it will be demonstrated how glycosilations are characterised on pharmaceutical products.
- Metabolomics: Will learn about how metabolomic profiles are acquired and used in biological research
- Genomics: Will have seen the principals of genomics and its use in the identification of trait and disease;
- Flow cytometry: Be familiar with the concepts, the principles, practice and application of flow cytometry and cell sorting. Have a general understanding of sample preparation, the analysis and reanalysis of the data produced in a flow cytometer.
- Advanced Imaging technologies: Will have learned about the most recent advances in light and electron microscopic imaging and how it can be used in research to trace molecules in biological contexts.
- Advanced In Vivo Imaging: Will have learned what kind of imaging technologies are used in a clinical context
- Digital Pathology: Will have learned about the new tissue imaging techniques in histological pathology and its integration in clinical diagnosis

Student Effort Hours: 
Student Effort Type Hours
Seminar (or Webinar)

30

Specified Learning Activities

40

Autonomous Student Learning

50

Total

120

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
Presentation of all the techniques available in the Conway to conduct biological research 
Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Equivalents:
Introduction to 'Omic' and Adv (CNWY40040)


 
Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Open Book Exam Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade
Assignment: Short answer question Unspecified n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale No

16

Attendance: Attendance at 70% of the course Unspecified n/a Pass/Fail Grade Scale No

20

Multiple Choice Questionnaire: End-module MCQ Unspecified n/a Graded Yes

32

Multiple Choice Questionnaire: Mid-module MCQ Unspecified n/a Graded Yes

32


Carry forward of passed components
No
 
Remediation Type Remediation Timing
In-Module Resit Prior to relevant Programme Exam Board
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 
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Name Role
Professor Lorraine Brennan Tutor
Dr Kathleen Curran Tutor
Professor Aurelie Fabre Tutor
Dr Radka Fahey Tutor
Dr Alfonso Fernández Tutor
Ms Therese Herlihy Tutor
Professor Brendan Loftus Tutor
Ms Catherine Moss Tutor
Professor Stephen Pennington Tutor
Dr Dimitri Scholz Tutor