Biologie générale (module I)

This UE includes a theoretical part and a practical part.

A) Theoretical course given over the period Q1, divided into 4 parts:
• Part I: Uniqueness of the living world, basic macromolecules, origin of life, discovery of the cell
• Part II: Cell biology:
A. Study of Prokaryotes (classification, structure, genetics of Prokaryotes)
B. Study of viruses (classification, structure, infection cycles)
C. Study of the eukaryotic cell (classification, structure and functioning of the cell, structure and functioning of cellular organelles)
• Part III: Genetics of Mendel (process of character transmission)
• Part IV: Population genetics

The theory of evolution underlies the study of different chapters.

Exercises are associated with parts III & IV.


B) Practical work: 2 sessions:

Cell microscopy 1 & 2

At the end of this Teaching Unit (theory & practice), the student must be able to:

*to explain, illustrate, comment on, discuss 
- the fundamental uniqueness of living things, the molecules of life (forms and roles), the organization of living things, the characteristics common to all living beings and their diversity
- the hypotheses about the origin of life and to describe experiences on this subject
- the definitions of terms used in the course (a dictionary is created as the course progresses)
- the different types of cellular organization and their functioning
- the roles of the organelles
- genetic recombinations in Prokaryotes
- the genome of a bacterium and the notion of operons
- the steps of protein synthesis
- the steps of replication
- the forms of cell division and the cell cycle
- the forms of cellular communication
- Mendel’s laws and solving genetic problems
- the arguments in favor of evolution

*to extend the concepts acquired on simple biological structures to more complex organisms

*to identify the essential concepts of general biology useful for taking up more specialized courses (biochemistry, molecular biology, etc.)

*In the near future, to explain the mechanisms of diseases and their treatment, particularly based on basic knowledge acquired in biology.

Required and Corequired knowledge and skills

Basic notions in biology.

This UE includes a theoretical part and a practical part.
1)Theory
*Lecture in the auditorium, illustrated by PowerPoint projections, video, illustrative blackboard drawings, creation of mental maps, and summary tables. Also learning how to take notes.
Teacher-student interactions for further explanations.
All the educational documents included in a slide syllabus and on UV.
*Genetic exercise sessions: implementation of the basic concepts of prokaryote genetics, Mendelian and evolutionary genetics
2) Pedagogical support: In order to best help the student assimilate the material and prepare for the evaluation, proposed pedagogical supports:
*Question and answer sessions on the theory
*Guidance (targeted exercise sessions): Permanences supervised by an assistant, organized in the form of thematic modules to answer specific questions on a particular topic of the course, to summarize this subject and to prepare for the end-of-year evaluation, in the form of standard exercises. In parallel, on UV, the educational documents used are available.
*Tutoring: Sessions supervised by a student-tutor competent in the subject, and organized in small groups. Objective: review of a specific topic in the course, summary, questions and answers, definition games, ...
*Continuous quizzes
*Assisted blockade
*Remediations: Revision sessions for the theoretical subject Q1, organized in Q2, following a failure in the January evaluation.
3) Practical part: 2 sessions in the Bio TP room (2 cell microscopy sessions). Individual work during the session. Introductions on the instructions and various topics are given beforehand in the audience. The work plan, work summary and projections are used in the session. All the useful educational documents are available on UV, and a practical course syllabus for this part is available at PUB & UV.

References, bibliography, and recommended reading

- Biologie

Raven, Éditions de Boeck Université ; 7^ème édition

- Biologie

Campbell, Pearson Education ; 9^ème édition

- Biologie animale. Invertébrés

J. Maissiat et al. ; Éditions Dunod

- Biologie animale. Vertébrés

J-L. Picaud et al. ; Éditions Dunod

- Biologie générale

Van Gansen P, Alexandra P – 4e édition Dunod

- Dico de Bio

Romaric Foret, Éditions de Boeck Université

-Mini manuel de Biologie animale.

A-M. Bautz et al. ; Éditions Dunod

- Dictionnaire de Biologie

J. Berthet ; Éditions de Boeck Université

- Biologie moléculaire de la cellule

Alberts et al, 4^ème édition, Médecine-Sciences Flammarion

- Biologie et Physiologie animales

A Beaumont, P Cassier, JP Truchot, Ed Dunod

- Évolution biologique

M Ridley, Ed De Boeck

- Physiologie humaine.

L. Sherwood - Éditions de Boeck Université

Course notes

• Syllabus
• Université virtuelle

Contacts

Laurence Ladrière – Faculté de Médecine – Campus Erasme – Laboratoire d’Enseignement de la Biologie – CP 609/01 – Bâtiment GE – Niv 3 – Local G2.3.208 – Tél. +32-2-5556787 – laurence.ladriere@ulb.be

Campus

Erasme

Method(s) of evaluation

• Practice work
• written examination
• Continuous assessment
• Other

Practice work

written examination

• Open question with developed answer
• Closed question with multiple choices (MCQ)
• Visual question

Continuous assessment

Other

This UE includes a theoretical part and a practical part.

1. Theory part
-Continuous evaluation throughout the quadrimester in the form of online quizzes, not mandatory or binding. Involved in the certification assessment note according to specific instructions developed during the first course. - valid for the relevant term.
-Certification, written, individual evaluation, by open questions and multiple choice questions, organized during the month of January (on all subject Q1 theory).
-In case of failure of this certification assessment (below 10/20), a catch-up is organized in May-June and the second session is organized in August-September (according to the same procedures as those of January).

2. Practical part:
- Continuous evaluation throughout the quadrennium over the two sessions:
The evaluations focus on report writing skills, observations/identifications, quality of answers to oral questions on the subject.
No end-of-year report on these lab work.

Mark calculation method (including weighting of intermediary marks)

Construction of the EU BIOLG1106 note:
-1. Theory part: WRITTEN exam in January (on the entire subject of Q1 theory), QCMS and open questions; second session in June and/or August (catch-up on Q1 theory under the same conditions). A bonus from the quizzes for the January session!
-2. Practical part: Final grade = average of the 2 lab work.
-3. The success of BIOLG1106 is conditioned by: a final score of min 10/20.
Theory exam grade + 2 TP grades: 85% theory + 15% TP
Only the final note is rounded.

Language(s) of evaluation

• french