Course syllabus

Welcome to  BIO524/BIO523/KMG046!

The course starts 11 Nov 13.15 2024 at P2240 W Sjölander. It is important that you can attend the course start, it is at this time you get essential information regarding how the course will be organized. This occasion cannot be retaken.

It is important that you register on the course in Ladok. The self-registration can be done on Ladok in the Student Portal one week prior to course start until 31st of October.

 

Information about the course

Exam 19 Jan 2025 13.30 to 18.30

 Course schedule    

Day

Times

Room

Lecture/demonstration

M 11/11

13.15 – 15.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Overview of the process of drug development

(Margit Mahlapuu, CMB, GU)

 

15.15 – 17.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Genetic model organisms: Yeast

(Per Sunnerhagen, CMB, GU)

Th 14/11

8.15 – 10.00

2256 R Sandberg

Genetic model organisms: C. elegans

(Marc Pilon, CMB, GU)

 

10.15 – 12.00

2256 R Sandberg

Transgenic mice in drug discovery and development

(Margit Mahlapuu, CMB, GU)

M 18/11

13.15 – 15.00

P2421 Å Göransson

High throughout screening: assay development, validation, and platform

(Bomi Jung, Vijay Chandrasekar, AstraZeneca)

 

15.15 – 17.00

P2421 Å Göransson

High throughout screening: assay development, validation, and platform

(Bomi Jung, Vijay Chandrasekar, AstraZeneca)

Th 21/11

8.15 – 10.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Protein as a target molecule: rational drug design

(Göran Karlsson, NMR center, GU)

 

10.15 – 12.00

P2240 W Sjölander

NMR-based methods in drug discovery

(Göran Karlsson, NMR center, GU)

M 25/11

13.15 – 15.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Peptide and protein drugs

(Margit Mahlapuu, CMB, GU; Björn Löwenadler, Toleranzia)

 

15.15 – 17.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Design of pharmaceuticals directed

against proteins with known activity

(Morten Grøtli, CMB, GU)

Th 28/11

8.15 – 10.00

2403 G. Sandels

Advanced optical microscopy as a tool in drug development

(Thi Ngoc Nhu Phan, CMB, GU)

 

10.15 – 12.00

2403 G. Sandels

Pharmacokinetics, ADME, drug metabolism

(Pawel Baranczewski, SciLifeLab, Uppsala)

M 2/12

13.15 – 15.00

Astra Zeneca, Main entrance

Bomi Jung, Vijay Chandrasekar, AstraZeneca

 

15.15 – 17.00

Vacant

Th 5/12

8.15 – 10.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Antisense therapy

(Pär Matsson, Dept. of Pharmacology, GU and OligoNova Hub)

 

10.15 – 12.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Development of novel anti-infectives: opportunities and vulnerabilities

(Camilla Björn, RISE)

M 9/12

13.15 – 15.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Intellectual property and financing aspects of early drug discovery

(Lorna Fletcher, GU Ventures)

 

15.15 – 17.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Advanced Therapy Medicinal Products and Medical Devices (Joakim Håkansson, RISE)

Th 12/12

8.15 – 10.00

P2240 W Sjölander

New medicines: market access and customer perspective (45 min; Ann-Charlotte Rosendahl, Sobrerea) AI in drug discovery (45 min; Daniel Bojar, GU)

 

10.15 – 12.00

P2240 W Sjölander

Project presentations  BIO524

(Emmelie Cansby, GU)

M 16/12

8.15 – 10.00

2256 Sandberg

Project presentations BIO524

(Emmelie Cansby, GU)

 

10.15 – 12.00

2256 Sandberg

Vaccant

 

Course literature: Scientific review papers, a separate list will provided by individual lecturers via Canvas.

Contact

Course leader: Margit Mahlapuu

Course administrator: Emma Ukalovic

Study counsellor : Eva-Lena Axelsson

Teachers:                  

Margit Mahlapuu margit.mahlapuu@gu.se

Per Sunnerhagen per.sunnerhagen@cmb.gu.se

Nhu Phan  nhu.phan@chem.gu.se

Morten Grötli grotli@chem.gu.se

Göran Karlsson goran.karlsson@nmr.gu.se

 Marc Pilon marc.pilon@cmb.gu.se

Björn Löwenadler bjorn.lowenadler@toleranzia.com

Lorna Fletcher lorna.fletcher@ventures.gu.se
Camilla Björn camilla.bjorn@ri.se

Pawel Baranczewski pawel.baranczewski@farmaci.uu.se

Bomi Jung bomi.jung@astrazeneca.com

Vijay Chandrasekar vijay.chandrasekar@astrazeneca.com

Joakim Håkansson joakim.hakansson@ri.se

Ann-Charlotte Rosendahl ann-charlotte.rosendahl@sobrera.com

Pär Matsson par.matsson@gu.se

Emmelie Cansby emmelie.cansby@gu.se

Daniel Bojar daniel.bojar@gu.se

 

Student exam services is at Natrium, room 2101 and has the following opening hours:

  •  Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:30-15:00

Students with a NAIS statement should contact the study counsellor in the beginning of the course in order to receive the support that is recommended in the statement.

For more information about the department and about the university rules continue to Student Portal: https://studentportal.gu.se/en/organization/department-of-chemistry-and-molecular-biology

 

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