BIOS4030 – Laboratory Methods in Cellular Biology

After completing the course you are expected to:

• Demonstrate insight into many of the most extensively used laboratory methods in experimental cell biology.
• Know some of the most popular experimental model systems that are used to answer research questions about cell and tissue structure and function.
• Be able to perform some basic laboratory methods in experimental cell biology.
• Be able to communicate scientific findings to peers.

Students admitted at UiO must apply for courses in Studentweb. Students enrolled in other Master's Degree Programmes can, on application, be admitted to the course if this is cleared by their own study programme.

Nordic citizens and applicants residing in the Nordic countries may apply to take this course as a single course student.

If you are not already enrolled as a student at UiO, please see our information about admission requirements and procedures for international applicants.

Applicants are ranked by the following criteria:

• Master students who have the course as a mandatory part of their programme
• Master students at the MN faculty who have the course as part of the approved curriculum.
• Students with admission to single courses on master’s level and exchange students

Applicants are ranked by credits in each group; all applicants within 1st rank before applicants in 2nd etc. If admission is limited to a fixed number of participants, admission will be decided by drawing lots for students who are ranked equally

The course consists of:

• Lectures (mandatory)
• Laboratory work with commonly used methods in experimental cell biology (mandatory)
• Group work presentations (mandatory)

The course is taught as an intensive course over 5 weeks, where participation in the teaching and delivery of hand-ins is compulsory. There is a requirement of 90% attendance and completion of the practicals.

Approved mandatory activities is valid for 3 years.

Attendance is mandatory for the first lecture, also for those on the waiting list. You will lose your seat on the course if documentation for valid absence is not provided to the student administration studieinfo@ibv.uio.no prior to the first lecture

As the teaching involves laboratory and/or field work, you should consider taking out a separate travel and personal risk insurance. Read about your insurance cover as a student.

Access to teaching: A student who has completed compulsory instruction and coursework and has had these approved, is not entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework. A student who has been admitted to a course, but who has not completed compulsory instruction and coursework or had these approved, is entitled to repeat that instruction and coursework, depending on available capacity.

• Oral exam at the end of the course that consists of 12 minutes presentation over a given topic related to the course content in cell biology. Counts for 100%

All compulsory participation and work must be approved in order to take the exam. It will also be counted as one of the three attempts to sit the exam for this course, if you sit the exam for one of the following courses: MBV4030.

Students who can document a valid reason for absence from the regular examination are offered a postponed examination at the beginning of the next semester.

Re-scheduled examinations are not offered to students who withdraw during, or did not pass, the original examination.