NNT718 - NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN ORAL FLUID DIAGNOST
| Course Name | Code | Semester | Theory (hours/week) |
Application (hours/week) |
Credit | ECTS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NANOTECHNOLOGY APPLICATIONS IN ORAL FLUID DIAGNOST | NNT718 | Any Semester/Year | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| Prequisites | For the students accepted to the master or PhD program | |||||
| Course language | Turkish | |||||
| Course type | Elective | |||||
| Mode of Delivery | Face-to-Face | |||||
| Learning and teaching strategies | Lecture | |||||
| Instructor (s) | Department Academic Staff | |||||
| Course objective | To examine the nanotechnologic methods and devices that used for oral fluid diagnostics in an advanced level. | |||||
| Learning outcomes |
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| Course Content | 1. The anatomy and physiology of salivary glands 2. Biochemistry and Physiology of saliva 3. Properties and functions of saliva 4. Collection, processing and storage of oral fluid samples 5. Salivary diagnostic methods 6. Nanotechnology use in oral fluid diannostics 7. Human salivary proteomics 8. Genomic targets of saliva 9. Saliva diagnostics as a new industry | |||||
| References | Oral-Based Diagnostics,D. Malamud, R S Niedbala, Blackwell Publishing, 2007; Saliva and Oral Health, 3rd ed. , MW Edgar, D M O?Mullane, C Dawes, 2004,BDJ Books; Saliva Diagnostics, ed. By D. Wong, Blackwell Publishing,2007. Adv Dent Res. 18:3-5, June,2005;Adv Dent Res 18:12-16, June, 2005; Adv Dent Res 18: 6-11, June ,2005 | |||||
Course outline weekly
| Weeks | Topics |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | Introduction to anatomy and physiology of salivary glands |
| Week 2 | Salivary collection procedures |
| Week 3 | saliva diagnostics |
| Week 4 | Human salivary proteomics |
| Week 5 | Genomic targets in saliva |
| Week 6 | The use of oral fluid Micro and nano electromechanical (MEMS/NEMS )chips in diagnostic applications |
| Week 7 | Examination |
| Week 8 | Diagnostics for infectious diseases |
| Week 9 | Role of saliva in detectio of substance abuse |
| Week 10 | detection of specific drugs in oral fluid |
| Week 11 | The uses of saliva in forensic genetics |
| Week 12 | molecular genetic methods |
| Week 13 | saliva diagnostics as a new industry |
| Week 14 | Discussion |
| Week 15 | Final exam |
Assesment methods
| Course activities | Number | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| Attendance | 0 | 0 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 |
| Assignments | 2 | 20 |
| Presentation | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 |
| Seminar | 0 | 0 |
| Midterms | 1 | 30 |
| Final exam | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
| Percentage of semester activities contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Percentage of final exam contributing grade succes | 1 | 50 |
| Total | 100 | |
WORKLOAD AND ECTS CALCULATION
| Activities | Number | Duration (hour) | Total Work Load |
|---|---|---|---|
| Course Duration (x14) | 14 | 3 | 42 |
| Laboratory | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Application | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Specific practical training | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Field activities | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Study Hours Out of Class (Preliminary work, reinforcement, ect) | 14 | 10 | 140 |
| Presentation / Seminar Preparation | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Project | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Homework assignment | 2 | 15 | 30 |
| Midterms (Study duration) | 1 | 28 | 28 |
| Final Exam (Study duration) | 1 | 30 | 30 |
| Total Workload | 32 | 86 | 270 |
Matrix Of The Course Learning Outcomes Versus Program Outcomes
| D.9. Key Learning Outcomes | Contrubition level* | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1. Being able to use mathematics, science, and engineering information to develop new methods in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 2. Being able to search information in Nanotechnology and Nanomedicine fields and to reach, to evaluate and to comment on this information | X | ||||
| 3. Being able to make supplements to the literature and to develop a skill for presenting their studies fluently in written and oral forms in national and international media. | X | ||||
| 4. To have a Professional ethics and social responsibility. | X | ||||
| 5. By adopting the importance of lifetime learning in principle, actively following the developments in novel technological applications with databases and other sources. | X | ||||
| 6. Being able to choose and to use techniques, devices and software with the suitable information and communication Technologies in order to solve engineering problems. | X | ||||
| 7. To communicate in oral and written forms in a foreign language at least in the C1 grade level of European Language Portfolio in the fields of nanotechnology and nanomedicine. | X | ||||
| 8. Being able to design experiments, to do experimentation, to analyze and evaluate experimental results and to prepare a report to present. | X | ||||
| 9. Being able to do within discipline and interdisciplinary teamwork | X | ||||
*1 Lowest, 2 Low, 3 Average, 4 High, 5 Highest