| Educational level | Third cycle (PhD students)
Alternatively, Second cycle (master) |
| Last day of application: | March 15, 2018 (proposed) |
| Duration: | Module: 7 days with 2 h lectures, 4 h laboratory works per day |
| Examination: | Take-home assignment, presentation
Student should after the course understand and be able to discuss basic principles of chromatography and detectors used. The student should be able to choose the optimal separation parameters and predict the separation for a given problem.
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| Objectives: | This course covers the application of experimental techniques in microbiology, biochemistry, cell biology. Emphasis is placed on the integration of factual knowledge with understanding of the design of the experiments and data analysis in order to prepare the students for future research projects. |
| Who should attend: | Postgraduate students.
Students should have taken all basic chemistry courses including organic chemistry, physical chemistry, inorganic chemistry, biochemistry and analytical chemistry. |
| Course Outline: | Introduction to Biomaterials
Classification and uses of different types of Biomaterials Wound healing Biomaterials Biological testing of Biomaterials considering the standards given by regulatory organizations (ISO, CEN, IEC) In vitro testing of Biomaterials Antimicrobial Susceptibility Tests (AST) given by regulatory organizations (EUCAST) Agar diffusion Dilution methods (MIC, MBC) Toxicity and cell viability tests Biocompatibility tests In vivo testing of Biomaterials Animal tests |
| Course materials: | All course materials will be based on lectures that will be available to the enrolled students via the e-learning platform |
| Certification: | 7 ECTS will be awarded to the students that will pass the examination
Attendees will be awarded a certificate of attendance |
| Note: | This is an open (public) course and may be subject to minimum numbers attending – recommended group size (minimum) 5 students |
