Kursinformation

 

Contact information: leesal@utu.fi

Target group: Master and doctoral students in the field of Biosciences

Credits: 4,5 or 5 ECTS

Course enrolment

Via Peppi for students from the Universities of Turku, Eastern Finland and Åbo Akademi. For UEF and ÅA students, please use Ristiinopiskelu in Peppi. 

Enrollment time: 30.08.2024 - 03.12.2024 

Learning outcomes

After the course students

3.       know mouse histology

4.       are aware of spontaneous pathological alterations in different mouse strains

5.       know the most relevant differences between mouse and human histology

Contents

This course covers the following topics

1.       Mouse dissection

2.       Histological sample preparation

3.       Mouse histology demonstrated in six common mouse strains (C56Bl6J and N, FVB/N, C3HeBFeJ, 129P2OlaHsd and BalbcbyJ)

4.       Mouse versus human comparative anatomy and histology

Teaching methods

1.       On-line videos and lectures (recorded)

2.       Independent learning (webmicroscopy and reading)

3.       On-line exercises

4.       Final examination

Teaching language

English

Evaluation and evaluation criteria

Passed/failed. Approved on-line exercises and final examination.

Timetable

17.12.24 - 19.1.2025

Study material

Online material in Moodle. The official study book of the course is “Comparative Anatomy and Histology”, edited by Piper Treuting and Suzanne Dintzis.