Course title
生理生化学Ⅰ   [Physiological and Biological Chemistry Ⅰ]
Course category   Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 1  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 05lc0103
Instructor(s)
三浦 豊, 蓮見 惠司, 鈴木 絵里子, 宮本 潤基   [MIURA Yutaka, HASUMI Keiji, SUZUKI Eriko, MIYAMOTO Junki]
Facility affiliation Faculty of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
The basic and latest topics in biochemistry and physiology fields will be lectured. The 4 lecturers will give this lecture.
Expected Learning
The students will be requested to understand the topics in above-mentioned fileds.

Corresponding criteria in the Diploma policy:
See the curriculum maps.
https://www.tuat.ac.jp/campuslife_career/campuslife/policy/
Course schedule
The precise schedule of the lecture will be indicated by lecturers.

Yutaka Miura
1. Introduction
2. The structure and functions of animal cell membranes
3. The mechanisms for cell membrane functions
4. The effects of food factors on animal cell membrane functions
5. The epigenetical effects of food factors

Eriko Suzuki
1. The outline of cancer and inflammation
2. The imaging techniques, drugs and strategy of cancer treatment
3. The recent topics for cancer stem cells

Jyunki Miyamoto
1. Gut microbial composition
2. Gut microbial metabolites
3. Gut microbiota and host homeostasis

Keiji Hasumi
1. Introduction to bioactive natural compounds
2. Specific characterization of bioactive natural compounds
3. Introduction to drug development
4. Examples of the natural product drug development
Prerequisites
This lecture is an elective subject, and is one of the specialized subjects.
Students need to preview and review for an amount of time as indicated in the student guidelines of TUAT, in addition to the attendance of lecture (30 hours).
Required Text(s) and Materials
Handouts (paper and/or electronic) will be provided if needed.
References
Essential Cell Biology, 2nd edition
Assessment/Grading
Performance in lecture (30% total), report assignment given by each instructor (70% total)
Message from instructor(s)
Course keywords
Food componets, gut microbiota, cancer, inflammation, drug discovery, organic chemistry
Office hours
Questions can be asked after class, or please request an appointment by email.
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
English
Last update
2/2/2022 11:56:35 PM