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Course Unit Title Course Unit Code Type of Course Unit Level of Course Unit Year of Study Semester ECTS Credits
Stem Cell and Tissue Engineering In Regenerative Medicine KHT657 Compulsory Doctorate degree 2 Fall 7

Name of Lecturer(s)

Prof. Dr. Yusufhan YAZIR

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1) Have knowledge about therapeutic potential of stem cells.
2) Have knowledge about regenerative biology and medicine.
3) Have knowledge about tissue engineering and scaffolding.
4) Have knowledge about mechanobiology, tissue development and organ engineering.
5) Have knowledge about transplantation of designed cells and tissues.

Program Competencies-Learning Outcomes Relation

  Program Competencies
1 2 3 4 5 6
Learning Outcomes
1 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
2 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
3 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
4 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation
5 No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation No relation

Mode of Delivery

Face to Face

Prerequisites and Co-Requisites

None

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Not Required

Course Contents

Therapeutic use of stem cells, regeneration studies in various tissues, artificial tissue or organ studies, organoid-like structures made with stem cells and their related sites in medicine

Weekly Schedule

1) Therapeutic potentials of stem cells
2) Promising cells in therapeutic applications, embryonic stem cells
3) Mesenchymal stem cells in regenerative medicine
4) Regenerative biology and medicine
5) Regeneration studies of epidermal tissue, skin, hair and dental tissues
6) Neural tissue regeneration related studies
7) Skeletal muscle system regeneration related studies
8) Midterm
9) Scaffolds in tissue engineering
10) Functional tissue engineering: in vitro culture conditions
11) Regulation of cell behavior by extracellular proteins
12) Mechanobiology, tissue development and organ engineering
13) Principles of bioreactor design in tissue engineering
14) Biomaterials in tissue engineering
15) Transplantation of designed cells and tissues
16) Final exam

Recommended or Required Reading

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1) Lecture
2) Lecture
3) Question-Answer
4) Question-Answer
5) Question-Answer
6) Question-Answer
7) Question-Answer
8) Question-Answer
9) Discussion
10) Discussion
11) Discussion
12) Discussion
13) Discussion
14) Discussion
15) Lab / Workshop
16) Lab / Workshop
17) Lab / Workshop
18) Lab / Workshop


Assessment Methods and Criteria

Contribution of Midterm Examination to Course Grade

20%

Contribution of Final Examination to Course Grade

80%

Total

100%

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Not Required