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课程详述
COURSE SPECIFICATION
以下课程信息可能根据实际授课需要或在课程检讨之后产生变动。如对课程有任何疑问，请
联系授课教师。
The course information as follows may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen
circumstances, or following review of the course at the end of the session. Queries about the course should be
directed to the course instructor.
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课程名称 Course Title
生命科学前沿讲座和文献综述
Frontier in Life Science Seminar and Journal Club
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授课院系
Originating Department
生物系
Department of Biology
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课程编号
Course Code
BIO308
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课程学分 Credit Value
2
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课程类别
Course Type
专业选修课（生物科学、生物技术、生物信息学专业）
Major Elective Courses（Biological Sciences, Biotechnology, Bioinformatic Majors）
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授课学期
Semester
春季 Spring
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授课语言
Teaching Language
中英双语 English & Chinese
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授课教师、所属学系、联系方
式（如属团队授课，请列明其
他授课教师）
Instructor(s), Affiliation&
Contact
（For team teaching, please list
all instructors）
团队授课（每年会有所变化）
协调人：郭红卫，guohw@sustech.edu.cn
授课人：郭红卫, 陈炜，刘东，宋学军，孙颖，肖波，Peter Pimpl，杜嘉木，李妍，靳文
菲，龚欣，侯春晖，邓怿，姬生健，黄鸿达，侯圣陶。
Teaching in group. （The group differs every year）
Coordinator: Hongwei Guo
Teachers: Hongwei Guo, Wei Chen, Dong Liu, Xuejun Song, Ying Sun, Bo Xiao, Peter
Pimpl, Jiamu Du, Yan Li, Wenfei Jin, Xin Gong, Chunhui Hou, Yi Deng, Shengjian Ji,
Hongda Huang, Shengtao Hou.
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实验员/助教、所属学系、联系
方式
Tutor/TA(s), Contact
待公布 To be announced
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选课人数限额(可不填)
Maximum Enrolment
（Optional）
2
授课方式
Delivery Method
讲授
Lectures
习题/辅导/讨论
Tutorials
实验/实习
Lab/Practical
其它(请具体注明)
Other（Please specify）
总学时
Total
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学时数
Credit Hours
16
Presentation:16
32
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先修课程、其它学习要求
Pre-requisites or Other
Academic Requirements
无 none
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后续课程、其它学习规划
Courses for which this course
is a pre-requisite
无 none
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其它要求修读本课程的学系
Cross-listing Dept.
无 none
教学大纲及教学日历 SYLLABUS
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教学目标 Course Objectives
This course aims to bring forefront research advancements related to biological sciences to highly motivated students by
our faculty members in a format of seminar series. In combination with a student-run journal club, the course will help
students get familiar with forefront research areas in life sciences.
本课程致力于以讲座的形式向学生介绍生物科学的前沿进展，主讲老师是生物系众教授。并且，本课程还结合了学生做文
献分享的形式，旨在帮助学生了解生命科学的前沿领域。
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预达学习成果 Learning Outcomes
The course combines the faculty seminar talks with student journal club presentations. Selected topics of current
interests in biology will be discussed utilizing recently published papers in the fields to promote the ability of reading
paper. Meanwhile, this course provides introduction to the techniques and style of technical oral presentation generally
accepted by professional biologists.
本课程将老师做讲座与学生做文献分享相结合，学生讲解的与课程主题相关的文献将在课上得到充分的讨论，以提高学生
阅读文献的能力。同时，本课程还将培养学生做口头学术汇报的能力。
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课程内容及教学日历 （如授课语言以英文为主，则课程内容介绍可以用英文；如团队教学或模块教学，教学日历须注明
主讲人）
Course Contents (in Parts/Chapters/Sections/Weeks. Please notify name of instructor for course section(s), if
this is a team teaching or module course.)
The course includes 16 seminars given by our faculty members (lecturers). Each seminar takes approximately 50
minutes, which is followed by a 50 min journal club conducted by assigned students. Each seminar lecturer should
choose a research paper related to the seminar topic and give it to the students for journal club presentation at least one
week before the seminar starts. To prepare the paper presentation, the students should find further related background
readings by themselves.
2018-2019 Frontier in Life Sciences Seminar and Journal Club Schedule
Seminar series
Lecturer
Seminar Topics
Seminar 1
Hongwei Guo
How plant smells: signaling
mechanisms of ethylene gas.
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Seminar 2
Wei Chen
Transcriptome profiling---Past,
Present and Future
Seminar 3
Dong Liu
Recent progress of zebrafish
research in China
Seminar 4
Xuejun Song
Empathy: Neuroscience Basis and
Potential Impact on AI
Seminar 5
Ying Sun
Cancer: invasion and metastasis
Seminar 6
Bo Xiao
Glial Biology in Health and Disease
Seminar 7
Peter Pimpl
Nanobody-based tools to analyze
protein functions in vivo
Seminar8
Jiamu Du
The crosstalk between DNA
methylation and histone modification
Seminar9
Yan Li
RNA editing in human diseases
Seminar10
Wenfei Jin
Single cell sequencing and its
application
Seminar 11
Xin Gong
A Century of Cholesterol and
Cardiovascular Disease
Seminar12
Chunhui Hou
From 1D to 4D: Spatial and
Temporal Regulation of Gene
Expression
Seminar13
Yi Deng
Mechanotransduction: How cell
senses and responds to forces?
Seminar14
Shengjian Ji
Regulation of neural development
by mRNA m6A modification
Seminar15
Hongda Huang
Structural basis for histone
chaperones
Seminar16
Shengtao Hou
Brain and Mind - from structural
connections to cognitive functions
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教材及其它参考资料 Textbook and Supplementary Readings
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None 无
课程评估 ASSESSMENT
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评估形式
Type of
Assessment
评估时间
Time
占考试总成绩百分比
% of final
score
违纪处罚
Penalty
备注
Notes
出勤 Attendance
30
课堂表现
Class
Performance
小测验
Quiz
课程项目 Projects
平时作业
Assignments
期中考试
Mid-Term Test
期末考试
Final Exam
期末报告
Final
Presentation
30
其它（可根据需要
改写以上评估方
式）
Others (The
above may be
modified as
necessary)
Essay：40
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记分方式 GRADING SYSTEM
A. 十三级等级制 Letter Grading
B. 二级记分制（通过/不通过） Pass/Fail Grading
课程审批 REVIEW AND APPROVAL
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本课程设置已经过以下责任人/委员会审议通过
This Course has been approved by the following person or committee of authority
本课程经生物系本科教学指导委员会审议通过。
This Course has been approved by Undergraduate Teaching Steering Committee of Department of Biology.
