Admission requirements
Elective course in the MSc Chemistry and Life Science and Technology
For students with a BSc in MST, or an equivalent to a BSc in Life Sciences. Enrolment is not open to students with a BSc degree in Life Sciences obtained in Leiden/Delft, as this course will be redundant.
Description
The course Integrated Cell Biology (ICB) is a one week crash course to learn the basics of cell culture. The course provides a theoretical background through lectures in the morning, which will be followed by practical work aiming at quickly learning cell culture skills and essential applications. All theoretical and experimental topics will be centered around the lysosome.
Course objectives
At the end of the course students:
have theoretical knowledge on various forms of cell & tissue culture (both past and future)
have mastered the essentials of cell culture
have knowledge on various crucial cell culture read outs (immunohistochemistry, fluorescent microscopy and viability assays)
can set up a cell culture experiment
have additional essay and report writing skills
Timetable
Schedule information can be found on the website of the programmes.
In MyTimetable, you can find all course and programme schedules, allowing you to create your personal timetable. Activities for which you have enrolled via MyStudyMap will automatically appear in your timetable.
Additionally, you can easily link MyTimetable to a calendar app on your phone, and schedule changes will be automatically updated in your calendar. You can also choose to receive email notifications about schedule changes. You can enable notifications in Settings after logging in.
Questions? Watch the video, read the instructions, or contact the ISSC helpdesk.
Note: Joint Degree students from Leiden/Delft need to combine information from both the Leiden and Delft MyTimetables to see a complete schedule. This video explains how to do it.
Mode of instruction
Lectures, cell culture experiments and data interpretation and self-study (essay and report preparation).
Assessment method
Students submit a short essay (1000 words) within the “Lysosome theme” and a report written in article style (3000 words). Both submissions via Turnitin in Brightspace. The final mark will be composed as such: 30% literature essay + 40% practical report + 30% impression practical and theoretical skills.
Reading list
Relevant publications and experimental protocols will be provided via Brightspace.
Registration
As a student, you are responsible for enrolling on time through MyStudyMap.
In this short video, you can see step-by-step how to enrol for courses in MyStudyMap.
Extensive information about the operation of MyStudyMap can be found here.
There are two enrolment periods per year:
Enrolment for the fall opens in July
Enrolment for the spring opens in December
See this page for more information about deadlines and enrolling for courses and exams.
Note:
It is mandatory to enrol for all activities of a course that you are going to follow.
Your enrolment is only complete when you submit your course planning in the ‘Ready for enrolment’ tab by clicking ‘Send’.
Not being enrolled for an exam/resit means that you are not allowed to participate in the exam/resit.
Course specific information:
Register for this and confirm via lecturer.
Placement will be handled in a first-come-first-serve system. Students from the MSc Chemistry and MSc Life Science & Technology take priority over students from other master's programmes.
Contact
Remarks
Assignment deadlines are communicated via Brightspace.
According to OER article 4.8, students are entitled to view their marked examination for a period of 30 days following the publication of the results of a written examination. Students should contact the lecturer to make an appointment for such an inspection session.
Software
Starting from the 2024/2025 academic year, the Faculty of Science will use the software distribution platform Academic Software. Through this platform, you can access the software needed for specific courses in your studies. For some software, your laptop must meet certain system requirements, which will be specified with the software. It is important to install the software before the start of the course. More information about the laptop requirements can be found on the student website.