Introduction to Experimental Research and Pathology

Recommended Prerequisites

NA

Teaching Methods

Theoretical classes: these classes have the aim of introducing new thematics.

Practical classes: these classes are for practical work with problem based learning in small groups.

Learning Outcomes

Basic knowledge and fundamental competencies of Experimental Pathology and for scientific communication.

Work Placement(s)

No

Syllabus

1. Presentation.

2. Experimental Pathology: concept and history. Ethics for research with laboratory animals and with the human beings.

3. General concepts in Experimental Pathology.

4. Animal facility computerization: its importance and the experience of the Experimental Pathology Service.

5. Research in human beings.

6. Necropsy in Experimental Pathology.

7. Experimental Models: Pathology of Digestive, Respiratory and Circulatory Systems; Experimental Oncology; Biocompatibility and Regeneration.

8. Electronics, Robotics and Informatics resources in Experimental Pathology.

9. Computerization of the Experimental Pathology Service and the net working.

10. Computerization of the animal facility cages: data collection and statistics using electronic and informatics resources.

11. Electronics and informatics resources in Experimental Pathology.

12. Experimental Pathology Congress planing.

Head Lecturer(s)

Maria Filomena Rabaça Roque Botelho

Assessment Methods

Assessment
Exam: 50.0%
Other: assiduity, punctuality, attitudes on classes and on group work and manifested knowledge: 50.0%

Bibliography

1 - The Laboratory Mouse. Edited by Hans Hedrich. Elsevier, 2004
2 - Códigos de referência para Histopatologia Experimental. A. M. Silvério Cabrita. Pé de Página, 2003
3 - Cabrita AMS, Patrício JAB, Matos Beja ML. Xenotransplantation of neoplasias and pharmacological trials. Transplantation Proceedings 1992;24:3033-3035
4 - Cabrita AMS. Laboratorial Techniques for the Skeletal Muscle Fiber Identification. Molecular Physiology of Skeletal Muscle. 2005: 13-32 (Advanced Course of Molecular Physiology of Skeletal Muscle).
5 - Lino Ferreira, Ana Rafael, Meriem Lamghari, Mario A Barbosa, Maria H. Gil, António M. S. Cabrita, and Jonathan
S. Dordick Biocompatibility of chemoenzymatically derived dextran-acrylate hydrogels.J Biomed Mater Res A. 2004:68;584-596.
6 - Meios Auxiliares de Comunicação e Divulgação Científica. Colecção: Comunicação e Divulgação científica. Pé de Página Editores. Cabrita AMS. 2003.