First Year Curriculum
Here you will find a list of schedule tutorials for the first-year class.
MBML Graduate Program First-Year Tutorial Schedule: Winter Semester 2025/2026
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Date |
Day* |
Time |
Theme |
Venue§ |
Examinable? |
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| 22.10.2025 |
We |
18:15 |
Stoichiometry |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 29.10.2025 |
We |
19:30 |
PCR: semi-quantitative versus real-time: Utility for genotyping, quantitative detection of gene expression and identification of single nucleotide polymorphisms (Sukanya Bhat) |
Resolving DNA and RNA by agarose gel electrophoresis: Detection by Southern and northern blot (Marieke Boecker) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 05.11.2025 |
We |
17:00 |
Gene cloning for protein expression, including the utility and application of site-directed mutagenesis and epitope tagging (Bhaskarjyaa Chatterjee) |
Transcriptomic analysis: contrasting RNA-Seq with microarray approaches, including the basic principles of both techniques (Ayushi Chauhan) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 12.11.2025 |
We |
18:15 |
Practical application of theory |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 19.11.2025 |
We |
18:15 |
Principles of preparative chromatography and protein precipitation for the fractionation of complex mixtures (Dana Cojocaru) |
Protein resolution by electrophoresis, including sample preparation and protein quantification methods (Lois Fletcher-Wheeler) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 26.11.2025 |
We |
18:15 |
Protein-protein interactions: Utility of GST pulldown and coimmunoprecipitation, including independent validation (Danielle Fomferra) |
Post-translational modifications of proteins (including detection) (Gamze Çiğdem Gelincik) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 03.12.2025 |
We |
18:15 |
Antibodies: generation and labelling of antibodies, and application in immunoblotting and immunoprecipitation (Sana Hachem) |
Enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) (Fatemeh Kheirollahzadeh) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 10.12.2025 |
We |
18:15 |
Practical application of theory |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 17.12.2025 |
We |
- |
No tutorial |
- |
- |
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| 14.01.2026 |
We |
- |
No tutorial |
- |
- |
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| 21.01.2026 |
We |
17:00 |
Cell culture: Primary cells versus cell lines, cell immortalization, co-culture models, air-liquid interface cultures and organoids (Johanna Kohlhaas) |
Flow cytometry and fluorescence-activated cell sorting (Chudamani Nuguri) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 28.01.2026 |
We |
18:15 |
Assessment of cell proliferation, migration and cell death (Maduwuike Okpara) |
Transcriptome interference: Plasmids and siRNA delivery to eukaryotic cells by transfection (Maike Elisabeth Schneider) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 04.02.2026 |
We |
18:15 |
Immunohistochemistry, immunofluorescence, in situ hybridization and FISH in the lung: Focus on lung cell-type markers (Zixiong Shen) |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 11.02.2026 |
We |
16:15 |
Practical application of theory |
CIGL1 |
Yes |
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| 18.02.2026 |
We |
- |
No tutorial |
- |
- |
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| 25.02.2026 |
We |
17:00 |
Exam Revision |
CIGL1 |
- |
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| 04.03.2026 |
We |
09:00 |
Examination |
Anatomie2 |
- |
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| 18.03.2026 |
We |
09:00 |
Re-examination |
Anatomie2 |
- |
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| *Day key: | We, Wednesday |
| §Venue key: | 1Seminar Room, CIGL Building (ground floor), Aulweg 132 2Kursraum, Institute for Anatomy and Cell Biology, Aulweg 121 |