Students will have a Laboratory Manual for each module before the start of the practical sessions and, when appropriate, a questionnaire. The documents will be available on the course Moodle site.

In order to attend the laboratory sessions, students must provide evidence of having passed the Biosafety and Laboratory Safety tests. Students must be familiar with and accept the operating rules of the laboratories of the Faculty of Biosciences.

For each laboratory session, it is mandatory that students bring their own lab coat, safety glasses, and the Laboratory Manual. They must also bring a notebook in which observations can be recorded, as well as a permanent marker.

During the laboratory sessions, students will work in pairs under the supervision of the professor responsible for the course. At the beginning of each session, the professor will provide a brief theoretical explanation of the practical content and of the experiments to be carried out by the students.

In the case of the computer-based bioinformatics sessions, a case study will be carried out in which students will work in pairs under the supervision of the professor responsible for the course. During the three practical sessions, students will develop the proposed mini-project, applying the tools used in the Bioinformatics course to the discovery and characterization of a previously unannotated protein. In solving this case study, students are expected to use the bioinformatics tools correctly, formulate appropriate research questions, develop a work plan and, finally, prepare a PowerPoint summary presentation of the information obtained together with its interpretation.

In order to achieve good performance and acquire the competencies corresponding to this course, it is essential that students carry out a thorough reading of the Laboratory Manual and become familiar with the practical activities to be carried out in each session, as well as with the methodology that will be applied in each case.

In order to acquire the specific competencies of the course, attendance at the practical sessions is mandatory. In the event that a student, due to a justified and unforeseen circumstance, is unable to attend one or more practical sessions, the student must notify the professor responsible for the course and submit the corresponding supporting documentation as soon as possible. Justified causes include health problems (the corresponding medical certificate must be submitted) or serious personal circumstances.

Annotation: within the schedule set by the centre or degree programme, 15 minutes of one class will be reserved for students to evaluate their lecturers and their courses or modules through questionnaires.

General considerations:

Attendance at the laboratory/bioinformatics sessions is mandatory. The students will obtain the \"Non-Evaluable\" grade when the absence exceeds 20% of the programmed sessions.

The assessment will be based not only on different tests (written tests, laboratory reports) but also on the attitude and aptitude demonstrated by students during the sessions.

The assessment will be divided into different blocks that will serve to establish the degree of fulfillment in the acquisition of knowledge about the contents proposed.

Students who do not obtain the required minimum grade (4.0 or higher in each block) will not pass the course. In this case, the maximum final grade for the course will be 4.0.

In the event of not passing the course, from the second enrolment onwards, students will only be required to complete the assessment of those specific blocks that they have not passed. This exemption will remain valid for two additional enrolment periods.

Subcellular fractionation and oximetry assay.

Students must prepare a report, where the results obtained during the practical sessions will be presented and discussed. This report will represent 80% of the note in this module. The date of the delivery will be fixed by the teacher.

The remaining 20% of the grade will correspond to students' attitude and participation during the sessions.

The grade for this block will represent 25% of the overall course grade.

Genotyping. Determination of cell viability and type of cell death. Cell signaling.

Students must prepare a report presenting and discussing the results obtained during the practical sessions. This report will account for 75% of the grade for this block. The submission deadline will be set by the professor.

In addition, the practical ability of each group of students will be evaluated, taking into account theresults obtained in the genotyping test, which will represent 25% of the note in this section.

The grade for this block will represent 25% of the overall course grade.

Bioinformatics.

The evaluation will be done by submitting the results obtained via Moodle. The format will be a PowerPoint presentation.

The deadline for submission will be at the end of the last practical session. This work will be presented to the professor and to the rest of the students on the last day of class in a short presentation (5-10 min).

This PowerPoint presentation will allow you to obtain 25% of the overall course grade. Of this 25%, 20% will correspond to the instructor's assessment and 5% will be obtained through peer assessment of the work presented.

Clinical Biochemistry.

The student will have to answer a written test about the practices, which will represent 75% of the mark of the module. The remaining 25% will be determined by an evaluation of the practical results.

The grade for this block will represent 25% of the overall course grade.

Single assessment.

For those students who take the single assessment is compulsory to do the laboratory practices (PLAB) in the scheduled sessions with the rest of the group.

The single assessment consists of a single synthesis test with questions from all the blocks of the integrated laboratory, except for Bioinformatics, on the day scheduled in the academic calendar.

The grade obtained in the synthesis test is 57.5% of the final grade of the subject. The oral presentation of the Bioinformatics module, the attitude during the practices and the results obtained will be the remaining 42.5%. Only if all members of the Bioinformatics working group have selected the single assessment option, this presentation can be made on the day scheduled in the calendar for the single assessment. In this case, the single assessment will be 82.5% of the final grade.

Use of AI and Fraud

Any irregularity committed during an assessment activity (academic misconduct, plagiarism, or improper use of AI, unless such use is expressly authorized in the course syllabus) that may lead to a significant alteration of the grade will result in that activity being graded as 0. If the course syllabus stipulates that obtaining a minimum mark in this assessment is an essential requirement to pass the course, or if multiple irregularities occur in the assessment activities of the same course, the final grade for the course will be 0. Furthermore, disciplinary proceedings may be initiated against any student who incurs any of these irregularities.