SYLLABUS
OSAKA UNIVERSITY SHORT-TERM STUDENT EXCHANGE PROGRAM _

00f-11 INTRODUCTION TO PHARMACEUTICAL SCIENCES

Yuji KOBAYASHI, Naoyoshi MAEZAKI, Hatsuo MAEDA, Hiroshi YAMAMOTO, Shinsaku NAKAGAWA, Masaru Okabe, Keiichi TANAKA, Masayoshi IMAGAWA, Takefumi DOI (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences)

Objective This course gives foreign students an introduction to chemical, biological, and environmental pharmaceutical sciences and their recent progress in Japan. This course is primarily intended for international graduate students from other disciplines in the Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, but we reform it suitable to undergraduate students in the short-term student exchange program.

Textbook No particular textbook is used. Some materials will be distributed in the class.

Lecture Outline
Week 1. An Introduction to Pharmaceutical Sciences in the FacultyกสGuidanceกห
Week 2. Biophysical Chemistry: Structure of Bioactive Macromolecule
Week 3. Synthetic Organic Chemistry: Strategies for Synthesis of Biologically Active Natural Products
Week 4. Analytical Chemistry: Importance of Analytical Chemistry in Development of New Medicines
Week 5. Modern Instrumentation (Laboratory Demonstration): Theory and Practice of Modern Instrumental Techniques in Chemical Analysis
Week 6. Neuroimmunology: Environmental or Emotional Stress Alters Immune Responses
Week 7. Gene Therapy: Development of Fusogenic Liposome and Application for Gene Therapy
Week 8. Manipulation of Mammalian Embryos and Transgenic Animals
Week 9. Laboratory Demonstration and Discussion: Cultivation of Microorganisms; Demonstration of Antibiotic Titer
Week 10. Environmental Toxicology: Diseases Produced by Environmental Pollutants in Japan
Week 11. Molecular Toxicology: Molecular Mechanisms of Biological Responses to Environmental Pollutants
Week 12. Molecular Medicine: Molecular Biology of Atherosclerosis
Week 13. Technical Tour and Discussion: Facilities Concerning Environmental Systems
Week 14-15. Final ExaminationกสTerm Paper Preparationกห

Grading The course grade will be based upon a term paper to be submitted at the end of the course (60%) and class participation and discussion (40%).
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