Berta Alsina

Position

Lecturer

Qualifications

PhD in Biology (Universitat de Barcelona)

Biography

Berta Alsina was awarded a PhD in Genetics from the Universitat de Barcelona in 1999. She then did a postgraduate degree in the United States, at UCLA, where she carried out research into the role of neurotrophins in axogenesis ‎and synaptogenesis. In 2001 she joined UPF on the Developmental Biology course and to study the development of the inner ear in vertebrates. She has been an assistant professor since 2012 and is involved with several subjects on Bachelor’s and Master’s degree courses, as well as heading a research group. Berta Alsina has supervised five PhD theses and over 15 Bachelor’s and Master’s Degree Final Projects.

Subjects they teach

Subject
Programme
Typology

Cell Biology

Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics

Core

Programme:
Bachelor's Degree in Bioinformatics

Description

The course covers the organization and function of the cell, the integration of these operations in the physiology of an organism and introduces students in Cell Biology and in the physiological phenomena to understand the interior of the cell and its organization.

Subject of the 2020-2021 teaching plan.

Code:
51312

Créditos:
6 ECTS

Language:
English

Type of subject: Core

Syllabus

Molecular and Cell Biology

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Programme:
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Description

This course covers the basic principles of cell structure and function, in both prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Subjects include the cytoskeleton, the endoplasmic reticulum, lysosomes, chromosome, nucleus and cytoplasmic organelles. The course also explores molecular mechanisms and replication, transcription and translation, as well as regulation and control.

2019-2020 teaching plan subject (in extinction).

Code:
51206

Créditos:
6 ECTS

Language:
English

Syllabus