Course: Cell Biology and Genetics Seminar

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Course title Cell Biology and Genetics Seminar
Course code KMB/623
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Frequency of the course In each academic year, in the winter semester.
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 2
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Gahurová Lenka, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Doležal Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Gahura Ondřej, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kovářová Julie, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Lenz Ondřej, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Sobotka Roman, prof. Ing. Ph.D.
  • Štefka Jan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Tolar Nikolas, Mgr.
  • Zrzavá Magda, RNDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. What is life 2. Genetic information and gene expression 3. How variability is generated 4. Population genetics 5. Regulation of gene expression, cell differentiation 6. Chemistry of life 7. Basic biomolecules of living organisms 8. Basic metabolic pathways 9. Bioenergetics 10. Biology of viruses 11. Chromosomes, mitosis, cell cycle 12. Genomics and transcriptomics

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The seminar complements the lecture course Cell Biology and Genetics by illustrating the topics with specific examples. The aim of the seminar, which is taught in parallel with the other courses, namely Cell Biology and Genetics, Biology of the Organism, Evolutionary Biology and Phylogeny, and Ecology and Environmental Protection and corresponding seminars, is to understand the connections of individual biological phenomena at the level of molecules, organisms, species and ecosystems.

Prerequisites
Highschool level biology

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
a combination of active participation in discussion seminars, seminar work or presentations
Recommended literature
  • Alberts a kol.: Molecular Biology of the Cell..
  • Krebs: Lewin's Genes XII.
  • Venki Ramakrishnan: Gene Machine.


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