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Lecturer(s)
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Hashimi Hassan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Anděra Ladislav, RNDr. CSc.
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Pascual Guillem, Ph.D.
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Varga Vladimír, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Staněk David, prof. Ph.D.
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Neumann Pavel, Ing. Ph.D.
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Dacks Joel, prof. Ph.D.
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Boudová Michala
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Course content
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1.Introduction: general architecture of eukaryotic cell (vs prokaryotes) 2.Mitochondria 3.Mitochondria-like organelles 4.Apoptosis (Ladislav Andera (BIOCEV)-9% lecture) 5.Chloroplast (Guillem Pascual (Algatech)-9% lecture) 6.Cytoskeleton/Flagella (Vladimir Varga (UMG)-9% lecture) 7.Nucleus/Nucleolus (David Stanek (UMG)-9% lecture) 8.Mitosis: kinetochore, chromosomes, mitotic spindle (Pavel Neumann (UMBR BC-9% lecture) 9.Endomembrane system: ER, Golgi, trafficking (Joel Dacks, Unversity of Alberta-9% lecture; conducted online) 10.Integration of organelles: movement of mitochondria mitochondria along microtubules in neurons, ER/Mito contacts 11.Evolutionary Cell Biology
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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- Semestral paper
- 30 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 39 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 15 hours per semester
- Preparation for exam
- 26 hours per semester
- Preparation for classes
- 15 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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This course provides students of the program the proper foundation for the basic unit of life, the cell, which decodes the information inherent in DNA.
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Prerequisites
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Molecular Biology (Molekulární biologie; KBM/250) or equivalent course from former university. Basic Cell Biology (Základy buněčné biologie; KMB/023) or equivalent course from former university.
KMB/250 and KMB/023
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
credit: small essay (2 standard pages/'normostrana', 1800 char) form of 'commentary' of cell biology paper. Also for extra credit toward final exam. exam: Oral or short answer written (min 50%).
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Recommended literature
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Compulsory literature will be a scientific article of the student's choosing published within the last 5 years that deals with one of the aspects of cell biology covered in one of the 11 lectures listed above..
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Molecular Biology of the Cell' by Alberts et al. (e.g. 7th Edition).
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Molecular Cell Biology' by Lodish et al. (e.g. 9th Edition).
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