Course: General Biology

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Course title General Biology
Course code ULZ/HOBBI
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 3
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)
  • Zlámalová Aneta, Ing.
  • Riegert Bystřická Dagmar, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Seminars 1. Introduction. Laboratory methods in biomedicine 2. The cell as an organizational and functional unit of living systems 3. Genes and ontogenesis 4. Fertilization and furrowing. Germ leaves 5. Mechanism of differentiation. Gene expression and differentiation 6. Control of ontogenesis at the gene level 7. Control of ontogenesis by posttranscriptional and posttranslational mechanisms 8. The order of cells in a multicellular organism 9. Organ formation. Life cycle 10. Sexual reproduction, fertilization, egg furrowing 11. Molecular disorders of human fertility 12. Histogenesis and organogenesis 13. Embryogenesis 14. Time structure. Ontogenesis of the time structure of the organism Laboratory training: (two-hour blocks) 1. Work safety in the biological laboratory, tasks in the event of an accident in the laboratory; optical microscope - adjustment and microscopy technique Preparation of a native microscopic specimen, its manual documentation 2. Preparation of a permanent microscopic specimen Microscopy in a dark field 3. Working with a fluorescence microscope 4. Confocal microscopy, Preparation of samples for electron microscopy

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified
Learning outcomes
The course builds on high school biology and expands it so that students acquire the basics for biological courses (in terms of current trends in research and practice). In theoretical seminars, students learn to work with literature in the manner suited to university, i.e. independently. The monitoring of student preparation takes place through their active participation in seminars. The course also ensures students are practically acquainted with some basic laboratory tasks in experimental biology (especially work with a microscope) with regard to applications in medical laboratories. Seminars take place in two-hour blocks every week
Introduction to the basic principles of the functioning and development of a living organism with emphasis on biomedical aspects and the acquisition of basic laboratory skills in biologically-oriented laboratories focused on biomedicine.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Monitoring of student preparation focusses on their active participation in seminars.
Recommended literature
  • Berger J, Holinka J. Základní biologická cvičení. Univerzita Pardubice, 1995.
  • Campbell NA, Reece JB. Biologie. CP Books, Brno, 2006.
  • Edwards G.I., Cimmino M. Laboratory technique, A work text of biomedical methods Barron´s Educ. Ser. New York, 1994.
  • Gilbert SC. Developmental Biology. Sinauer Assoc, 2000.
  • Heath JP. Dictionary of Microscopy. John Wiley and Sons, Chichester, 2005.
  • Nečas O. a kol. Obecná biologie pro lékařské fakulty. H & H, Jinočany, 2000.


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