Time table of Biology
For 1 year students of the Faculty of Dentistry
Seminars and lab exercises
Academic year 2015-2016
st
Unit 1 (28 September 2015)
Seminar: Parasitism and its concepts Part 1; symbiosis and its types (e.g. parasitism);
examples of parasitic organisms in taxonomical arrangement (biology, ecology,
morphology, and epidemiology of most important parasite species), opportunistic
parasites.
Exercise: Microscopic techniques
Unit 2 (5 October 2015)
Seminar: Parasitism and its concepts Part 2; examples of parasitic organisms in
taxonomical arrangement (biology, ecology, morphology, and epidemiology of most
important parasite species, opportunistic parasites)
Exercise: Morphology of parasites: Protista: Trichomonas vaginalis, Trichomonas
tenax, Giardia lamblia
Unit 3 (12 October 2015)
Seminar and Exercise: Morphology of parasites: Protista (Amoebae and
Apicomplexans): Entamoeba gingivalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Plasmodium vivax,
Toxoplasma gondii, Trypanosoma gambiense, Trypanosoma cruzi
Unit 4 (19 October 2015)
Seminar: Non-essential elements (macro-, micro-, and ultra-elements) as well as
toxic elements with particular emphasis on fluorine, mercury, lead, and cadmium
Exercise: Morphology of parasites: Flatworms: Digeneans: Schistosoma
haematobium; Tapeworms (Cestoda): Taenia solium, Taenia saginata, Echinoccocus
granulosus
Unit 5 (26 October 2015)
Seminar: Xenobiotics: the environmental factors, the tolerance range, the
bioaccumulation, biotransformation, biomagnification
Exercise: Morphology of parasites: Roundworms: Nematodes: Ascaris lumbricoides,
Trichinella spiralis, Enterobius vermicularis, Trichuris trichiura
Unit 6 (2 November 2015)
Seminar: Influence of mercury and fluoride on human health and environment
Exercise: Morphology of parasites: Arthropods: Ticks: Ixodes ricinus; Mites:
Demodex folliculorum, Sarcoptes scabiei; Insects: Pediculus humanus, Phtirus pubis,
Pulex irritans, Cimex lectularius
Unit 7 (9 November 2015)
Seminar: Test (classes 2-6) and parasite identification on slides. Introduction to
cell structure and biology; DNA and RNA-their structure and spatial arrangement; cell
cycle; sexual reproduction; cell division in prokaryotes, cell division in eukaryotes
(mitosis);
Exercise: Mitosis.
Unit 8 (16 November 2015)
Seminar: Parameters characterising human populations and its diversity.
Demographic explosion. Part 1
Exercise: Meiosis. Gametogenesis: oogenesis and spermatogenesis. Hormonal
regulation of oogenesis and spermatogenesis in humans.
Unit 9 (23 November 2015)
Seminar and Exercise: Test (classes 7-8). Chromosome structure in prokaryotes
and eukaryotes. Human chromosome types. Chromosomes X and Y. Sex chromatin,
Barr body as well as Y body.
Unit 10 (30 November 2015)
Seminar and Exercise: Cytogenetic diagnostics methods. Karyotype: normal, and
abnormal. Chromosome aberrations; Down, Turner and Klinefelter syndromes.
Karyotype preparation and chromosome bending techniques and their importance in
cytogenetic diagnostic.
Unit 11 (7 December 2015)
Seminar: Parameters characterising human populations and its diversity.
Demographic explosion. Part 2.
Exercise: Human genome; nuclear genome and mitochondrial genome. Mitochondrial
diseases/disorders; gene concept; coding and non-coding DNA. Inheritance patterns.
Antigens associated with red blood cells, blood types/blood groups (ABO, MN, Rh
systems).
Unit 12 (14 December 2015)
Seminar and Exercise: Disorders based on autosomal, dominant, autosomal
recessive, and X-linked mutations. Theoretical genetic exercises.
Unit 13 (21 December 2015)
Seminar and Exercise: Test (classes 9-12). Student presentations (toxicological
and parasitological subjects)
Unit 14 (11 January 2016)
Exercise: Diagnostic methods in parasitology.
Unit 15 (18 January 2016)
Test retake