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Bi6725 Advanced Methods in Cell Biology

Faculty of Science
Spring 2003

Extent and Intensity

0/2/0. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).

Teacher(s)

prof. RNDr. Jiřina Hofmanová, CSc. (seminar tutor)
prof. RNDr. Alois Kozubík, CSc. (seminar tutor)
RNDr. Miroslav Machala, CSc. (seminar tutor)
doc. RNDr. Jakub Hofman, Ph.D. (assistant)

Supervisor

doc. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D.
Research Centre for Toxic Compounds in the Environment (RECETOX) - Chemistry Section - Faculty of Science
Contact Person: doc. RNDr. Ladislav Dušek, Ph.D.

Prerequisites

Basic knowledge of biochemistry, cell and molecular biology are neccessary

Course Enrollment Limitations

The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

Fields of study the course is directly associated with

• Ecotoxicology (programme PřF, B-BI)

Course objectives

The course gives the students an opportunity to get acquainted with a number of methods suitable for application in ecotoxicology. It includes both theoretical lectures and practical illustrations of in vivo methods (experiments with laboratory and wild animals) and in vitro methods (experiments using tissue cultures). Besides basic scientific methodology, the students will be given lectures on principles and the use of modern equipment, such as flow cytometer, confocal microscope and other methods, including molecular biology, gas and liquid chromatography, fluorimetry, spectrophotometry and luminometry.

Syllabus

• 1. In vivo methods Experiments with laboratory animals Basic hematology methods The use of ionising irradiation Tests of toxicity 2. In vitro methods Cell cultures - Laboratory Equipments Basic methodology 3. Detection of biochemical markers Enzyme activities Oxidative stress 4. Selected molecular biology methods Flowcytometry Microscopy 5. Studies of effects of harmful substances and pharmaceuticals Cytotoxicity assays Analysis of cytokinetics 6. Working hypothesis and their verifications 7. Application in ecotoxicology and predictive oncology

Literature

• Cell and tissue culture :Laboratory procedures. Insertion instructions. Edited by A. Doyle - J. B. Griffiths - D. G. Newell. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons, 1993. Volné lis. ISBN 0-471-92852-6. info
• Arachidonate related lipid mediators, Methods in Enzymology, Eds. R. C. Murphy, F. A. Fitzpatrick, Vol. 187, Academic Press, New York, 1990
• Techniques in cell cycle analysis (Eds. J. W. Gray, Z. Darzynkiewicz), Humana Press, Clifton, New Jersey, 1987
• Current Protocols in Cytometry, Ed. J. P. Robinson et al., Wiley&Sons Inc., New York 1997

Follow-Up Courses

• C7530 Physiology of Cell Systems
• C8630 Genotoxicity and Carcinogenesis

Further Comments

The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.

The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2007 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, autumn 2011, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, autumn 2012, autumn 2013.

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