LF:VLBI0222c Biology II-pract. - Course Information

VLBI0222c Medical Biology II - practice

Faculty of Medicine
spring 2026

Extent and Intensity

0/3/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
In-person direct teaching

Teacher(s)

Guaranteed by

prof. RNDr. Ondřej Slabý, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine
Contact Person: Ing. Lívia Eiselleová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Theoretical Departments – Faculty of Medicine

Prerequisites (in Czech)

VLBI0121c Biology I -pract. && VLBI0121p Biology I - lect.

Course Enrolment Limitations

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

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

General Medicine (programme LF, M-VL) (2)
General medicine: study of subjects (programme LF, C-VL)
General medicine: first year study (programme LF, C-VL)

Course objectives

The main objectives of the course are:
- learning the methods of risk evaluation for hereditary diseases of various molecular backgrounds in patients based on family anamneses
- understanding the basic principles of gene engineering
- understanding and practising the selected molecular methods used for the examination of some cancers or hereditary and infectious diseases with regard to the selection of appropriate therapy

Learning outcomes

After completing the course, the student will be able to:
- evaluate the risk of hereditary diseases of various molecular backgrounds in patients based on assigned family anamneses of the diseases
- describes the basic principles of genetic prognosis and genetic counselling
- suggest and perform basic molecular-genetic diagnostic examinations of some hereditary, tumour and infectious diseases (PCR, restriction digest, gel electrophoresis) and interpret the obtained results
- explain selected basic techniques of gene engineering and their application in medicine, and, with knowledge of the used method, select the clones of cells with an inserted gene

Syllabus

Week 1: Genetic disorders - autosomal and gonosomal inheritance
Week 2: Extensions to basic genetics
Week 3: Genetic prognosis and genetic counselling
Week 4: Human population genetics
Week 5: Basic methods of molecular biology II
Week 6: Control test 3 (knowledge from week 1 to week 5 of the spring semester - lectures, practices)
Week 7: Molecular diagnostics of human pathogenic bacteria
Week 8: Molecular diagnostics of human pathogenic bacteria
Week 9: Molecular diagnostics of cancer
Week 10: Molecular diagnostics of cancer
Week 11: Gene engineering – production of human proteins in bacterial cells
Week 12: Gene engineering – production of human proteins in bacterial cells
Week 13: Control test 4 (knowledge from week 7 to week 12 of the spring semester - lectures, practices)
Week 14: no practices, Re-sit test
Week 15: no practices, credit awarding

Literature

required literature

Protokoly ke cvičením jsou dostupné v elektronické podobě v Informačním systému MU ve Studijních materiálech předmětu VLBI0222c

Teaching methods

laboratory practice, class discussion

Assessment methods

Practical classes are mandatory.
Requirements for course completion: full attendance in the practices (1 absence, excused or unexcused, is allowed); all protocols completed (also for missed lessons) and checked and signed by appropriate teachers; successfully passed 2 written control tests during the semester (knowledge from lectures and practices, 20 questions in each test, 1 answer correct to be chosen from 4 possibilities, student needs to reach at least 24 points out of 40 from both of the tests). If you do not pass the control tests (you have less than 24 points), you have two possibilities to write a re-sit of control tests.
In case of a student’s late arrival to the practice or poor activity at the practice, the student must write an essay of 2 pages on a given topic. Same for the case of two absences in practice (excused or unexcused). Find the instructions for essay writing in the Instructions for the course in the Interactive syllabus in the IS. Bring the essay printed to the teacher who specified the topic (after making an appointment during consulting hours), and be ready to answer the teacher's questions regarding the topic.
In case of 3 absences (excused or unexcused), (or more than 3 absences all excused by the Office for Studies within 5 days from the beginning of the absence and introduced to the Information System), it is addressed individually. Course-unit credit is awarded only after the proof of the student's knowledge of the entire semester's topics (Credit test, see above).
The course-unit credit is not awarded in the case of 4 or more unexcused absences.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught every week.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

AMOLc Introduction into molecular biology and genetics - practice
(!VSBI0222c) && (!VLBI0222c) && (!ZLBI0222c) && !NOWANY(VLBI0222c,ZLBI0222c) && (!PřF:Bi1700c)
VLHE0322c Histology and Embryology II - practice
(VLHE0221c || VSHE0221c) && (VLBI0222c || VSBI0222c)
VLHE0322p Histology and Embryology II - lecture
(VLHE0221c || VSHE0221c) && (VLBI0222c || VSBI0222c)

Teacher's information

https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/med/jaro2026/VLBI0222c/index_sude.qwarp
Účast na výuce je povinná. Výuka probíhá formou praktických cvičení každý týden.

Interaktivní osnova předmětu:

https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/med/jaro2026/VLBI0222c/index_sude.qwarp

Potřeby pro cvičení: vytištěný aktuální protokol, psací potřeby. Protokoly pro každé praktické cvičení si stáhněte ze Studijních materiálů nebo Interaktivní osnovy v ISu a nastudujte předem. Přezůvky vítané, pláště a vlastní chirurgické rukavice nejsou vyžadovány, ale při úlohách s barvením preparátů jsou pláště doporučeny.

Do učebny si vezměte pouze protokoly a psací potřeby, všechny ostatní věci si ještě před začátkem výuky odložte do šatny Biologického ústavu (B07, místnost 203), která bude po dobu výuky uzamčena.

Nahrazování cvičení: Pokud výjimečně nemůžete absolvovat praktická cvičení se svou skupinou (nemoc, návštěva lékaře - maximálně 1x za semestr), domluvte si e-mailem s kontaktní osobou předmětu nahrazení cvičení s jinou skupinou. Pište nejméně 24 hodin před plánovaným nahrazením a upřesněte skupinu (datum a čas), se kterou se chcete cvičení zúčastnit (viz Rozvrh, který najdete v organizačních pokynech v Interaktivní osnově). Výuku lze nahradit pouze v tom samém výukovém týdnu, kdy byla zameškána. Při vyčerpání kapacity skupiny vám nahrazení nemusí být umožněno. Opakované nahrazování výuky s jinými skupinami není povoleno.

Kompletní pokyny k výuce najdete na následujícím odkazu:

https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/med/jaro2026/aVLBI0222c/op/Biology_practices_instructions.pdf?predmet=1517703

Při opakování předmětu je možné na vyžádání uznat absolvovanou praktickou výuku. O uznání je potřeba požádat v prvním týdnu výuky e-mailem s uvedením důvodu.

The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, spring 2019, spring 2020, spring 2021, spring 2022, spring 2023, spring 2024, spring 2025.

Enrolment Statistics (spring 2026, recent)
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LF:VLBI0222c Biology II-pract. - Course Information

VLBI0222c Medical Biology II - practice

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