Genetics 1 INT- 1st year

New program of studies 2026/2027

2026/2027

Dates of lectures: 

Lectures will be held in online form (asynchronic). It will be available on MS Teams Platform: Genetics 1 INT 2026/2027 winter semester,  key to the room: a3l4yvx

Attention!!!

Below is a list of topics along with their presentation dates, as well as a guidelines of how a given presentation should be constructed.

TOPICS

Write down your names on the list of topics and give it to your teacher at the first classes

Note: each topic must be presented.
If you have any questions, please contact me via email.

Karolina Bajdak-Rusinek

kbajdak-rusinek@sum.edu.pl

 

 

Schedule of seminars and labs:

Classes are held in the room 400 (the Department of Molecular biology  C1/4th floor). 

 

SEMINAR 1 (07.10.2026)

  • Introduction to genetics
  • Basic Concepts and nomenclature in genetics, e.g. chromosomal aberration, point mutations, allele, hemizygote.
  • Introduction to dysmorphology (definition, classification of congenital defects, dysmorphic feature, dysmorphic syndrome)

 

EXERCISE 1 (07.10.2026)

  • Genetic databases used in the diagnosis and treatment of genetic diseases. – OMIM, Orphanet, PubMed.

 AT THE FIRST CLASSES -GENETICS DATABASES, STUDENTS USE THEIR ELECTRONIC DEVICES E.G. LAPTOP, TABLET. MAKE SURE YOU GET ACCESS TO THE SUM WI-FI NETWORK.

 

SEMINAR 2 (14.10.2026)

  • Chromosomal organization of human genome
  • Principles of cytogenetic nomenclature

EXERCISE 2 (14.10.2026)

  • Analysis of human karyotypes. Methods of chromosome analysis.

 

 

SEMINAR 3 (21.10.2026)

  • Numerical and structural chromosome aberrations

EXERCISE 3 (21.10.2026)

  • Genetic syndromes caused by numerical and structural aberrations.
  • Diseases conditioned by numerical  aberrations: Down syndrome, Turner syndrome, Klinefelter syndrome - frequency of occurrence, molecular basis.
  • Diseases conditioned by structural aberrations:  Angelman syndrome, Prader-Willi syndrome, - frequency of occurrence, molecular basis.

 

 

SEMINAR 4 (28.10.2026)

  • Principles of pedigree construction

EXERCISE 4 (28.10.2026)

  • Determining the type of inheritance based on pedigree analysis

 

 

SEMINAR 5 (04.11.2026)

  • Characterization of selected genetically determined syndromes. Phenotype-genotype correlation.

EXERCISE 5 (04.11.2026)

  • Summary of genetic syndromes discussed in class
  • Final test

 

 

Files to download and read:

SYLLABUS

RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE GENETICS I COURSE