Genetics I- summer semester

Premedical- 2nd Year

2023/2024

Attention

Dates of lectures: 

Lectures will be held in online form (asynchronic). It will be available on MS Teams Platform: Genetics I INT summer semester 2023/2024 key to the room: 609vthp

 


Seminars are carried out in the room 400 (the Department of Molecular biology and Genetics, C1/4th floor). 

Please contact kamil.janelt@sum.edu.pl or kbajdak-rusinek@sum.edu.pl  if needed.

SEMINARS (30h)

List of dates in which students will be assessed in writing tests/exam:

  1. 28.02.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Organization
  2. 06.03.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Eukaryotic Cell: Structure and Function, Chromosomes
  3. 13.03.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Structure and function of nucleic acid. DNA construction genetic code- its characteristics
  4. 20.03.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Cytoskeleton and disorders
  5. 27.03.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Mitosis and cell cycle
  6. 10.04.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Meiosis and gametogenesis
  7. 17.04.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) The concept of the gene. Gene mutations
  8. 24.04.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Monogenic Disorders (Single Abnormal Gene)
  9. 08.05.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Small test
  10. 15.05.2024 - 08:30-10:00 (2h) + 10:00-11:30 (2h) Chromosome analysis. Karyotype. Chromosomal aberrations + Chromosomal aberration syndromes –NUMERICAL and STRUCTURAL
  11. 22.05.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Mendelian inheritance
  12. 29.05.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Blood typing
  13. 05.06.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Pedigrees
  14. 12.06.2024 - 10:00-11:30 (2h) Final test

 

Files to download and read:

Course regulations

SYLLABUS

 

RULES FOR PREPARING PRESENTATIONS BY STUDENTS:

  1. ONLY Power Point format - .ppt, .pptx
  2. ALL figures, photos should be signed (source of origin)
  3. The last slide shows a bibliography (please do NOT cite websites), at least 3 items, including one a scientific article)
  4. The presentation cannot exceed 12 minutes (which is approximately 10-12 slides).
  5. The student is obliged to send the presentation before the appropriate class to the TEAMS platform

The student presentation is assessed on the basis of (to pass the necessary 4.5 points):

  1. Information contained in the presentation - 3 points.
  2. Structured presentation format (appropriate presentation format and naming of the presentation – Student name, TOPIC, presentation plan, sources of downloaded media - for each graphic) - 1 point.
  3. The method of preparing the bibliography - 1 point.
  4. Aesthetic value of the presentation - 0.5 points.
  5. The way of presentation (describing, storytelling, NOT reading) - 1 point.
  6. Discussion after the presentation - 1 point
  7. Presentation time saved - 0.5 pts.

 

                      Final mark

8 points         5,0

7 points         4,5

6 points         4,0

5,5  points     3,5

4,5 points      3,0

 

EXAMPLES OF PERMITTED QUOTATIONS IN THE BIBLIOGRAPHY:

Model of a bibliographic description of a chapter in a book:

Auguściak-Duma A. Biosynthesis of cell organelles. [w:] Buczek A, red. “Medical Biology”. Lublin: Koliber; 2007: t. II, pp. 119-131.

Model of the bibliographic description of an article in a journal:

Bajdak-Rusinek K., Fus-Kujawa A., Buszman PP., Żyła-Uklejewicz D., Jelonek K., Musiał-Kulik M., Fernandez C., Michalak M., George K., Kasperczyk J., Buszman PE. SDF-1α-Releasing Microspheres Effectively Extend Stem Cell Homing after Myocardial Infarction. Biomedicines 2023 Jan 25;11(2):343. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines11020343.