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Rules and Regulations of the Department of Biology and Medical Parasitology The BIOLOGY course For 1 year students of the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry Winter semester, academic year 2016/2017 st 1. Rules and regulations have been obligated since 2016/2017. 2. The course covers 40 hours including 15 hours of seminars and 25 hours of practical classes. 3. Both seminars and practical classes are obligatory. Only a single absence (with a documented reason) will be allowed. 4. There will be four partial tests during the semester: three theoretical (single choice) and one practical (parasite identification on slides). The first one theoretical tests will consist of 20 questions each (test time 20 min), while the second and third tests will contain 10 questions (10 min). The dates of tests will be posted on the board next to the door of the Department and on the web page of the Department. In case of absence rate over 50%, no retakes opportunities will be provided and this will result in the exclusion from the final test and credit refusal. 5. Unexcused absences from a test or resit will automatically result in a fail. 6. Students may only take the final test after passing all partial tests, at least one week prior to the date of the final test. 7. Students (in small teams) will prepare and present one work on a selected subject (PowerPoint and typed forms). 8. The course will end with a final test. The test will be in the form of a singlechoice test (the passing limit is 60% correct answers). It will cover the material presented during seminars and classes. 9. Students with a grade average of at least 4.5 (all class tests and presentation) will have a final test covering only seminar material. In such cases the final test grade will be determined as the average of these three: class test averages (CT=30%), presentation (P=10%), and final test grade (FT=60%). 10. During the tests it is not permitted to carry mobile phones or other electronic devices that record and/or reproduce sound and/or pictures. 11. English speaking students are under the supervision of Prof. Elżbieta Kalisińska and dr Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk. WE WISH YOU ALL THE BEST. DO NOT BE AFRAID, THIS IS A STUDENT – FRIENDLY DEPARTMENT Szczecin, 21.06.2016 r …………………………. Head of Department Signature Time table of Biology For 1 year students of the Faculty of Dentistry Seminars and lab exercises Academic year 2016-2017 st Unit 1 (3 October 2016) 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 (10 October 2016) 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 (17 October 2016) Seminar and Exercise: Morphology of parasites: Protista (Amoebae and Apicomplexans): Entamoeba gingivalis, Entamoeba histolytica, Plasmodium vivax, Toxoplasma gondii, Trypanosoma gambiense, Trypanosoma cruzi Unit 4 (24 October 2016) 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 (7 November 2016) 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 (14 November 2016) 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 (21 November 2016) 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 (28 November 2016) 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 (5 December 2016) 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 (12 December 2016) 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 (19 December 2016) 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 (09 January 2017) Seminar and Exercise: Disorders based on autosomal, dominant, autosomal recessive, and X-linked mutations. Theoretical genetic exercises. Unit 13 (16 January 2017) Seminar and Exercise: Test (classes 9-12). Student presentations (toxicological and parasitological subjects) Unit 14 (23 January 2017) Exercise: Diagnostic methods in parasitology. Unit 15 Test retake For 1st year students of the Faculty of Dentistry Seminars and lab exercises BIOLOGY Academic year 2016-2017 Monday: 12.00-14.00 English speaking students are under the supervision of Prof. Elżbieta Kalisińska and dr Natalia Łanocha-Arendarczyk.