Basic Genetics

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Official data in SubjectManager for the following academic year: 2024-2025

Topic

Students completing the course will know the up-to-date developments of the concepts of the genetics field and biotechnology-related genetic applications. Students entering the Biotechnology MSc program are already able to interpret and explain some aspects of the nature of biological variability and genetic processes at a BSc level. The basics of genetics will be briefly repeated with students having different background knowledge. Students will learn about the theoretical background of advanced molecular methods and approaches in the field. A broad methodological spectrum applied in clinical and basic research will be discussed. Lectures will give an up-to-date insight into state-of-the-art applications of genetics, including high throughput technologies, cancer genomics, as well as basic approaches for the analysis of the generated genomic data.

Lectures presented by experts in the field will address relevant problems and challenges of current and future biotechnology. Students will gather a deep understanding and a complex view of modern genetics.

Lectures

• 1.

  Introduction: a brief overview of the knowledge gained at the BSc

  Expectations, recommended literature

  - Kőszegi Balázs
• 2. Sequencing methods, genome sequencing - Berenténé Bene Judit Ágnes
• 3. NGS and novel sequencing platforms - Urbán Péter
• 4. Genome editing, CRISPR - Gombos Katalin
• 5. Transcriptomics and functional genomics - Gombos Katalin
• 6. Extranuclear genomes. Transposons - Juhász Kata
• 7. Epigenetics - Rauch Tibor Attila
• 8. Interim test - Juhász Kata
• 9. Cancer genomics - Juhász Kata
• 10. Data analysis for genomics - Gyenesei Attila
• 11. Population genomics. HAPMAP - Gombos Katalin
• 12. Clinical applications of genomic testing, PGD, NiPT - Gombos Katalin
• 13. Methods of gene therapy - Juhász Kata
• 14. Future Genetics - Gallyas Ferenc

Practices

Seminars

Reading material

Obligatory literature

No

Literature developed by the Department

Literature developed by the Department. Powerpoint material includes the basic concept of the subject and gives a reasonable basis for the studies. They can be used with notes prepared by the students in the lectures. Presentations are concise and have a high explanatory force.

Notes

No

Recommended literature

• Leon E. Rosenberg, Diane Drobnis Rosenberg (2013) Genes and Genomes, Science, Health, Society, available online (Elsevier ScienceDirect)

• Muhammad Sarwar Khan, Iqrar Ahmad Khan, Debmalya Barh: Applied Molecular Biotechnology (2016) CRC Press

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

-

Mid-term exams

An interim test containing 20-25 multiple choice test questions on the 8th educational week. In the case of reaching or surpassing 90% on the test, a 10% improvement will be added to the final written exam score.

Making up for missed classes

Individual tutoring

Exam topics/questions

Written examination, tests contain 20-25 multiple-choice test questions and two essay questions from the topics discussed during the lectures.

Examiners

• Gombos Katalin
• Juhász Kata

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars