Cell Biology

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Topic

Students will learn the structure and the functions of the eukaryotic and prokaryotic cells. They will study the similarities and differences of them in order to understand how prokaryotes of yeast cells can be used for biotechnological purposes. We will study the basics of plant cells, as they serve as tools in biotechnology. Mammalian cells are studied in many aspects: structural components, protein transport, secretion, endocytosis, apoptosis, tumor generation, and using them as biotechnological tools. Students have to understand how cells are connecting and communication with each other, how cell signaling pathways are operation, as they are targets of many drugs.

Lectures

• 1.

  Introduction

  - Sipos Katalin
• 2.

  Prokaryotes and eukaryotes

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 3.

  Macromolecules of the cells. Viruses

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 4.

  Structure of DNA and RNA. Gene expression

  - Pandur Edina
• 5.

  Nucleus: structure and function

  - Pandur Edina
• 6.

  Membrane structure and function

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 7.

  Cytoskeleton

  - Pandur Edina
• 8.

  Replication

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 9.

  Transcription

  - Sipos Katalin
• 10.

  Translation

  - Pandur Edina
• 11.

  Regulation of translation

  - Pandur Edina
• 12.

  Gene expression regulation of eukaryotes

  - Sipos Katalin
• 13.

  Mitosis

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 14.

  Nucleic acids and proteins

  - Sipos Katalin

Practices

• 1.

  General informations, pipetting

  - Tamási Kitti
• 2.

  General informations, pipetting

  - Tamási Kitti
• 3.

  Microscope

  - Tamási Kitti
• 4.

  Microscope

  - Tamási Kitti
• 5.

  Working with bacterial cells

  - Pandur Edina
• 6.

  Working with bacterial cells

  - Pandur Edina
• 7.

  Cell culture – background, sterile work

  under the laminar box

  - Tamási Kitti
• 8.

  Cell culture – background, sterile work

  under the laminar box

  - Tamási Kitti
• 9.

  Cell culture- working with cells, passage

  - Pandur Edina
• 10.

  Cell culture- working with cells, passage

  - Pandur Edina
• 11.

  Cell culture- working with cells, collecting,

  counting

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 12.

  Cell culture- working with cells, collecting,

  counting

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 13.

  Cell culture – planning experiments, viability

  assay

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 14.

  Cell culture – planning experiments, viability

  assay

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 15.

  RNA isolation

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 16.

  RNA isolation

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 17.

  DNA isolation

  - Pandur Edina
• 18.

  DNA isolation

  - Pandur Edina
• 19.

  Agarose gel electrophoresis

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 20.

  Agarose gel electrophoresis

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 21.

  Midterm exam from practice

  - Sipos Katalin
• 22.

  Midterm exam from practice

  - Sipos Katalin
• 23.

  Electron microscopy

  - Rimayné Ábrahám Hajnalka Gabriella
• 24.

  Electron microscopy

  - Rimayné Ábrahám Hajnalka Gabriella
• 25.

  DNA in forensic medicine

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 26.

  DNA in forensic medicine

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 27.

  Consultation

  - Sipos Katalin
• 28.

  Consultation

  - Sipos Katalin

Seminars

• 1.

  Cells: common features. Chemical bonds, small molecules

  - Jánosa-Szűcs Dominika
• 2.

  Plant cells

  - Jánosa-Szűcs Dominika
• 3.

  Structure and functions of proteins

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 4.

  Chromatin, genome, chromosome, gene

  - Pandur Edina
• 5.

  Mitochondrium, ER, Golgi, lysosomes

  - Pandur Edina
• 6.

  Mitochondrial DNA. Mutations

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 7.

  Extracellular matrix. Cell interactions

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 8.

  DNA repair

  - Poór Viktor Soma
• 9.

  Regulation of transcription

  - Sipos Katalin
• 10.

  Translation

  - Pandur Edina
• 11.

  Posttranslational modifications. Protein

  degradation

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 12.

  Gene expression regulation in prokaryotes

  - Jánosa Gergely
• 13.

  Meiosis

  - Pandur Edina
• 14.

  Consultation

  - Pandur Edina

Reading material

Obligatory literature

Literature developed by the Department

The materials of the lectures and seminars will appear on Neptune.

Notes

Recommended literature

G. M. Cooper, R. E. Hausman: The Cell: A Molecular Approach, Sinauer Associates, Inc., 7th Edition, 2016. ISBN: 9781605352909

Albert et al: Essential Cell Biology, ISBN-13: 978-0393680362

Conditions for acceptance of the semester

There are no other terms of acceptance.

Mid-term exams

There is no written mid-term exam in the semester.

Making up for missed classes

According to personal agreement

Exam topics/questions

There are no given exam questions. The topics of the exam will be the materials of lectures and seminars.

Examiners

• Jánosa Gergely
• Pandur Edina
• Sipos Katalin

Instructor / tutor of practices and seminars

• Böddi Katalin
• Jánosa Gergely
• Jánosa-Szűcs Dominika
• Pandur Edina
• Poór Viktor Soma
• Rimayné Ábrahám Hajnalka Gabriella
• Sipos Katalin
• Tamási Kitti