Lectures are focused on obtaining theoretical knowledge and practical skills in using highly sensitive spectroscopic methods for analyses of structure and interactions of nucleic acids and proteins. Fluorescent methods and their experimental applications in laboratory are emphasized. Lectures cover principles of detection, labeling of biomolecules, fluorescent applications for analyses of functions of biomolecules within genome and proteome. Vivid experimental demonstrations along with multimedia help to understand important phenomena faster and contribute to an enjoyable learning.

Voluntary practical exercise in a form of three day block follow lectures. The practical training enables students to confirm experimentally theoretical facts taught during lectures. Practical laboratory exercises, take place in modern well-equipped research laboratories. The effective learning of theoretical principles and practical skills in using specialized techniques that are essential for basic and applied research has become inevitable in interdisciplinary overlap of the biology, chemistry, physics and all life sciences.

Lectures are taught by Ctirad Hofr and practicals by labLifeB team at Functional Genomics and Proteomics in laboratories of the University Campus in Bohunice.