PřF:C1200 Biochemistry - Course Information
C1200 Introduction to the biochemistry
Faculty of ScienceAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (plus extra credits for completion). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Pavel Bouchal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Zdeněk Farka, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Zdeněk Glatz, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Tomáš Kašparovský, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Igor Kučera, DrSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Jan Lochman, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Ing. Martin Mandl, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Petr Skládal, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. RNDr. Michaela Wimmerová, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Jan Lochman, Ph.D.
Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science
Supplier department: Department of Biochemistry – Chemistry Section – Faculty of Science - Timetable
- Wed 10:00–11:50 B11/132
- Prerequisites
- !NOWANY( CORE022 Biochemistry )
High school basic biology and chemistry. - Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology (programme PřF, B-BIC)
- Bioanalyst (programme PřF, B-BIC)
- Biochemistry (programme PřF, B-BIC)
- Bioinformatics (programme PřF, B-BIC)
- Course objectives
- Introductory overview course focused on the use of biochemical knowledge in medicine and pharmacy, agriculture, food industry, and other biotechnologies, including ecological aspects of biochemistry.
- Learning outcomes
- After completing the course, the student will be able to orient himself in the possibilities of the application of biochemical knowledge and methods. It will enable the suitable choice of his future professional activity.
- Syllabus
- Introduction
- Subject of research, place of biochemistry in the system of sciences. History and present.
- Application of Biochemistry in Medicine and Pharmacy
- Enzymes as molecular machines and their study using modern separation methods with the use of these methods in the development of new drugs.
- Interaction of drugs with the organism. Pharmacogenomics.
- Basics of molecular diagnostics of diseases, hereditary predispositions, neurochemistry.
- Proteomics and systems biology for classification and therapy of cancer.
- Multiple roles of carbohydrates. Molecular mechanisms of pathogen-host recognition.
- Appliaction of biochemistry in analytical methods
- Biosensors, Immunosensors (bioreceptors, bioconverters).
- Use of biosensors in practice. Bioelectronics and its use.
- Application of biochemistry in agriculture
- Plant biochemistry. Protection against pests and diseases.
- Increasing production - gene manipulation. Bioremediation.
- Secondary metabolites.
- Application of biochemistry in food and raw material processing
- Nutritional value of food. Functional foods.
- Biotechnology in metal mining.
- Environmental biochemistry
- Earth as a chemical-biochemical reactor - nitrogen cycle.
- Biochemistry and ecological problems of industrial society. Depletion of resources - production of substances - waste.
- Biochemistry and waste management (analysis, processing). Central position of liquid waste - wastewater.
- Pollution by carbon compounds (common, non-toxic), nitrogen, special pollution (toxic and persistent substances).
- Wastewater treatment methods - chemical, biological. Aerobic and anaerobic processes, technological arrangement.
- Literature
- Káš, Jan - Rauch, Pavel. Biochemie životního prostředí. VŠChT Praha 2000.
- HERBER, Vladimír, Zdeněk POSPÍŠIL, Ivan HOLOUBEK, Tomáš TYC, Jiřina RELICHOVÁ, Petr ZBOŘIL, Petr KUGLÍK, Kateřina KEPRTOVÁ, Rostislav MELICHAR and Jiří REZ. Věda a příroda (Science and nature). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 2007, 64 pp. Univerzita třetího věku. ISBN 978-80-210-4492-0. info
- ZBOŘIL, Petr, Marie MATĚJKOVÁ and Marie VEJVODOVA. The Immobilization of Denitrification Bacteria for the Waste Water Treatment. In KÁŠ, Jan and Pavel JENČ. Environmental Biotechnology in Europe. Prague: ICT Press, 2001, p. 7. ISBN 80-7080-434-3. info
- Buchanan, B. B., Gruissem, W., Jones, R. L. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology of Plants. Wiley-Blackwell, 2nd Revised ed. Edition, 2015. ISBN 978-0470714218. info
- CLARK, David P. and Nanette Jean PAZDERNIK. Biotechnology. Second edition. Amsterdam: Elsevier, 2016, xv, 833. ISBN 9780123850157. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical lectures.
- Assessment methods
- Oral examination testing orientation in basic biochemical topics discussed in individual lectures.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further Comments
- The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught annually. - Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
- CORE022 Biochemie v běžném životě
!typ_studia(ND) && !forma(C) && (!program(B-UCB) && !program(B-UCC) && !program(B-UCF) && !program(B-UCM) && !program(B-UCZ) && !program(B-LGM) && !program(B-BIC) && !program(B-CKR) && !program(B-CHE) && !program(B-ZPZ)) && !NOWANY(C1200)
- CORE022 Biochemie v běžném životě
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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