BD141 Journal Club

Faculty of Science
Spring 2009
Extent and Intensity
1/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Jiří Fajkus, CSc. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Miloslava Fojtová, CSc. (lecturer)
prof. Mgr. Martin Lysák, Ph.D., DSc. (lecturer), prof. RNDr. Jiří Fajkus, CSc. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Jan Paleček, Dr. rer. nat. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Petra Procházková Schrumpfová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Jiří Fajkus, CSc.
Department of Experimental Biology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. Mgr. Martin Lysák, Ph.D., DSc.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is offered to students of any study field.
Course objectives
Journal Club has been established as a forum for discussion on scientific papers published in the field of genetics, genomics, molecular and cell biology. Discussions aim to i) deepen scientific knowledge of the participants, ii) improve rethoric skills („the art of discussion“), and iii) extend the English vocabulary.
Syllabus
  • 1. Structure of telomeres and centromeres 2.Evolution of plant chromosomes 3. Chromatin structure and its epigenetic modifications
Literature
  • LYSÁK, Martin, Kwok CHEUNG, Michaela KITSCHKE and Petr BUREŠ. Ancestral Chromosomal Blocks Are Triplicated in Brassiceae Species with Varying Chromosome Number and Genome Size. Plant Physiology. USA: American Society of Plant Physiologists, 2007, vol. 145, No 2, p. 402-410. ISSN 0032-0889. URL info
  • LEITCH, I.J., J.M. BEAULIEU, K. CHEUNG, L. HANSON, Martin LYSÁK and M.F. FAY. Punctuated genome size evolution in Liliaceae. J EVOLUTION BIOL. Oxon: BLACKWELL PUBLISHING, 2007, vol. 20, No 6, p. 2296-2308. ISSN 1010-061X. info
  • LYSÁK, Martin, A. BERR, A. PECINKA, R. SCHMIDT, K. MCBREEN and I. SCHUBERT. Title: Mechanisms of chromosome number reduction in Arabidopsis thaliana and related Brassicaceae species. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the USA. Washington, 2006, vol. 103, No 13, p. 5224-5229, 5 pp. ISSN 0027-8424. info
Assessment methods
discussions on selected topic/published article
Language of instruction
English
Further Comments
The course is taught each semester.
The course is taught every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation.
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