Lectures, seminars and exercises

Schedule and topics of lectures, seminars and exercises

updated 11.09.2025

 

Date                       Topic                           

 

 09.10.2025   

           

     Biochemical and biomedical calculations: molar concentration; normal concentration; % concentration; dilutions; density; units recalculation. 

  

16.10.2025

 

     Body buffers. Calculating the pH of solutions. Buffer solutions. The Henderson-Hasselbalch equation.

   

23.10.2025

 

      Thermodynamics of biological systems.

   

30.10.2025

 

      Structure and important reactions of organic compounds.

   

06.11.2025

 

      Basic aspects of chemical analysis, instrumental methods.

 

13.11.2025

 

      QUIZ 1

   

20.11.2025

 

      Water and electrolytes: water balance and the body's water compartments; electrolytes in water compartments; regulation of water compartments composition and volume; disturbances of water and electrolyte balance. 

   

27.11.2025

 

      Structure of membranes and transport across cell membrane.

   

04.12.2025

 

       Calcium, Phosphate and trace elements: role in ogranism, metabolism and disorders, laboratory diagnostics.

  

11.12.2025

 

       Amino acids, polypeptides and proteins: structure, chemical and physical properties, function.

  

18.12.2025

 

       Enzymes: kinetics, specificity and regulation; mechanism of enzyme action. Coenzymes vs. prostetic groups – role in enzymatic catalysis.

    

08.01.2026

 

      QUIZ 2

   

15.01.2026

 

      Retakes