Lectures, seminars and exercises

Schedule and topics of lectures, seminars and exercises

updated 22.01.2026

 

Date                       Topic                           

 

24.02.2026 

           

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

  

03.03.2026

 

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

   

10.03.2026

 

      Thermodynamics of biological systems.

   

17.03.2026

 

      Structure and important reactions of organic compounds.

   

24.03.2026

 

      Basic aspects of chemical analysis, instrumental methods.

 

31.03.2026

 

      QUIZ 1

   

14.04.2026

 

      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. 

   

21.04.2026

 

      Structure of membranes and transport across cell membrane.

   

28.04.2026

 

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

  

05.05.2026

 

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

  

12.05.2026

 

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

    

19.05.2026

 

      QUIZ 2

   

26.05.2026

 

      Retakes