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27-28.02.2024
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Introduction to biochemistry. Structure and function of bioorganic compounds.Required lecture: Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: Amino Acids & Peptides (3) Carbohydrates of Physiologic Significance (13) Lipids of Physiologic Significance (14)
Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Amino Acids (1) Structure of proteins (2) Introduction to Carbohydrates (7)
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5-6.03.2024
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Nucleic acidsRequired lecture: Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry Section VII, chapters: Nucleotides (32) Nucleic Acids. Structure & Function (34) DNA. Organization, Replication & Repair (35) RNA. Synthesis & Processing & Modification (36) Protein Synthesis & the Genetic Code (37) Regulation of Gene Expression (38) Molecular Genetics, Recombinant DNA & Genomic technology (39) Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” UNIT VI: Storage and Expression of Genetic Information, , chapters: DNA Structure, Replication and Repair (29) RNA Structure, Synthesis and Processing (30) Protein Synthesis (31) Regulation of Gene Expression (32) Biotechnology and Human Disease (33)
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12-13.03.2024
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ProteinsRequired lecture: Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters:
Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry”:
Post-translational modifications of proteins (discussed on lecture and seminar):
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19-20.03.2024
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Enzymes and coenzymesRequired lecture: Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Enzymes (5) Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation (6) subchapters (I – IV)
Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: Enzymes: Mechanism of Action (7) Enzymes: Kinetics (8) Enzymes: Regulation of Activities (9) Bioenergetics: The Role of ATP (11)
Lecture and seminar: Examples of drugs as inhibitors – aspirin, ibuprofen, acetylcholinesterase inhibitors, methotrexate, trimetoprim, beta-lactam antibiotics
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26-27.03.2024
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Vitamins and trace elements
Required lecture: Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: Micronutrients: Vitamins & Minerals (44) Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Vitamins (28)
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10.04.2024
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Reactive oxygen species, alcohols and drugs. This lecture and seminar are scheduled 10th of April .
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15-17.04.2024
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Colloquium I - 15th of April (from topic "Introduction to biochemistry" to "ROS, alcohols and drugs") during Lab time 11:30
Hormones and cytokines - Part I
Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters:
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23-24.04.2024
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Hormones and cytokines - Part IIRequired lecture: Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: The Diversity of the Endocrine System (41) Hormone Action & Signal Transduction (42) Biosynthesis of Fatty Acid & Eicosanoids (23) subchapter Eicosanoids Muscle & the Cytoskeleton (51) subchapter Nitric Oxide (NO)
Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Complex lipid metabolism (17) subchapter (VIII) Prostaglandins and Related Compounds
Cytokines and growth factors - discussed on lecture and seminar
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29-30.04.2024
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Krebs cycle, Carbohydrates part I
Required lecture: Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Bioenergetics and Oxidative Phosphorylation (6) Introduction to Carbohydrates (7) Glycolysis (8) Tricarboxylic Acid Cycle (9) Metabolism of Monosaccharides and Disaccharides (12)
Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: Nutrition, Digestion, & Absorption of Carbohydrates (43) Section IV - Metabolism of Carbohydrates chapters: Overview of Metabolism & the Provision of Metabolic Fuels (14) Carbohydrates of Physiological Significance (15) The Citric Acid Cycle: The Central Pathway of Carbohydrate, Lipid & Amino Acid Metabolism (16) Glycolysis & the Oxidation of Pyruvate (17)
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7-8.05.2024
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Carbohydrates - part II
Required lecture: Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Gluconeogenesis (10) Glycogen Metabolism (11) Pentose Phosphate Pathway and NADPH (13) Glycosaminoglycans, Proteoglycans, and Glycoproteins (14) Diabetes Mellitus (25)
Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: Metabolism of Glycogen (18) Gluconeogenesis & the Control of Blood Glucose (19) The Pentose Phosphate Pathway & Other Pathways of Hexose Metabolism (20)
Lecture and seminar: Carbohydrates in fasting and fed state Glycogen storage diseases
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14-15.05.2024
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Lipids and steroids - Part IRequired lecture: Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry”: Chapter 15: Metabolism of Dietary Lipids Chapter 16: Fatty Acid, Triacylglycerol, and Ketone Body Metabolism Chapter 17: Phospholipid, Glycosphingolipid, and Eicosanoid Metabolism Chapter 18: Cholesterol, Lipoprotein and Steroid Metabolism Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry: Chapter 22: Oxidation of Fatty Acids: Ketogenesis Chapter 23: Biosynthesis of Fatty Acids & Eicosanoids Chapter 24: Metabolism of Acylglycerols& Sphingolipids Chapter 25: Lipid Transport & Storage Chapter 26: Cholesterol Synthesis, Transport, & Excretion
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21-22.05.2024
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Lipids and steroids - Part II
Required lecture - the same as for Lipids and steroids - part I
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27-29.05.2024 |
27th of May - Colloqium II - from Hormones and cytokines to Lipids and steroids (during Lab)
Purines, pyrimidines, porphyrinsRequired lecture Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: Porphyrins & Bile Pigments (31) Nucleotides (32) Metabolism of Purine & Pyrimidine Nucleotides (33)
Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Conversion of Amino Acids to Specialized Products (21) subchapter (II) Porphyrin Metabolism Nucleotide Metabolism (22)
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4-5.06.2024
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Amino acids
Required lecture: Harpers Illustrated Biochemistry chapters: Amino Acids & Peptides (3)
Denise R. Ferrier "Biochemistry” chapters: Amino Acids (1) |
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11-12.06.2024
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Integration of metabolism
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The final Biochemistry exam will be on the 20th of June (Thursday) at 11:00 in the 109 lecture hall. The Biochemistry final exam
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