Course: Practice in Molecular Biology

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Course title Practice in Molecular Biology
Course code LRR/CMB
Organizational form of instruction Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ohnoutková Ludmila, Ing. Ph.D.
  • Vlčko Tomáš, Mgr.
Course content
1) The course introduction. Laboratory safety and rules. 2) Isolation of Plant genomic DNA. Measuring of the DNA concentration and purity, its electrophoretic separation on agarose gel. 3) Isolation of imunoglobulin fraction IgG of rabbit blood serum. Electrophoretic separation of proteins on polyacrylamide gel (PAGE), detection of their molecular weights. 4) Plasmid transformation of competent bacteries, gene transfer of resistence to antibiotics. 5) Transgenosis of plants: principles and method. Transgenic plants.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Laboratory Work
Learning outcomes
Basic metods of molecular biology, DNA and proteins izolation and their analysis. Bacterial transformations and transgenosis.
Student should be able to (after attending the course): - Apply the laboratory skills in molecular biology research. - Perform the basic molecular techniques. - Write properly research reports aimed at solving the given problems and discuss the results
Prerequisites
unspecified
KBB/MBIO1

Assessment methods and criteria
Student performance

100% attendance, protocols, test
Recommended literature
  • Alberts, B., Bray, D., Johnson, A., Lewis, J., Raff, M., Roberts, K., Walter, P. (2000). Základy buněčné biologie. Espero Publishing, Ústi nad Labem.
  • Alberts, Bray, Johnson, Lewis, Raff, Roberts, Walter. Základy buněčné biologie.
  • Maniatis, T. et al. (1982). Molecular cloning: a laboratory manual. Cold Spring Harborn Laboratory Press. NY U.S.A.
  • Raclavský, V. (1998). Úvod do základních metod molekulární genetiky. Skriptum LF UP v Olomouci.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Experimental Biology - Specialization in Experimental Biology (2021) Category: Biology courses 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer