Course code:
474B2
Course name:
Selected Topics in Molecular Basis of Pathological Conditions

Academic year:

2024/2025.

Attendance requirements:

There are no requirements.

ECTS:

10

Study level:

doctoral academic studies

Study programs:

Biochemistry: 1. year, winter semester, elective (E72B2) course

Biochemistry: 1. year, winter semester, elective (E71B2) course

Biochemistry: 2. year, winter semester, elective (E73B2) course

Biochemistry: 2. year, winter semester, elective (E74B2) course

Teacher:

Marija Đ. Gavrović Jankulović, Ph.D.
full professor, Faculty of Chemistry, Studentski trg 12-16, Beograd

Assistants:

Hours of instruction:

Weekly: five hours of lectures + three hours of study research work

Goals:

Broaden the knowledge with contemporary contents in selected topics related to pathological condition.

Outcome:

A student will acquire novel knowledge of the molecular basis selected pathological conditions with training for independent scientific research.

Teaching methods:

Lectures, seminars.

Extracurricular activities:

Coursebooks:

Main coursebooks:

  1. Kumar Abbas, Fausto Aster: Pathologic Basis of Disease, 8th Ed., Saunders, Elsevier
  2. Carl A. Burtis, Edward R. Ashwood: Tietz Fundamentals of Clinical Chemistry, 5th Ed.

Supplementary coursebooks:

  • Selected review articles.

Additional material:

  Course activities and grading method

Lectures:

20 points (5 hours a week)

Syllabus:

Lecture topics are aligned with the thematic-area for which the student conducts the doctoral studies or perform scientific research. The basic principles of pathological processes affecting the operation of the cell: Structure, Recognition, and responds to the various signals, the development, growth, protection from infection, and their effect on the functioning of the organism as a whole. In addition to the reference to the molecular basis of the disorders studied methodological approaches to the analysis of the biochemical disorders.

Semester papers:

30 points

Oral exam:

50 points

Study research work:

0 points (3 hours a week)