546-0515/04 – General Biology (OBB)

Gurantor department	Department of Environmental Engineering	Credits	3
Subject guarantor	Mgr. Oldřich Motyka, Ph.D.	Subject version guarantor	Mgr. Oldřich Motyka, Ph.D.
Study level	undergraduate or graduate
		Study language	English
Year of introduction	2022/2023	Year of cancellation
Intended for the faculties	HGF	Intended for study types	Bachelor

Instruction secured by
Login	Name	Tuitor	Teacher giving lectures
MOT127	Mgr. Oldřich Motyka, Ph.D.

Extent of instruction for forms of study
Form of study	Way of compl.	Extent
Full-time	Credit and Examination	2+1

Subject aims expressed by acquired skills and competences

Comprehension and knowledge of organism functioning, organism structures and microstructures.

Teaching methods

Lectures
Experimental work in labs

Summary

Anatomical strucutre of plant, fungal and animal bodies: cytology and biochemistry of cells, plant and animal histology and anatomy.

Compulsory literature:

WILSON, K. a J. WALKER. Principles and Techniques of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Cambridge University Press, 2005. ISBN 0-521-82889-9

Recommended literature:

BERGTROM, G. Basic Cell and Molecular Biology. University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2021; https://bio.libretexts.org/@go/page/16407 Basic Biology: Introduction to Biology. https://basicbiology.net/biology-101/introduction-to-biology

Way of continuous check of knowledge in the course of semester

credit and exam

E-learning

Other requirements

The credit written exam

Prerequisities

Subject has no prerequisities.

Co-requisities

Subject has no co-requisities.

Subject syllabus:

1. Introduction to the study of general biology 2. Characteristics of living organisms, importance of organisms in the biosphere 3. Chemical composition of living organisms, importance of water and basic organic substances 4. Basic cytology: general structure of the cell, overview of basic cell organelles, 5. Developmental differences between prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells, differences between plant, animal and fungal cells 6. Cell physiology basics: cell cycle, cell division patterns, cell death 7. Basics of cell physiology: uptake and release of substances by the cell, basic biochemistry, basic metabolic pathways, catabolic and anabolic reactions 8. Basic cell physiology: photosynthesis 9. Basic cell genetics: genome characteristics, importance of genes, mutagens and carcinogens 10. Basic genomics: differences in genomes of prokaryotic and eukaryotic organisms, genomes of model organisms, functional genomics and its importance 11. Plant biology: plant tissues, plant organs, plant systems and evolution 12. Animal biology: animal tissues, organs and organ systems, animal system and evolution 13. Fungal biology: characteristics, system and evolution of fungi

Conditions for subject completion

Full-time form (validity from: 2022/2023 Winter semester)

Task name	Type of task	Max. number of points (act. for subtasks)	Min. number of points	Max. počet pokusů
Credit and Examination	Credit and Examination	100 (100)	51
Credit	Credit	33	33
Examination	Examination	67	18	3

Mandatory attendence participation: - mandatory participation in seminars - completion of set tasks, handing in records

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Conditions for subject completion and attendance at the exercises within ISP: - seminar work, topic is going to be assigned following consultation with the student - in-person exam - written and oral part

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Occurrence in study plans

Academic year	Programme	Branch/spec.	Spec.	Zaměření	Form	Study language	Tut. centre	Year	W	S	Type of duty

Occurrence in special blocks

Block name	Academic year	Form of study	Study language	Year	W	S	Type of block	Block owner
ECTS - FMG	2023/2024	Full-time	English				Optional	501 - Study Office	stu. block

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