Course Name: Molecular Biology

Main Course Objective: Introduction into Molecular Biology and its use in Medicine and Pharmacology

1. Molecular basis of heredity (2 housr) – brief characteristics of genome and gene organization and functioning.
2. Genetic variation in individuals (2 hours) – mutations, their nature, origin, sorts and impact in disease development.
3. Tools of molecular medicine (2 hours) – methods of nucleic acid analysis and cloning: hybridization, blotting, PCR, microarrays, sekwencing and other methods of mutation detection. Molecular  diagnostics of genetic and infectious diseases (1 hour).

Total Course Duration (in Weeks): 8 weeks

Number of Lecture Hours: 5 hours

Number of Seminar Hours: 10  hours