Course: Biological techniques

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Course title Biological techniques
Course code KBE/BIT
Organizational form of instruction Lesson
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements Course does not contain work placement
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Štrojsová Martina, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Sodomková Martina, Ing. et Ing.
Course content
Use of light microscope, various techniques of light microscopy, use of SEM microscopy, preparation of various types of slides, simple image analysis, implementation of a basic biological experiment and its evaluation. <ol> <li>Introduction - construction of light microscope, microscopy practice, SEM microscope principle, confocal microscope, fluorescence microscope. </li> <li>Documentation of microscopic objects - drawing, measuring objects, counting cells (Bürger chamber). </li> <li>Slanted lighting techniques, phase contrast, shadows, fluorescence. </li> <li>Botanical technique - making native preparations (Tradescantia + leaf skin imprints, preparation of cross-sections of leaves and stems of monocotyledonous and dicotyledonous plants). </li> <li>Botanical technique - making simple native preparations - pollen grains, Mnium (chloroplasts), chromoplasts, starch grains, fern spores - drawing practice. </li> <li>Botanical technique - basic procedures for staining botanical native and permanent preparations. </li> <li>Microrelief method, vents and their arrangement, trichomes, determination of leaf area (simple image analysis). </li> <li>Bacteria - making native preparation, possibilities of staining and evaluation, preparation of permanent stained preparations. </li> <li>Yeast - making native preparation, staining, observation, drawing. </li> <li>Zoological technique - making native specimens, vital staining, water-miscible sealing media, observation and documentation of microscopic objects. </li> <li>Permanent preparations - sampling, fixation methods, sections, staining methods. </li> <li>Permanent preparations - spreads, water-immiscible sealable media. </li> <li>Observation of permanent preparation, scale drawings. </li> <li>Basic cytological methods - making pressure preparation, study of individual phases of the cell cycle. </li> </ol>

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Practicum
  • Class attendance - 54 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 28 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 40 hours per semester
  • Class attendance - 16 hours per semester
  • Preparation for credit - 48 hours per semester
  • Preparation for exam - 50 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
Practical exercises aimed at familiarizing and learning to work with a microscope and making various microscopic and microbiological preparations.
Theoretical knowledge and practical skills in the field.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Combined examination, Written assignment, Test

During the semester 2x written test included in the exam. Credit will be awarded for the elaboration of laboratory protocols from each exercise.
Recommended literature
  • Jurčák, J. Základní praktikum z botanické mikrotechniky a rostlinné anatomie.. 1. vyd. Olomouc: PřF UP, 1998.
  • Knoz, J., Opravilová, V. Základy mikroskopické techniky. MU, Brno, 1992.


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