Course information

General information

Prerequisite subject: -
Credits: 3
Attendance: 75% of the practicals
Exam: Moodle test in the exam period. 

Cell Science is a one-semester subject for students of Medicine and Dentistry. Claims for exemptions are only considered if handed or emailed to Dr. Orsolya Lang (course coordinator) no later than September 6th.

Cell Science has theoretical (lecture) and laboratory (practice) parts.

The Department of Genetics, Cell—and Immunobiology (DGCI) gives lectures in Brown or Green Lecture Hall (NET Building, Nagyvárad tér 4 Budapest). For a detailed schedule, please visit the Topic list on the homepage or in Moodle.

DGCI weekly gives practices in Lab 13- 16 (NET Building).

Practices are obligatory. More than three absences of ANY REASON during a semester invalidate the semester. A notebook for notes and drawings and colored pencils are needed in practice.

Remember the exact time of lectures and practices; don't be late. Being late from practice may be considered an absence.

All lab (Practice Room) belongings should be handled with care. The groups working in the same room should pay for any disappearance or harm to them.

In the first semester, you have two Midterms (Moodle tests): the week of 6^th and 12^th. The exact time will be announced later. Both practice and theory knowledge will be tested. At the end of the semester, your performance will be evaluated according to the total scores therefore

Better grades are only credited to those who have more than 50 % of the exam scores. There is no opportunity to improve the midterm results.

During the examination period, you have to take the final exam. You are allowed to take the exam if you have the subject's signature. Requirement of signature: not more than 3 absences from the practices that the practice teacher verifies.

The competition (written) will be on the 13th week, and every student who achieves 75% of the midterm scores (calculated from the two midterms) is invited.

Exam information

The semester closing exam (Cell Science) is a Moodle test (multiple choice essays, figures, etc., covering both practical and theoretical parts of the subject). For passing (Grade 2-5), you have to reach more than 50 % of the exam scores.

Online registration for the exam is in the second part of November, when the exam days will be published. Signing up and modifying the exam days can be arranged exclusively online by the students’ registration system (NEPTUN). If you want to change your exam day, you must first cancel your earlier signup. Please consider the registration deadlines for the exams. The time, the place, and the number of students may change after your registration, so check these parameters before the exam.

Students have three chances to take the exam. The failed exam can be repeated after one day with a new registration. During the examination period, voluntary consultations (the exact time and location will be given in the website tab.

On the DGCI's homepage (www.gsi.semmelweis.hu), more information is available, such as slides of lectures and practices, a summary of topics not found in the book, a description of cytological methods, and a detailed topic list for midterms and exams.

Contacts:

Head of DGCI: Prof. Dr. Edit Buzás - room 717 (7th floor) NET building.

Course coordinator: Dr. Orsolya Lang - room 719 (7th floor) NET building.

Needed textbook:

Alberts et al.: Essential Cell Biology. Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group Publ. 2018. (5^th edition) ISBN: 978-0393680362

Recommended textbook:

Alberts et al.: Molecular Biology of the Cell. Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group Publ.  (4^th ot 5^th edition)

Books are available at Medicina Könyvesbolt, Address: 1091 Budapest, Üllői út 91/A.

Phone: 215-3786, 215-9618, E-mail: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.       

Ebook

Notes for practices:

• Light microscopy: 
• Light microscopic microtechnique: 
• Cytological staining methods: 
• Electron microscopy: 
• Cell culture: 

Cell biology photoalbum: 

Exam

Consultation

Competition