Course information

General information

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

Cell Biology is a one semester subject for Pharmacy students.

Claims for exemptions are only considered if handed or emailed to Dr. Orsolya Lang not later than the 6th of September.

Cell Biology has theoretical and laboratory parts. Students must attend 75% of the practices. More than three absences of ANY REASON during one semester invalidate the semester. A notebook for notes and drawings and colored pencils are needed in the practices.

Remember the exact time of lectures and practices, don't be late for them. Being late (10 or more minutes) from practice is considered an absence.

All belongings in the Labs (Practice Rooms) should be handled with care. Any disappearance or harm in them should be paid for by the groups working in the same room.

In the first semester, you have two midterm exams (Moodle test): on the 6^th and 12^th week during the practice. In midterms, both practice and theory knowledge will be tested. No opportunity to improve the midterm results.

At the end of the semester, your performance will be evaluated according to the total scores. Therefore those students, who achieve 75% of the midterm scores, get one better grade on the exam (e.g. if you achieve a grade of 2 on the written exam, you will get 3 as a final grade in the NEPTUN). This better mark is only credited to those who have more than 50 % of the exam scores.

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.  For those who reach the exam grade 4 or 5, the grade will be offered as a colloquium’s grade.

Requirements of practice signature not more than three absences from the practices. You may have written weekly tests, too.

During the examination period, you have to give a colloquium. Cell Biology colloquium will be a Moodle test (multiple choice, essay, figure, etc.) covering the practice and theory part of the subject.

Online registration for the exam will be in the second part of November. Students have three chances to take an exam. A failed exam can be repeated after 1 day with a new registration. During the examination period, there are voluntary online consultations (the exact time and location will be given in the website tab).

On the homepage (www.gsi.semmelweis.hu) of the Department or in Moodle more information is found: e.g. slides of lectures, practices, a summary of topics not found in the book description of cytological methods, a detailed topic list for midterms and exams.

Contacts
Course coordinator: Dr. Orsolya Láng - room 719 (7th floor, NET building)
Head of Department: Prof. Dr. Edit Buzás - room 717 (7th floor, NET building)

Needed textbook:
Alberts et al.: Essential Cell Biology. Garland Science/Taylor & Francis Group Publ. 2018. (5th edition) ISBN: 9780393696462

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

Books are available as e-book or 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

Dear Students,

In the 2024/5 Academic year - 1st semester of Semmelweis University (hereafter SU), the Cell Biology exam (Dept. Genetics, Cell- & Immunobiology – hereafter DGCI) will be an in-person Moodle test organized in the NET Building. The exam period starts on the 9th of December, and the exam dates are given in the Neptun system. Signing up and modification of 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.

Examination info:

The semester is finished with a Moodle exam with a short essay and multiple/simple choice questions. The exam grade will be calculated from the exam score. For passing (Grades 2-5), you must reach more than 50 % of the exam scores (minimum 30). If you collect the minimum 30 scores, the exam grade will be calculated from the sum of exam scores (maximum 60).

Those students who achieve 75% of the midterm scores get one grade better on the exam (e.g., if you achieve a grade of 2 on the written exam, you will get 3 as a final grade in the NEPTUN). This better mark is only credited to those who have more than 50 % of the exam scores.

The topics are based on the textbook, lectures, and practices, so attending them greatly helps the successful preparation for the exam. In the exam, it is not enough to reproduce the topics of the textbook and presentations; you have to be able to synthesize and integrate the knowledge from different parts.

During the exam period, we offer one hour of free and optional Zoom consultation every week. The times and the Zoom link designation of the consultations will be published on our homepage (see Consultation tab).

Useful hints

Although the exact time and location of the exam is given in the Neptun, it may vary in the case of technical issues. Therefore, please check your email or the NEPTUN in the morning on the exam day.

Please arrive 15 minutes before the start of the exam. To be accepted for the exam, You must have a student ID card or Passport. To start the exam, you must know your SEKA ID and password. The duration of the Moodle test will be 55 minutes.

Do not forget that not only the textbook texts but also the figures and drawings are part of the subject. You have to recognize TEM figures of cell organelles or schemes of different cellular processes or light/ confocal microscopic preparations. While preparing yourself for the exams, it is not enough to read the textbook, always make notes, draw schemes, and flow charts.

Students have three chances to take the exam. The failed exam can be repeated after 1 day with a new registration.

CV course in the next semester:

For those students who could not pass the Cell Science exam in the winter exam period, the Cell Biology CV course without lectures and practices will be announced in the 2nd semester. Those students who already have the signature for Cell Science are allowed to take the Cell Science exam after the second semester of 2024/25 (with the number of possibilities that remained in the first semester of 2024/25). Students must register in the Neptun system for Cell Biology (GYKGEN331E1A) labeled by CV (only exam) announced in the second semester of 2024/25.

Plan your examination period carefully. Do not postpone your exams to the end of the period. Leave the last week of the exam period free for accidental retakes, but we hope these weeks will rather serve for your recreation.

We wish you successful preparation!

Kind regards,

Orsolya Lang MD PhD

course coordinator

Exam topic list:   

Consultation

Consultations in the exam period:

https://semmelweis.zoom.us/j/97361921658​

https://semmelweis.zoom.us/j/97361921658​

Competition

Results of the competition

Dear Student,

If the sum of your midterm scores is  minimum 75% ( 30 out of 40 scores), you  are invited to the competition. The competition looks like an exam, and based on your achievement we offer grades (e.g. 4 or 5). In those later cases, you do not have to take the exam during the exam period.

The Competition is a 55 mins Moodle test with a short essay and multiple/simple choice questions. Please arrive 10 minutes before the test and do not forget to bring ID card or passport!

Based on your achievement,  we offer exam grade by the following:

The competition is not compulsory, it is an option. You can practice or if you prepare well you may pass the exam.  Participation in the competition does NOT reduce the number of your exam chances during the examination period.

So nothing to lose.

So good luck,

Orsolya Lang

Time and place of the competition: 18:00–20:00 on 29th of November, rooms L13-L16 in NET Building

Competition topic list: