jagiellonian university
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Jagiellonian University
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology
Krakow, Old Market Square St.Mary’s Cathedral and The Cloths Hall
Krakow, capital city of Poland till XVIII century
Jagiellonian University
funded in 1364
by Polish kings
of Jagiellonian dynasty
To compare:
• Oxford – 1167
• Cambridge - 1209
• La Sorbonne – 1257
Jagiellonian University in numbers
• ca. 45,000 students (incl. ca. 29,000 resident)
• ca. 2,100 post-graduate students
• 15 Faculties
• 48 disciplines
• 93 specialisations
Collegium Novum, since 1887
have a virtual walk: http://www.kampus.uj.edu.pl/
Established in 2002 – the youngest faculty
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology
Biotechnology
Biophysics
Soon.. biochemistry
Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology
Departments
• Dept of Analytical Biochemistry• Dept of Physical Biochemistry• Dept of Cell Biochemistry• Dept of General Biochemistry• Dept of Biophysics• Dept of Cell Biology• Dept of Medical Biotechnology• Dept of Plant Physiology and Biochemistry• Dept of Molecular Genetics• Dept of Immunology• Dept of Microbiology• Dept of Computational Biophysics and Bioinformatics• Division of Cell Biophysics• Division of Molecular Genetics and Virology
Examples of research fields
• Regenerative medicine – wound healing, healing of extensive burns, skin replacements – dr Justyna Drukała, Dept of Cell Biology
• Dept of Physical Biochemistry (our Dept :-) – GPCRs, transcription factors, antidepressants and their mechanism of action
• Mechanism of angiogenesis• Proteomics• Synthesis of monoclonal antibodies• Antimicrobial peptides• Molecular modeling• Molecular architecture of redox complexes• Gene therapy
MYGEN – the Students’ Association
• Active since 1998• Weekly seminars• Has completed two
research projects
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International cooperation:Socrates/ERASMUS
International cooperation:Bilateral agreements
• The Max Planck Institute for the Advancement of Science, München, Germany
• University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA
• Medical College of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI, USA
• Université d’ Orléans, Orléans, France
Biotechnology in English:2 year Master programme
Title ECTS Short description
Molecular engineering of redox chains in bioenergetics 3 lecture 30h
Plant Biotechnology2 6 laboratory practice 60 h
TransgenicPlants 3 seminars 20 hlectures 10 h
Principles and perspectives of gene therapy 3 lectures 30 h
Viral vectors in medical biotechnology 5 laboratory practice 45 h
Applicationsof phage displayed peptide libraries 3 seminars 10 h laboratory practice20 h
Advanced methods in biology at the molecular level 6 laboratory practice 60 h
Monoclonal antibodies practicals 3 laboratory practice 30 h
Molecular principles of bacterial pathogenesis 4 lecture 30 h
Mechanisms of cell trafficking - from leukocyte homing to metastasis
5 lecture 30 h seminars 15 h
Plant Photobiology 3 22 h lecturers/seminars, 8h classes
Biotechnology in EnglishTitle ECTS Short description
Introduction to medical biotechnology 2 lecture 15 h
Agrobactecterium and Rhizobium - molecular biology of plant associated bacteria
2 lecture 15 h
Molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis 4 lecture 15 hlaboratory practice 30 h
Molecular biology of plant growth and development
3 seminars 10 h laboratory practice20 h
Introduction to Photobiology and Photomedicine 2 lecture 15 h
Nuclear receptors in gene regulation and diseases
3 lecture 30 h
Fluorescence and confocal microscopy 5 45h lectures and classes
Selected methods of cell engineering 3 15h lecture and 15h classes
Medical Virology and Epidemiology 3 15h of lectures and 15h ofseminars
Virology:adaptation, evolution, variability 1 10h of lectures
The lectures are aimed at giving the students a broad
overview of newest achievements and
perspectives in medical
biotechnology
Other:
German/Polish LifeScience Meeting
- Jagiellonian University
- Medical University in Poznan- Technische Universität München
Thank you for your attention
Coordinator of international cooperation:
Jerzy Dobrucki
dobrucki@mol.uj.edu.pl
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