Year 1

Introduction to Medical Biology

Origins of Cells and Evolution

Structure and  functions of cell membrane

Membrane forms (Microvillus, cillia, flagella)

Transport across cell membrane

Cell-cell interactions

Cell adhesion molecules

ECM and cell-matrix interactions

Cell skeleton

ER, ER stress and associated diseases

Golgi complex

Lysosome and Lysosomal Storage Diseases

Mitochondria and Mitochondrial Diseases

Peroxisome

Medical Biology Lab Session 1 Principles of introduction and use of light microscope

Medical Biology Lab Session 2 Light microscopic assessment of general cell structure

Medical Biology Lab Session 3 Light microscopic examination of chromosome structure

Medical Biology Lab Session 4  Light microscopic evaluation of cell division

Medical Biology Lab Session 5 Introduction to molecular biology techniques

Medical Biology Lab Session 6 DNA isolation

Nucleus, genetic information, chromatin structure and folding

Structure and functions of DNA and RNA

Epigenetic mechanisms

DNA replication, recombination and repair

Transcription

Structure and functions of ribosome

Protein synthesis

Gene regulation

Cell signaling

Centriol

Cell cycle, mitosis and meiosis

Cell cycle control

Senescence and cell death (apoptosis and necrosis)

Omics

Bioinformatics

Molecular evolution and comparative genomics

Systems biology

Year 3

Molecular biology of cancer

HPV-cancer link