Content (Syllabus outline)

• Comparison of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell: structure, function and interactions. 

• Biological membranes, membrane transport principles and interconnections between different transport systems.

• Extracellular matrix.

• Cytoskeleton and cell movement.

• Endomembrane system and circulation of membranes.

• Biosynthetic pathways in the cell.

• Lysosome and peroxisosome, and degradation pathways in the cell.

• Energy conversions in mitochondria.

• Cell nucleus and cell divisions.

• Cell cycle regulation.

• Cell death.

• Introduction to cell signaling.

• Pathogenes interaction with their host cell

Prerequisites

Entry in first class