Dr hab. Irena Horwacik
phone: +48 12 664 63 69
e-mail: irena.horwacik@uj.edu.pl
room: 3.0.32 (B139), 1st floor
"Molecular Biotechnology" is a programme of studies leading to a degree of magister (equivalent of master’s degree). Students are obliged to collect a total of 120 ECTS for the whole programme. At the end of the programme the student will write a diploma dissertation, which should describe the results of her/his research project. The results of this project will be presented during a Faculty seminar for graduate candidates (a short oral presentation), and the dissertation will be evaluated by the reviewers and subsequently defended during a diploma examination. During the examination a student is expected to answer questions covering all areas of knowledge and expertise covered by the "Molecular Biotechnology" programme of studies.
SEMESTER I (winter)
| USOSweb Course No. | Course title | Hours | ECTS Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBT-BT611E | Practical biochemistry – recapitulation | 60 | 6 |
| WBT-BT614E | Basic aspects of cell biology | 75 | 8 |
| WBT-BT613E | Introduction to molecular biology – recapitulatory lecture – seminar |
15 | 2 |
| WBT-BT185E | Genetic engineering – practicum | 30 | 3 |
| WBT-BT612E | Genetic engineering – practicum, part 2 | 45 | 4 |
| WBT-BT624E | Introduction to plant biology | 53 | 4 |
| Courses chosen by student | 3 | ||
| TOTAL | 30 |
SEMESTER II (summer)
| USOSweb Course No. | Course title | Hours | ECTS Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBT-BT2-022E | Laboratory practice II – introduction to master project | 120 | 12 |
| Courses chosen by student | 180 | 18 | |
| TOTAL | 300 | 30 |
SEMESTER III (winter)
| USOSweb Course No. | Course title | Hours | ECTS Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBT-BT2-023E | Laboratory practice III – research for Master thesis | 210 | 21 |
| WBT-BT458E | MSc Seminar – Molecular Genetics and Cellular Biochemistry | 30 | 3 |
| Courses chosen by student | 60 | 6 | |
| TOTAL | 300 | 30 |
SEMESTER IV (summer)
| USOSweb Course No. | Course title | Hours | ECTS Units |
|---|---|---|---|
| WBT-BT2-024E | Laboratory practice IV – research/writing of Master thesis | 270 | 27 |
| WBT-BT458-1E | MSc Seminar – Molecular Genetics and Cellular Biochemistry (summer semester) | 30 | 3 |
| TOTAL | 300 | 30 |
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Note: A list of electives available in English varies depending on a semester. Students are advised to use the USOSweb database to select the courses of interest.
| USOSweb Course No. |
Course title |
Course leader |
Lectures (hours) |
Seminars (hours) |
Classes (hours) |
ECTS Units |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| WBT-MBT2-21E | Advanced Methods of Biology on the Molecular Level |
Dr hab. Anna |
– | – | 60 | 4 |
| WBT-MBT2-22E | Animal Models in Contemporary Biology and Biotechnology | Prof. Alicja Józkowicz |
20 | – | – | 2 |
| WBT-008D | Bioethics | Dr. Gregor Becker |
30 | – | – | 2 |
| WBT-BT365E | Contemporary subjects in cell biology – focus on regenerative medicine |
Dr hab. Ewa Zuba-Surma |
6 | – | 24 | 2 |
| WBT-BT198E | Fluorescence and confocal microscopy |
Prof. Jerzy Dobrucki |
20 | – | 25 | 5 |
| WBT-MB2-23E | In vivo veritas – Practical Course in Animal Research |
Dr. Jerzy Kotlinowski |
– | 5 | 55 | 4 |
| WBT-MBT2-8E | Intellectual Property | Dr hab. Paweł Laidler |
10 | – | – | 1 |
| WBT-BT299E | Mechanisms of cell trafficking: from leukocyte homing to metastasis |
Prof. Joanna Cichy |
30 | – | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT632E | Mechanisms of cell trafficking: from leukocyte homing to metastasis – Seminar |
Dr. Mateusz Kwitniewski |
– | 15 | – | 1 |
| WBT-MBT2-4E | Milestones in Biotechnology | Prof. Alicja Józkowicz |
20 | – | – | 2 |
| WBT-BT199E | Molecular aspects of bacterial pathogenesis |
Dr hab. Joanna Kozieł Prof. Jan Potempa |
30 | – | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT297E | Molecular aspects of bacterial pathogenesis – advanced course |
Dr hab. |
30 | 15 | – | 4 |
| WBT-BT236E | Phage displayed peptide libraries and their application |
Dr hab. |
– | 10 | 20 | 3 |
| WBT-BT108E | Plant biotechnology I – laboratory |
Prof. Halina Gabryś |
– | – | 40 | 2 |
| WBT-BT2-202E | Plant biotechnology II – advanced course |
Dr. Agnieszka Banaś |
– | – | 60 | 5 |
| WBT-BT179E | Plant Photobiology | Prof. Halina Gabryś |
22 | – | 8 | 3 |
| WBT-MB2-14E | Practical and philosophical problems of science | Dr. Gregor Becker |
– | 30 | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT2-220E | Principles and prospects of gene therapy |
Prof. Józef Dulak |
30 | – | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT288E | Principles of molecular bioenergetics |
Prof. |
30 | – | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT2-206E | Transgenic plants | Prof. Halina Gabryś |
10 | – | 20 | 2 |
| WBT-BT2-207E | Viral vectors in medical biotechnology |
Prof. Alicja Józkowicz |
15 | – | 30 | 4 |
Note: A list of electives available in English varies depending on a semester. Students are advised to use the USOSweb database to select the courses of interest.
| USOSweb Course No. | Course title | Course leader | Lectures (hours) | Seminars (hours) | Classes (hours) | ECTS Units |
| WBT-BT160E | Analysis and processing of microscopy images |
Prof. Jerzy Dobrucki |
5 | – | 25 | 3 |
| WBt-BT330 | Bioethics – advanced course | Dr. Gregor Becker |
10 | 20 | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT2-203E | Biotechnological methods of the fuels production | Dr hab. Dariusz Dziga |
20 | 12 | 18 | 4 |
| WBT-MBT2-9E | Biotechnology for the Environment – Ecological Aspects | Dr hab. Paweł Kaszycki |
20 | – | – | 2 |
| WBT-BT385E | Biotechnology and industrial microbiology – practical course |
Dr. Emilia Bonar Dr hab. Bendykt Władyka |
– | – | 36 | 3 |
| WBT-BT386E | Cancer – molecular aspects of the disease and its treatment |
Dr hab. Irena Horwacik |
20 | – | – | 2 |
| WBT-BT619E | Cell biomechanics | Dr. Michał Sarna |
14 | 6 | 15 | 3 |
| WBT-MBT2-10E | Essential Bioinformatics | Dr hab. Krzysztof Murzyn |
9 | 9 | 27 | 4 |
| WBT-BT2-012E | Ethical aspects of genetic and cell manipulations | Dr. Gregor Becker |
– | 15 | – | 1 |
| WBT-BT627E | Free radicals oxidative stress and us | Dr hab. Witold Mora de Korytowo- Korytowski |
15 | 10 | 20 | 4 |
| WBT-BT389E | Intellectual property and ethics in biosciences | Dr. Gregor Becker |
10 | 20 | – | 2 |
| WBT-BT286E | Introduction to medical biotechnology |
Prof. |
18 | – | – | 2 |
| WBT-BT625E | Introduction to secondary metabolites – from identification to practical application | Dr. Ariel Kamiński |
– | 20 | 28 | 4 |
| WBT-BT400E | Introduction to stem cell biology | Dr hab. Ewa Zuba-Surma |
15 | – | 15 | 3 |
| WBT-MBT2-11E | Legal Protection of Biotechnological Inventions | Dr. Dariusz Kasprzycki |
15 | – | – | 1 |
| WBT-BT2-130E | Molecular mechanisms of angiogenesis | Dr hab. Agnieszka Łoboda |
15 | – | 30 | 4 |
| WBT-BT173E | Molecular principles of the biology of plant development | Dr hab. Przemysław Malec | 15 | 15 | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT2-209E | Monoclonal antibodies – advanced course | Prof. Joanna Bereta Dr. Monika Bzowska |
12 | 18 | 40 | 6 |
| WBT-BT140E | Nuclear receptors in gene regulation and diseases |
Prof. Alicja Józkowicz |
30 | – | – | 3 |
| WBT-BT387E | Phytotechnologies – biological mechanisms and applications | Dr hab. Przemysław Malec |
15 | 15 | – | 3 |
| WBT-MBT2-12E | Plant biotechnology I – laboratory |
Dr. |
– | 10 | 40 | 4 |
| WBT-MBT2-24E | Plant Experimental Biology | Dr hab. Przemysław Malec | 15 | – | 60 | 4 |
| WBT-BT398E | Practicum in cell biology | Dr hab. Jolanta Sroka |
– | – | 30 | 3 |
| WBT-MBT2-25E | Programming Python for Bioinformatics | Dr. Michał Bukowski Dr hab. Krzysztof Murzyn |
15 | – | 30 | 4 |
| WBT-BT218E | Selected methods of cell engineering |
Prof. Jerzy Dobrucki |
15 | – | 15 | 3 |
DIPLOMA DISSERTATION
As a part of their laboratory practice students carry out an academic research under the supervision of their academic tutor, which leads to the preparation of diploma dissertation. Guidelines for writing diploma dissertation are available HERE as a PDF file.
ARCHIVE OF THE JAGIELLONIAN UNIVERSITY THESES AND DISSERTATIONS (AP)
The role of the on-line Jagiellonian University Theses and Dissertations is to help store theses and dissertations in an Internet-base archive. It is available at: www.ap.uj.edu.pl. Guidelines in English for using AP are available HERE as a PDF file.
Students are required to provide the following information at the Secretaries Office for Student Affairs:
- ultimate dissertation title
- the name of the dissertation supervisor and its reviewer
- information on the language the dissertation is written in.
The information mentioned above may be also sent by e-mail by the set deadline (see below) to the address: student.wbbbib@uj.edu.pl. The message subject should be: MGR – the first name and the second name.
Set deadlines:
- Delivering the dissertation title, the name of the supervisor and the reviewer, the language of the dissertation – 3 weeks before the date of the final examination.
- Uploading the dissertation in the Jagiellonian University AP system – 2 weeks before the date of the final examination.
- The supervisor’s approval of the dissertation in the AP system and the delivery of an anti-plagiarism report signed by the supervisor to the Secretaries Office – 1 week before the date of the final examination.
- Uploading reviews by the supervisor and the reviewer in the AP system – 1 week before the date of the final examination.
Only students whose theses are approved by the supervisor and reviewed by the reviewer (theses which in the AP system are flagged as “5 – dissertation ready for defense”) can take the final examination.
Students are asked to report to the Secretaries Office for Student Affairs to set the final date of the final examination.
CONDITIONS FOR TAKE THE FINAL EXAMINATION
Before taking the final examination the student should earn the required number of ECTS points, including
- obligatory courses
- elective courses
- specialist/diploma seminars
- specialist laboratory practice.
A week before the date of the final examination the students should submit at the Secretaries Office for Student Affairs:
- a statement, completed and signed by the student, on the copyright ownership, printed from the AP system
- a study card, verified and signed by the student
- a questionnaire on postgraduate careers of Jagiellonian University students
- a request to issue diploma and diploma transcript (available HERE), the fee for the diploma issuance will be generated on the basis of the submitted request and will appear in the student’s Usosweb, under the tab “fees due”
- optionally, information for the diploma transcript (see below).
DIPLOMA TRANSCRIPT
Those graduates who wish to include additional information on their achievements accomplished during their studies should send a list of achievements by e-mail (as an editable file) to the address: student.wbbib@uj.edu.pl. In the subject field please write: TRANSCRIPT INFO – first and second name.
Additionally, all relevant, printed documents that confirm the achievements should be submitted at the Secretaries Office in a string folder. Sample information that can be included in the diploma transcript include:
- academic activities – i) publications (must include the name(s) of coauthor(s) and the place of publication), ii) posters (must include the name(s) of coauthor(s) and the place and date of presentation, iii) conferences (title, place, date).
- earned awards and honorable mentions
- earned academic scholarships (university, Ministry of Science and Higher Education, Erasmus and the like)
- offices held in student self-governing bodies
- activities carried out at student academic societies
- sport activities – as a member of the Jagiellonian University team or of other teams
- cultural activities – theatre, fine arts, choir, folk art, music, etc.
- other activities.
Finally, a kind request expressed by the Secretaries Office for Student Affairs – we would really appreciate it if you submitted ALL required documents with us!
FINAL EXAMINATION
An integral part of the final examination is the presentation of the diploma dissertation. Faculty criteria set for the evaluation of presentation as an integral part of the final examination:
- presentation duration should be no longer that 10 minutes
- presentation is evaluated according to the following criteria: i) a clear exposition of the dissertation objectives and conclusions; ii) an ability to present methods and a larger research context (existing literature, the history of the problem, etc.); iii) a skillful analysis of the results accompanied by relevant conclusions; iv) the quality of the language used and visual aspects of presentation; v) the duration of presentation delivery
- the final grade is decided by the examination board in a “closed” sitting during the examination.
The principles of computing and setting grades in the final examination record (following the Jagiellonian University bylaws):
- study grade average
- diploma dissertation grade (based on the review grades): mean average rounded up according to the grade scale (for instance, the supervisor’s grade: 4.5; the reviewer’s grade: 5, mean average: 4.75, grade set in the record: 5)
- examination grade (presentation and the student’s responses).
The final study grade (to be set in the diploma) results from the weighted average computed in the following way:
- study average grade x 4/8 weight
- diploma dissertation grade x 3/8 weight
- final examination grade x 1/8 weight.
The total study grade is rounded to two decimal places. In the graduation diploma the grade is set according to the grade scale in force:
- 4.51-5.00 – very good
- 4.21-4.50 – good plus
- 3.71-4.20 – good
- 3.21-3.70 – satisfactory plus
- up to 3.20 – satisfactory.
Requirements for graduation magna cum laude
- study average – minimum 4.5
- final examination grade – 5.0
- diploma dissertation grade – 5.0.
DIPLOMA CONFERMENT CEREMONY
The ceremony of bestowing diplomas on the current graduates from the programmes ofMolecular Biotechnology will take place in June 2020 in the auditorium P01.1. of the Teaching and Library Complex (Gronostajowa 7 street).