Module A1.4 - Human Biology I

Coordinator

Prof. Dr. Christoph Biskup

Lecturers

Biomolecular Photonics Group: Prof. Dr. Christoph Biskup, PD. Dr. Christian Melle
Institute of Physiology I: PD Dr. Andrea Ebersberger
Experimental Nephrology Group: Prof. Dr. Ralf Mrowka

Components of the module

Virtual lectures: Please, follow the links on the download page or in the moodle room to view the lectures.
In the moodle room also additional material, i.e. exercise sheets and plenty of review questions are available.
Seminars: Seminars/tutorials to discuss remaining questions will take place in the lecture hall of the former Institute of Human Genetics. Enter the historic courtyard of the Medical Theoretical Institutes to get access to the lecture hall. A detailed map can be found here.

Additional help

To help you in learning Human Biology the following tools can be borrowed/obtained:

Molecular models: A set of color coded atoms such as the one used in the lecture videos can be borrowed from the Biomeolecular Photonics group.
Virtual microscopy: Virtual microscope of the Dept. of Anatomy (link).

Requirements to complete this module

Self study of the recommended textbook chapters. For this course we will use the 2nd edition of the OpenStax Anatomy & Physiology (2017) textbook. The online version of the textbook can be accessed free of charge via this link. A pdf of the book can be downloaded here.
Self study of the online lectures
Regular work on the exercise sheets to the videos and the questions implemented in moodle
Successful participation in the written exam

Exam

Please note: Like the quizzes, which were available for each unit, most of the actual exam will be performed in moodle. Therefore the exam takes place at one of the computer pools of the core university at the location indicated below. (Note: This is neither the computer pool which was used for Image Processing nor the computer pool which was used for last year's Human Biology I exam)

Date: 28.02.2025
Time: 10.00 a.m. - 12.00 a.m.
Location: Computer Pool of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration - Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3 - 2nd floor - Room 217 (A detailed description about how to find the Computer Pool is given here)

Please note: To be able to login at one of the computers you need to have ready your student login and password of the university computation center (i.e. the login and password you use for Friedolin and Moodle)

Exam results can be looked up here. The results will be discussed on Friday, March 7th, 2025 in the seminar room Kollegiengasse at 10.15 a.m. Come to this meeting, if you want to review your exam. In the meeting we will also agree on a date for the retake.

Retake

Please note: Everybody who signed up for the exam and failed or was ill on the exam date is supposed to participate in the retake.

Date: 14.05.2025
Time: 14.00 p.m. -16.00 p.m.
Location: Computer Pool of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration - Carl-Zeiss-Str. 3 - 2nd floor - Room 216 (A detailed description about how to find the Computer Pool is given here)

Time table and overview of the individual lectures

Unit	Lecturer	Subject and content	Links
Week 1 Unit 1 Monday 14.10.2024 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Lecture Introduction into Human Biology History Principles Aims of this module, how to survive this module	See the download page for a copy of the lecture slides
Unit 2 Tuesday 15.10.2024 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Lecture Introduction into medical terminology	See the download page for course materials
Unit 3 Video lecture	Biskup	Organization of the cell Cell morphology Physical structure of the cell Functional organization of the cell: cytoplasm, nucleus, organelles	See the download page for course materials
Friday 18.10.2023 10.15 a.m	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of the moodle quiz Discussion of questions to topics of week #1 Introduction into microscopy Introduction to the virtual microscope of the Dept. of Anatomy (link)
Week 2 Unit 4 Video lecture	Biskup	Microscopic anatomy Introduction to microscopy Processing and staining of microscopic samples	See the download page for course materials
Unit 5 Video lecture	Biskup	Morphology and classification of tissues Epithelial tissue Connective tissue Muscle tissue Nervous tissue	See the download page for course materials
Unit 6 Video lecture	Biskup	The integumentary sytem Cutaneous membranes: epidermis, dermis Accessory structures: Hair follicles, sebaceous glands, sweat glands, nail	See the download page for course materials
Friday 25.10.2023 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #2 The virtual microscope of the Dept. of Anatomy (link)
Week 3 Unit 7 Video lecture	Biskup	Biomolecules I Proteinogenic amino acids Properties of amino acids "nonstandard" amino acids Protein folding and protein structure See also the Chemistry Precourse for more details	See the download page for course materials
Unit 8 Video lecture	Biskup	Biomolecules II Lipids See the Chemistry Precourse for more details.	See the download page for course materials
Friday 01.11.2024 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #3
Week 4 Unit 9 Video lecture	Biskup	Biomolecules III Carbohydrates See the Chemistry Precourse for more details.	See the download page for course materials
Unit 10 Video lecture	Biskup	Biomolecules IV Nucleic acids, nucleotides, DNA Forces stabilizing the nucleic acid structure DNA replication	See the download page for course materials
Friday 08.11.2024 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #4
Week 5 Unit 11 Video lecture	Melle	Chromosome structure
Unit 12 Video lecture	Melle	DNA replication
Unit 13 Video lecture	Melle	Cell cycle, cell reproduction Cell growth, cell differentiation Cell cycle Cell reproduction Apoptosis
Friday 15.11.2024 10.15 a.m.	Melle	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #5
Week 6 Unit 14 Video lecture	Melle	Mitosis, meiosis, recombination
Unit 15 Video lecture	Melle	Transcription & translation Transcription Translation Regulation of gene expression
Friday 22.11.2024 10.15 a.m.	Melle	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #6
Week 7 Unit 16 Video lecture	Melle	DNA damage DNA damage signalling DNA repair
Unit 17 Video lecture	Mrowka	Molecular cloning recombinant DNA technology chromatographic separations, electrophoresis
Friday 29.11.2024 10.15 a.m.	Melle / Mrowka	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #7
Week 8 Unit 18 Video lecture	Biskup	Thermodynamic principles Application of the laws of thermodynamics to biochemistry Gibbs free energy, chemical equilibria Enzyme kinetics
Unit 19 Video lecture	Biskup	Enzymes, enzyme kinetics Classification of enzymes Coenzymes Enzyme kinetics, regulation of enzymatic activity
Unit 20 Video lecture	Melle	Metabolism I Glycolysis Glykogen metabolism
Friday 06.12.2024 10.15 a.m.	Biskup/ Melle	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #8
Week 9 Unit 21 Video lecture	Melle	Metabolism II Citric acid cycle
Unit 22 Video lecture	Melle	Metabolism III Oxidative phosphorylation
Friday 13.12.2024 10.15 a.m.	Melle	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #9
Week 10 Unit 23 Video lecture	Mrowka	Signal transduction I Principles G-proteins GPCRs Adenylate cyclase, phosphodiesterases
Unit 24 Video lecture	Mrowka	Signal transduction II Tyrosine kinase based signalling
Unit 25 Video lecture	Mrowka	Signal transduction III Phosphoinositide based signalling
Tuesday 20.12.2024 10.15 a.m.	Mrowka	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #10 Please, note that the date of the seminar was shifted to Tuesday Jan 9th. There will be no seminar on Friday, Dec 22nd.
Week 11 Unit 26 Video lecture	Biskup	Membrane Physiology I - Biophysical basics Diffusuion, dynamic equilibrium Osmosis Electrochemical diffusion Active and passive transport processes
Unit 27 Video lecture	Biskup	Membrane Physiology II - Transport phenomena Primary active transport mechanisms: pumps Secondary active transport mechanisms: symporter, antiporter Passive transport mechanisms: pores, ion channels, uniporter
Unit 28 Video lecture	Biskup	Membrane Physiology III - Excitable tissues Resting membrane potential Action potentials of excitable tissues
.	Biskup	Seminar This week no seminar will take place. The topics of this and the next week will be discussed together in the seminar of Friday, January 17th.
Week 12 Unit 29 Video lecture	Ebersberger/ Biskup	Physiology of neurons Microscopic anatomy of the neuron Conduction
Unit 30 Video lecture	Ebersberger/Biskup	Synaptic transmission, the neuromuscular junction Structure of electrical and chemical synapses Transmitters
Unit 31 Video lecture	Ebersberger/Biskup	Cellular physiology of the skeletal, cardiac and smooth muscle Excitation and contraction of the skeletal muscle (neuromuscular transmission, excitation-contraction coupling) Excitation and contraction of the cardiac muscle Excitation and contraction of the smooth muscle
Friday 17.01.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of weeks #11+12
Week 13 Unit 32	Biskup	Macroscopic anatomy I Overview Bones and bone structure The axial skeleton
Unit 33	Biskup	Macroscopic anatomy II The apendicular skeleton Joints
Unit 34	Biskup	Macroscopic anatomy III Muscles
Unit 35	Biskup	Macroscopic anatomy IV Inner organs
Friday 24.01.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar The seminar of this week has to be postponed to Tuesday, Jan 28th
Week 14 Tuesday 28.01.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #13
Unit 36	Ebersberger	Organization of the nervous system General design of the nervous system Major levels of CNS function
Unit 37	Ebersberger	Autonomic nervous system Physiologic anatomy of the symathetic and parasympathetic nervous system Autonomic reflexes Pharmacology of the autonomic nervous system
Friday 31.01.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #13
Week 15 Monday 03.02.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Additional seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of weeks #11-14
Unit 38	Biskup	Cardiac physiology I Introduction to the cardiovascular system Anatomy of the heart The action potential of the working myocardium
Unit 39	Biskup	Cardiac physiology II The excitatory and conductive system of the heart Regulation of the cardiac activity by the autonomous nervous system
Unit 40	Biskup	Cardiac physiology III Cardiac mechanics Work diagram of the heart
Unit 41	Biskup	Cardiac physiology IV The normal electrocardiogram Cardiac arrhythmias
Friday 07.02.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of questions concerning the topics of week #15
Friday 14.02.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Seminar Discussion of remaining questions concerning the topics of week #14+15 Discussion of some organizational things, tips & tricks for learning human biology effectively.
Friday 21.02.2025 10.15 a.m.	Melle	Additional seminar Review of this semester's topics, discussion of open questions
Tuesday 25.02.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Additional seminar Review of this semester's topics, discussion of open questions
28.02.2025 10.00 a.m.	Biskup	Exam Time: 10.00 a.m - 12.00 am. Location: see the information given at the top of the website. Exam results can be looked up here.
07.03.2025 10.15 a.m.	Biskup	Discussion of the exam results & "round table" discussion Discussion of the exam results Discussion of the course feedback, "round table" discussion Hints / tips for learning for the retake, agreement on a date for the retake
14.05.2025 14.00 p.m.	Biskup	Re-Exam Time: 14.00 a.m - 16.00 am. Location: see the information given at the top of the website. Exam results can be looked up here.