The course consists only of a theoretical part.

Course contents:

• Chemical composition of living matter
• Structure and function of large biological molecules
• Microscopy
• Structure and function of the cell (structure and function of organelles and their subcellular structures)
• Structure and function of cell membranes
• Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cell (comparison of structure and organisation)
• Introduction to cellular metabolism (energy, free energy and metabolism, production and role of ATP in cells, enzymes and enzyme activity)
• Cellular respiration
• Photosynthesis
• Cellular communication
• Cell cycle
• Reduction and phylogenetic biological cycles