Syllabus
Lectures in Czech language will take place in Parasitology lecture room on Mondays at 9:50 – 12:15. 19. 2. Genomes of protist (Hampl) 26. 2. Symbioses of protist (Čepička) 4. 3. Semiautonomous organelles (Čepička) 11. 3. Horisontal gene trasnfer (Hampl) 18. 3. Multicellularity (Čepička) 25. 3. Feeding (Hampl) 8. 4. Metabolic specialities (Hampl) 15. 4. Cell cycles, sexual reproduction, speciesness (Čepička) 22. 4. Flagellar movement and the life in microworld (Hampl) 29. 4. Other modes of movement (Hampl) 6. 5. Diversity of protists at various levels (Čepička) 13. 5. Presentation of student assays
Conditions for fullfilling the course: 1. Writing an essay on a approved topic (minimum 2 pages A4, font 12, spacing 1) 2. 10 min. presentation of the essay at the last lecture 11. May 3. Succesful pass of the written and oral part of the exam
Annotation
The course follows the course of Protistology and has two main aims: (1) to extend selected subjects of general protistology, (2) to monitor the current progress of the field.
The first 11 classes will have the form of lectures covering following subjects: protist genomes and their evolution, the high-level classification of eukaryotes, symbioses, lateral gene transfer, semiautonomous organelles, metabolic peculiarities, cell cycle, sex, and species concept of protists. The last class will have the form of student reports followed by general discussion on significant current papers in the field.