Biochem 2 (DEN) 20172018

Semmelweis University Budapest IX., Tűzoltó utca 37-47 H-1094

Lecturers: László Tretter MD, PhD, DSc (LT), József Mandl MD, PhD, DSc, Member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (JM), Mária Sasvári MD, PhD, DSc (MS),, Kraszimir Kolev MD, PhD, DSc (KK), Miklós Csala MD, PhD, DSc (MCs), Erzsébet Komorowicz MD, PhD

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Laboratory lessons and seminars are held at laboratory rooms of the Deparment (EOK-Building, Budapest IX., Tűzoltó utca 37-47. H-1094, 1st floor, passage ‘C’)

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Laboratory lessons and seminars are held at laboratory rooms of the Deparment (EOK-Building, Budapest IX., Tűzoltó utca 37-47. H-1094, 1st floor, passage ‘C’)

Groups of dentistry students

• Harper’s Illustrated Biochemistry (30^th edition)
• Powerpoint files of lectures – www.biochemistry.sote.hu, English, For students, Biochemistry II, authorized pages (username and password can be obtained from lab teachers)
• Consultation manual 
• e-lectures, e-laboratory lessons, e-seminars
• Students’ own note

• Oral retake of failed midterms (1 and/or 2) Week 13, Dec 6, 2017 Wednesday 16:30-19:30 EOK Dept Biochem – Laboratory room 4, 5 and 3
• Midterm examination 2: Week 11. Nov 22, 2017  Wednesday 16:30-18:00 & 18:10-19:30 EOK EOK Békéssy György Hall – Midterm exam # 2 (DEN + AOKOBI290_2A)
  • Midterm examination 2-retake: Week 12. Nov 29, 2017  Wednesday16:30-18:00- EOK Békéssy György Hall
• Midterm examination 1: Week 7. Oct 25, 2017  Wednesday 16:30-18:00 & 18:10-19:30 EOK Békéssy György Hall – Midterm exam # 1 (DEN + AOKOBI290_2A)
• Midterm examination 1-retake: Week 9. Nov 08, 2017  Wednesday 16:30-18:00  EOK Békéssy György Hall
• Passing both midterms is a prerequisite to acknowledgement of the semester.

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Requirements

Results of the Biochemistry II competition

• 1^st prize: Khoury Jessica
• 2^nd prize: Pokusayeva Daria and Zhou Beiyu

Date: Dec 13, 2017, 16:45 EOK-Building, Békéssy  Lecture Hall
Material: lectures, seminars and laboratory lessons of the fall semesters of 2017/2018 academic year.

Students reaching at least 75 % will be exempted from the examination by mark 5. Other exemptions are not possible.

Conditition: 

• grades 3 or better  at both midterms (grade of midterm exams of Oct 25/Nov8, Nov 22/Nov 29)
• registration for the subject matter of Medical Biochemistry II in the fall semester of 2017/2018 academic year
• registration for the subject matter of Medical Biochemistry I in the spring semester of 2016/2017 academic year

Registration: starts on the 1 Dec, 2017. Registration is closed on the 8^th of December, 2017

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Laboratory exam, last week laboratory exam

Fall semester of 2017/2018 academic year

Head of Deparment of Medical Biochemistry: Prof. Tretter, László

Intermediary metabolism
Bioenergetics: Glycolysis. Formation of acetyl-CoA – the pyruvate-dehydrogenase complex. Citrate cycle. Carbohydrate metabolism: Gluconeogenesis. Glycogen metabolism. Regulation of glycolysis and gluconeogenesis. Regulation of glycogen metabolism. Regulation of blood glucose level. Diabetes mellitus. Degradation and synthesis of various carbohydrates. Lipid metabolism: Metabolism of lipids – overview. Absorption of lipids. Oxidation of fatty acids, ketone bodies. Synthesis of fatty acids. Lipoprotein metabolism. Cholesterol homeostasis. Regulatory mechanisms in cholesterol homeostasis. Steroid hormones of adrenal cortex, sexual hormones. Signal transduction mechanism of steroid hormone receptors. Eicosanoid. prostaglandins, thromboxanes and leukotrienes.
Amino acid metabolism: Metabolism of amino acids: the fate of the amino group, the fate of the carbon skeleton. Biosynthesis of nonessential amino acids and other amino acid derivatives. Synthesis and catabolism of purine nucleotides. Metabolism of nucleotides: Pyrimidine nucleotide metabolism. Synthesis of deoxyribonucleotides. Metabolism of porphyrins and bile pigments. Metabolic interrelationships, the metabolism of individual tissues: Metabolism of red blood cells. Red blood cell enzymopathies. Metabolism of skeletal and cardiac muscle, the role of SREBP, PPAR alpha and beta, Intermediary metabolism of kidney, metabolism in kidney cortex and medulla. Regulation of the well-fed state and starvation.

• Teaching secretary: Dr. István Léránt +36-1-459 1500#60034; +36-20-663 2267
• Students Affairs Secretary: Mr. Zsolt Ozsváth EOK Building, 1st Floor, Passage ‘C’; +36-1-459 1500#60061