5. Performance criteria:

а) studying of basic literary sources on the researched problem;

b) information processing;

c) glossary compiling and design;

Requirements to glossary design:

а) the volume of glossary should include not less than 50 terms and definitions;

b) definitions should be complete and brief, without extra explanations.

6. Deadline: before the midterm control on the chapter “Molecular cytobiology”.

7. Criteria of assessment: - 100 points at maximum that corresponds to 100%

8. Bibliography:

8.1. Албертс Б. и др. Молекулярная биология клетки. М., 1994.

8.2. Алиханян С.И., Акифьев А.П. Общая генетика. М., 1985.

8.3. Гинтер Е.К. Медицинская генетика. М., 2003.

8.4. Глеба Ю.Ю. Биотехнология растений. СОРОСовский образовательный журнал, №6, 1998.

8.5. Жимулев И.Ф. Общая и молекулярная генетика. Новосибирск, 2006.

8.6. Лещинская И.Б. Генетическая инженерия. №1, 1996.

8.7. Льюин Б. Гены. М., 1987.

8.8. Интернет сайты:

http://www. nih.gov

http://genlink.wustl. edu

http://www. geneletter. org

http://www. wiley. co. uk/genetherapy

http://www. genom. gov.

9. Check:

9.1. Restrictase properties and their role in genes transfection.

9.2. Main stages of genes cloning.

9.3. Genetic maps making up and their significance.

9.4. Methods of recombinant DNA obtaining.

9.5. Modern achievements of genetic engineering in medicine.

1. Theme #4. Transgene organisms, application in medicine

2. The aim: to study methods of transgene organisms creation and their value in medicine.

3. The tasks:

3.1. Gene and cell biotechnology: achievements and prospects.

3.2. Methods of transgene organisms creation, vectors for genes transfer.

3.3. Biosafety of genetically modified organisms (GMO): problems and their solution.

3.4. GMO application in medicine.

4. Performance form: abstract work.

5. Performance criteria:

а) studying and selection of recent literary sources;

b) information processing and systematization;

c) plan designing;

d) bibliography compiling;

e) abstract and/or project work making up.

The structure of abstract work:

1) the title page (made up in due form);

2) the table of contents (consecutive statement with indication of the main sections page numbers);

3) introduction (substantiation of the researched problem, its importance and urgency; determination of the aims and tasks of work);

4) the main part (each section should reveal evidentially a particular problem or one of its aspects, be logic continuation of the previous material; tables, schemes, diagrams, figures can be presented in this section or they can be executed as annex to abstract work);

5) conclusion (the results are summed up, the deductions are formulated and recommendations are suggested);

6) the list of bibliography (made up in due form).

Requirements to abstract work design:

а) the volume of abstract work should not exceed 10-15 printing pages (annexes are not included into a paper volume);

b) a text of abstract work should be carefully edited and grammatically verified;

c) references should be presented in numbers, corresponding to the number in the list of bibliography;

d) the list of bibliography should be at the end of a text according to order of appearance.

6. Deadline: before the midterm control on the chapter “Molecular cytobiology”.

7. Criteria of assessment: - 100 points at maximum that corresponds to 100%