{"id":60447,"date":"2022-09-23T07:53:54","date_gmt":"2022-09-23T07:53:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/lekarska-fakulta\/ustav\/medical-biology\/"},"modified":"2026-05-05T09:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-05T08:15:04","slug":"medical-biology","status":"publish","type":"cpt_ustav","link":"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/lekarska-fakulta\/en\/department\/medical-biology\/","title":{"rendered":"Department of Medical Biology"},"content":{"rendered":"<table style=\"padding-left: 0.25em; padding-right: 0.25em; width: 100%;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\">Trieda SNP 1, 040 11 Ko\u0161ice<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: right; vertical-align: bottom;\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"border-top-color: windowtext; border-top-style: solid; border-top-width: 1px;\" colspan=\"3\">\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 2em;\">The Department of Medical Biology is located on the 6th and 5th floors in Section I of the UPJ\u0160 Faculty of Medicine building (Medipark) at Tr. SNP 1, where the offices of the head and staff of the institute, the library, and research laboratories are situated.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-bottom: 0px; margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 2em;\">Currently, the department focuses on the study and analysis of mutations, gene polymorphisms, and gene expression in relation to the development, diagnosis, and treatment of various multifactorial diseases. This research is conducted in the context of extensive collaboration with numerous institutes and clinical departments of the UPJ\u0160 Faculty of Medicine.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0px; text-align: justify; text-indent: 2em;\">In the field of education, the institute&#8217;s staff provide education in the subjects of Biology, Medical Biology, Medical and Human Biology, Methods in Genetics and Molecular Biology, and Methods in Genetics and Molecular Biology for doctoral and PhD students, including English-language education for international students of the UPJ\u0160 Faculty of Medicine. Additionally, they teach Biology, Biology and Genetics, Medical Biology and Genetics for undergraduate students.<br \/>\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 As part of the curriculum, the department offers students theoretical foundations on general principles in living organisms at the molecular, cellular, organismal, and population levels. In teaching Medical Biology, particular emphasis is placed on molecular biology and human genetics, providing students with a theoretical basis for studying other medical subjects.<\/p>\n<p><strong style=\"color: revert; font-size: revert;\">ANNOUNCEMENTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The date of test retakes from Biology 1 for GM<br \/><\/u><\/strong>The dates of test retake for GM &amp; DM students, who have not obtained 60% minimum from the respective tests. It is not necessary to register for the retakes.<br \/><strong>Retake for both of the tests<br \/><\/strong>Date: 20\/05\/2026<br \/>Time: 12:30<br \/>Lecture Hall: To Be Determined<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The dates of test retakes from Medical Biology for DM-5 y. study<br \/><\/u><\/strong><strong>1st Retake for both of the tests<br \/><\/strong>Date: 27\/05\/2026<br \/>Time: 12:30<br \/>Lecture Hall: To Be Determined<\/p>\n<p><strong>2nd Retake for both of the tests<br \/><\/strong>Date: 10\/06\/2026<br \/>Time: 12:30<br \/>Lecture Hall: To Be Determined<\/p>\n\n<style>.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-60447_7bf3cb-3c .kt-block-spacer{height:30px;}.wp-block-kadence-spacer.kt-block-spacer-60447_7bf3cb-3c .kt-divider{border-top-width:6px;border-top-color:#C92432;width:10%;border-top-style:dotted;}<\/style>\n<div class=\"wp-block-kadence-spacer aligncenter kt-block-spacer-60447_7bf3cb-3c\"><div class=\"kt-block-spacer kt-block-spacer-halign-center\"><hr class=\"kt-divider\"\/><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"600\" data-id=\"51465\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51465\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB1-768x576.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" data-id=\"51463\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51463\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB2.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB2-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB2-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"531\" data-id=\"51461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB3.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-51461\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB3.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB3-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/app\/uploads\/sites\/9\/2022\/11\/ULB3-768x510.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":29726,"parent":0,"menu_order":9,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_editorskit_title_hidden":false,"_editorskit_reading_time":1,"_editorskit_is_block_options_detached":false,"_editorskit_block_options_position":"{}","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"tax_aktuality":[],"class_list":["post-60447","cpt_ustav","type-cpt_ustav","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"acf":{"acf_link_na_externy_obsah":""},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Department of Medical Biology - Lek\u00e1rska fakulta | UPJ\u0160<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.upjs.sk\/lekarska-fakulta\/en\/department\/medical-biology\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Department of Medical Biology - Lek\u00e1rska fakulta | UPJ\u0160\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Trieda SNP 1, 040 11 Ko\u0161ice \u00a0 \u00a0 The Department of Medical Biology is located on the 6th and 5th floors in Section I of the UPJ\u0160 Faculty of Medicine building (Medipark) at Tr. 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