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Parasitological Laboratory Techniques - MB160C34
Title: Parazitologické laboratorní techniky
Czech title: Parazitologické laboratorní techniky
Guaranteed by: Department of Parasitology (31-161)
Faculty: Faculty of Science
Actual: from 2021
Semester: winter
E-Credits: 4
Examination process: winter s.:
Hours per week, examination: winter s.:0/4, C [HT]
Capacity: 16
Min. number of students: unlimited
4EU+: no
Virtual mobility / capacity: no
State of the course: taught
Language: Czech
Note: enabled for web enrollment
Guarantor: doc. RNDr. Ivan Hrdý, Ph.D.
Teacher(s): RNDr. Jana Brzoňová, Ph.D.
doc. RNDr. Ivan Hrdý, Ph.D.
RNDr. Nikola Polanská, Ph.D.
Annotation -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Ivan Hrdý, Ph.D. (10.06.2021)
Basic parasitological and general experimental laboratory methods including staining procedures (preparation and staining of blood smears according to Giemsa-Romanowski or using Dade Diff-Quik), handling of laboratory mice, cultivation techniques (maintenance of axenic cultures, cell counting and cloning, growth and axenization experiments, calculation of growth parameters), immunological methods (ELISA, indirect immunofluorescence), DNA isolation, diagnostic PCR, isolation of recombinant protein, electrophoretic methods etc.

Literature -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Ivan Hrdý, Ph.D. (25.10.2019)

Printed protocols for actual methds and tasks are provided to every student at the course.

 

http://web.natur.cuni.cz/parasitology/vyuka/para_lab_techniky_Hrdy/Parazitol_lab_tech_Hrdy.htm

Requirements to the exam -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Ivan Hrdý, Ph.D. (17.09.2020)

Active presence at the course is required. One justified absence is acceptable. Final test may be required, in relation to the performance of the students during the course.

Syllabus -
Last update: doc. RNDr. Ivan Hrdý, Ph.D. (17.09.2020)

Staining methods, manipulation with laboratory mouse

 

- blood smear, thick drop

- staining of dry smears by Giemsy-Romanowski method

- fast staining by Dade Diff-Quik

- manipulation with laboratory mouse, infection with Trypanosoma brucei, Plasmodium berghei

 

Fluorescent staining methods

 

- vital staining with acridine orange

- nuclear staining by Hoechst or DAPI

- pH sensitive fluorescent probes

- FITC labeling

- immunofluorescence on wet mounts

 

Basic cultivation techniques

 

- preparation of antibiotic stock solutions

- isolation of the Tritrichomonas foetus axenic culture using a migration tube

- passage of axenic cultures, sterility test

- freezing techniques, cryopreservation of protozoa

 

 Cloning

 

- Isolation of clones by dilution method (Tetrahymena pyriformis)

- isolation of clones by limiting dilution method (Trichomonas vaginalis)

- isolation of clones on agar plates (Crithidia fasciculata)

 

Quantitative work with protists

 

- Work with Burker's counting chamber

- calculation of cell concentration

- evaluation of the growth experiment, calculation of doubling time from growth curves

 

ELISA

 

- use in diagnostics

- test for the presence of antibodies against Toxoplasma gondii

 

PCR

 

- use in diagnostics

- PCR test for human pathogens / commensals

- DNA isolation methods

- DNA electrophoresis, visualization

 

Preparation and isolation of recombinant protein

 

- work with bacterial culture, conditions of induction and expression of foreign protein

- protein isolation in native and denatured form by affinity chromatography

- analysis of protein sample by electrophoresis

- electrophoretic methods

 

In 2020, new methods will be introduced from the insect vector and helminthology fields.

 
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