Biophysics 1. 2013-2014
Information
General information
1st academic year first semester
Lectures: 2 hours/week
Laboratory practices: 4 hours/week
Credit: 5 (for one semester)
Tutor: Dr. István Voszka (phone: 4591500 ext: 60211)
Brief description of the subject
REQUIREMENTS
Participation in the practical lessons is compulsory. No more than three absences from practices are allowed for any reason, otherwise the semester will not be credited. Missed sessions must be reported to the teacher the week after. The missed measurements should be done with another group if possible.
Students must write a lab. report for each measurement. The registration card is signed only when the report is acceptable. The report is due two weeks after the measurement. At the final exam time all students must show their collection of reports to the examiner.
Assessing the students knowledge
Midterm test covering the material of lectures and practical lessons: twice a semester (6., 11. week) Repetition of unsuccessful test: 8., 13. week. For credit one must pass both midterm tests.
Short tests: possible every week (up to the teacher).
Semifinal exam: after the first semester
written exam covering the material of lectures and practical lessons in the first semester and including problem solving. If the result of written test is good enough one can sit for the oral and improve mark. Its form is similar to the final exam.
Final exam: after the second semester
written exam covering the material of lectures and practical lessons in both semesters. Also includes problem solving. If the result of written test is good enough one can sit for the oral and improve mark.
Repetition of exam is possible at least one week after the unsuccessful trial. If a student does not appear at exam time without prior notification to the Institute, one exam possibility will be lost.
At the end of the second semester we organize a competition. The condition for participation: the average result of midterm tests is at least 3.0. (Instead of the midterm tests in the first semester the result of the semifinal exam can be taken into account.)
Our teaching program is evolving continuously. Focused on the general objective of meeting the requirements of the medical curriculum, the courses are also intended to provide specific medical physics and statistics training.
Todays students will be the physicians of the oncoming decades. In selecting and highlighting topics of study, the first viewpoint is scientific foresight: the knowledge should be conveyed which must be pertinent to ensure first-class professional competence while keeping abreast of the most recent development in the field of study. Our aim is not only the teaching of a specific body of knowledge but also the development of the exact scientific method and concrete problem-solving abilities.
Supporting educational materials (textbooks, notes etc.)
Damjanovich-Fidy-Szöllősi (eds): Medical Biophysics (2009)
Laboratory Manual of Medical Physics and Statistics (2006)
Lectures
Lectures
| 1 | Introduction; Basic mathematics (Herényi Levente) | 2013.09.12. | |
| 2 | Basic general physics (Herényi Levente) | 2013.09.19. | phys_summery.pdf |
| 3 | Geometrical optics; Fermat principle; Applications of geometrical optics (Herényi Levente) | 2013.09.26. | optics01_e_2013.pdf |
| 4 | Wave optics; Applications of wave optics; Photon concept (Herényi Levente) | 2013.10.03. | optics02_e_2013.pdf |
| 5 | Radiations; Law of attenuation of intensity of radiation (Herényi Levente) | 2013.10.10. | rad03_e_2013.pdf |
| 6 | Structure of matter; atom, electron (Herényi Levente) | 2013.10.17. | atom_e_2013.pdf |
| 7 | Atomic and molecular interactions; Applications (Bozó Tamás) | 2013.10.24. | Atomic_interactions_EP_20131024_BT.pdf |
| 8 | Many atom systems; Boltzmann distribution; Gases; Solids (Herényi Levente) | 2013.10.31. | many_atom.pdf |
| 9 | Light emission, scattering, absorption; Thermal radiation (Herényi Levente) | 2013.11.07. | thermal_rad.pdf |
| 10 | Luminescence; Light sources; Lasers (Herényi Levente) | 2013.11.14. | lumi_laser.pdf |
| 11 | Liquid crystals; biological and artificial membranes (Voszka István) | 2013.11.21. | folykristeng2011.pdf |
| 12 | Structural organization of living systems: water, nucleid acids, proteins (Agócs Gergely) | 2013.11.28. | Az_elo_anyag_szerkezeti_egysegei_EN_20131128.pdf Gyok_EA_EN_20131128.pdf |
| 13 | Radioactive isotopes and radiation (Smeller László) | 2013.12.05. | NuclearRadiations2013_7.pdf |
| 14 | X-ray and its absorption (Herényi Levente) | 2013.12.12. | X-ray2013.pdf |
Exam
Exam
The examination period after the first semester is between Dec. 16 and Jan. 27. Only for retake: Jan 28 – 31.In this time period the following days can be chosen for the exam for biophysics:
Dec. 18, 30, Jan. 8, 15, 22 (only for retake Jan. 29)
Registration should be done on the NEPTUN system.
The exams start at 8 30 a.m., in the student’s laboratories of the department.
Form of the exam:
Written test containing altogether 10 definitions, formula interpretations, calculations, evaluations of data from measurement. Its duration is one hour. One has to achieve at least 50 % of the possible points in order to pass. The result (whether one passed or failed) will be announced one hour later (at about 10 a.m.). Those persons, who failed, can repeat the exam a week later. Those students, whose test result is between 50 and 60 %, get 2 and they do not have the possibility to sit for the oral part and get better grade. Students, who achieved more, than 60 % in the written test can accept grade 2, or can sit for an oral exam for a better mark immediately after the announcement of test results. On the oral exam one has to take a sheet containing 4 theoretical questions, one of which can be a figure or graph.
Students have to register for the exam using the Neptun system. Change of exam date is possible until 8 a.m. two days before the exam. After this time if the change is unavoidable one has to contact Dr. Voszka (ext. no: 60211. e-mail: voszka.istvan@med.semmelweis-univ.hu).
Consultations in the exam period will be on the following days at 4 p.m.:
December 17, 20 January 7, 14, 21, 28
Homework problems
Homework problems
Microscope: 12
Refractometer: 14
Special microscopes: 13.
5. week: 20, 21
9. week: 1-4, 6
10. week: 15
11. week: 9, 10, 11
14. week: 25-30