BioBachelors 2023-2027

The purpose of the course is to develop in students of the Biology Faculty an understanding of the possibility and necessity of integrating knowledge of clinical psychology methodology into research in the field of biology and medicine, as well as knowledge of biology into research in clinical psychology.

This course aims to introduce students to classical concepts and contemporary research in Clinical Psychology in Russia and other countries and the possibilities of using these achievements in modern interdisciplinary research in the field of Biology and Medicine. In the introductory part of the course, students will be introduced to the subject area of ​​clinical psychology. The theoretical problems and practical challenges of clinical psychology will be analyzed. The history of clinical psychology will be discussed. The course focuses on presenting the fundamental principles and topics of the main models and concepts of Clinical Psychology. It will examine classical and contemporary concepts of the Behavioral and Cognitive-Behavioral approaches to Clinical Psychology, Psychoanalysis, the Humanistic Clinical Psychological Tradition, the Cultural-Historical (Vygotsky-Luria-Zeigarnik scientific school), and the Biopsychosocial approach to understanding health and disease.

The main provisions of classical and modern research in the traumatic stress topic and Psychosomatic medicine will be analyzed.

The issues of assessing the professional health of specialists will also be discussed, in particular, the diagnosis of the presence of signs of professional burnout in working specialists.

Based on the analysis of the material covered, the need to adhere to the principles of the Biopsychosocial approach and the Cultural-Historical Concept for understanding health and disease when conducting interdisciplinary research in biology and medicine will be discussed.

This course is recommended for students of the Faculty of Biology.

Molecular biology is the scientific self-discipline that seeks to completely recognize the molecular foundation of heredity, genetic variation, and the expression patterns of individual units of heredity referred to as genes. 

Molecular biologists find out about how biological traits are transferred from generation to another and look at how microorganism or viruses act at the molecular level. Molecular biologists identify microorganisms to better apprehend their relation to human, plant, and animal health. They look at these organisms in relation to genetics in order to recognize the inheritance and molecular groundwork of genetic disease. They also investigate how can these micro-organisms be involved in additive and antibiotics manufacturing. The effects of their lookup have produced breakthroughs in medical, agricultural, industrial, and different scientific fields. 

Many molecular biologists trust that a chain of molecules connects each of us with the first residing organisms that arose on the Earth billions of years ago. Therefore, human beings are all connected biologically in some way. interestingly, all people have character traits that distinguish them from one another. Molecular biologists’ habits research into the biochemical and physiological factors of heredity, mainly the role of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA), and elevate out molecular exams to resource in diagnosing disease.

Molecular biologists help scientists and physicians in the understanding, diagnosis, prevention and remedy of infections in animals and humans by using investigating how organisms cause ailment and their position in disease processes.

Molecular biologists use a range of specialized sophisticated methods such as PCR, NGS, GC-MS, HPLC, electrophoresis, fluorescence activated cell sorters and many bioinformatic tools.