Address: 450074, Ufa, Republic of Bashkortostan, Zaki Validy str., 47, building 8

Phone number: +7(347) 222-86-60

Head of the Department: Viktorova Tatyana Viktorovna

The staffing level of teaching staff and departments is 100%. The main positions are occupied by 3 professors, 8 associate professors, 1 senior lecturer and 2 assistants. All teachers completed advanced training courses on time. Starting from 2021, BSMU residents who are native English speakers are invited to conduct classes with foreign students.

Educational work.

1. Biology 31.05.01General Medicine

2. Human Genome 31.05.01General Medicine

3. Biology 33.05.01Pharmacy

4. Biology 31.05.03Dentistry

The educational process at the Department of Biology is implemented for students of BSMU (including those studying using an intermediary language - English), graduate students in the specialty "Genetics". In addition to traditional educational technologies, since 2020, the department has developed and implemented innovative approaches that make it possible to implement the educational process remotely via video conference with demonstration of educational materials and testing on the Microsoft Teams platform.

Methodological support of the educational process includes full provision of educational and methodological materials developed in accordance with the requirements of the Federal State Educational Standard for Higher Education and the educational department of the Belarusian State Medical University. The department has developed UMM kits for 22 disciplines, implemented for students in 8 specialties, undergraduate, clinical residency and graduate school. Currently, the department is developing an OPOP for the master's degree program "Genetics", which is planned to be introduced into the educational process from the 2023-2024 academic year and UMM for new specialties. Innovative educational technologies are actively being introduced into training at the department: electronic educational resources, multimedia lectures, electronic educational publications, educational electronic programs, videos, etc. All educational and methodological developments of the

Department of Biology are presented on electronic media and posted on the educational portal of the BSMU website. Every year the department holds the Intra-University Olympiad for students in Russian and English.

During the reporting period, the staff of the department developed and introduced into the educational process 3 textbooks “Biology” for students in the group of specialties “Healthcare and Medical Sciences” (Moscow), 4 textbooks with the stamp of UMO (including 3 manuals in English), in 2022, 3 certificates of state registration of a computer program were received for the development of electronic educational resources “Chromosomal syndromes”.

As part of academic mobility in 2019, prof. Viktorova T.V. visited the Abkhaz State University and the Research Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia, where she gave a course of lectures on the discipline “Human Genome” to graduate students, young scientists and university students. An agreement “On mutual understanding on academic cooperation between BSMU and the Research Institute of Experimental Pathology and Therapy of the Academy of Sciences of Abkhazia (2018-2023) was drawn up.” Received joint RFBR grant No. 19-54-40007 “Molecular genetic study of longevity in the Republic of Bashkortostan and Abkhazia: comparative analysis in ecological-geographical and ethnic aspects”

The Department of Biology participates in the implementation of the project “Medical class in the Ufa school”, during which the department conducts classes for students of medical classes in Ufa schools and pre-universities. Every year the department holds the All-Russian Olympiad “Vocation-Medicine” in the discipline Biology for secondary school students. Employees of the department regularly travel to schools in Ufa, as well as to cities and regions of the republic to conduct career guidance in order to organize medical classes, pre-universities in schools and attract students to BSMU.

Scientific work

The scientific direction of the Department of Biology - “Genetics of multifactorial diseases” - is aimed at searching for genetic markers (polymorphic variants) associated with diseases such as juvenile arthritis and congenital anomalies of the maxillofacial region. New methods are being introduced to assess the cytogenetic status of residents of disadvantaged ecological regions. As part of an agreement on scientific cooperation with the Institute of Biochemistry and Genetics of the UFIC RAS, employees of the Department of Biology are conducting scientific research aimed at searching for associations of polymorphic genetic variants with the severity and effectiveness of therapy for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, metabolic disorders and obesity. Results of joint research published in journals from the list of Higher Attestation Commission, Scopus and Web of Science. Under the leadership of Viktorova T.V. 2 doctoral and 25 master's theses were defended (during the reporting period - 2 master's theses), 2 master's and 2 doctoral dissertations were being completed.

Much attention at the department is paid to organizing the work of the youth scientific society. The best students of 1-4 years annually participate in the International Scientific Education Department at the Department of Biology, where they acquire skills in conducting scientific research, first scientific publications, hear reports from invited geneticists, and make their first reports at intra-university, All-Russian and International conferences.

The results of scientific research by department staff were published in 30 scientific papers, including 15 in articles in peer-reviewed journals indexed in international scientific databases (WoS, Scopus, PubMed). Received a patent for an invention of the Russian Federation, 3 certificates of state registration of computer programs. Head Department Viktorova T.V. is a co-executor of the RFBR grant No. 19-54-40007 “Molecular genetic

study of longevity in the Republic of Bashkortostan and Abkhazia: comparative analysis in ecological, geographical and ethnic aspects.”