Terminated in academic year 2022/2023

Toxicology of Nanomaterials

Type of study	Doctoral
Language of instruction	English
Code	619-0920/02
Abbreviation	TNM
Course title	Toxicology of Nanomaterials
Credits	10
Coordinating department	Department of Physical Chemistry and Theory of Technological Processes
Course coordinator	Prof. Mgr. Jana Kukutschová, Ph.D.

Subject syllabus

Outline
Definition on classification of nanomaterials
Toxicologically significant parameters of nanomaterials and suitable experimental methods
Effects of nanomaterials on molecular level
Effects of nanomaterials on cellular level
Effects of nanomaterials on tissue and organ level
In vitro toxicity assessment
In vivo toxicity assessment
In silico toxicity assessment
Environmental effects of nanomaterials (examples of single nanomaterials)
Health effects of nanomaterials (examples of case studies)
Legislative frame of nanomaterials regulation

Literature

A. Dhawan, D. Anderson, R. Shanker: Nanotoxicology: Experimental and Computational Perspectives (Issues in Toxicology), Royal Society of Chemistry 2017.
J. Wegener: Measuring Biological Impacts of Nanomaterials, Springer 2016.
C. Fazarro, D.E. Trybula, W. Tate, J. Hanks: Nanosafety, De Gruyter 2017.

Advised literature

Research articles in scientific journals.
Prerequisities

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