Department of histology, cytology and embryology
Address: Rus'ka street, 12, Ternopil', 46001, phone: (0352) 251785
Department Staff: 1 Professor, 4 Associate Professors, 1 senior, 5 instructors and 4 laboratory workers.
Doc.
I.P. Tiurina
(1957-1977)
Prof. S.A. Smorshchok
(1977-1995)
K.S. Volkov has worked at histology department since 1972. At first he was an engineer of laboratory of electron microscopy. In 1984 he got his master’s degree and worked as an assitant, then a senior instructor, docent and since 1995 –he has been the head of histology department. In 1997 he became a professor and Academician of International Academy of Integrative Antropology and Academy of National Progress. In 1981 he was awarded with a medal “For the honor of labor ”. In 2005-2006 prof. K.S. Volkov was the vice-rector of scientific work. Since 2007 he has been the director of Scientific-Studying institute of Morphology.
Presently, the department staff includes head of department, 4 Associate Professors (ph.d., candidate of medicine L.V. Jacubyshyna, ph.d., candidate of medicine A.P. Andriyishyn, ph.d., candidate of biology A.V. Dovbush, ph.d., candidate of biology A.I. Dovgaliuk, 1 senior instructor (ph.d., candidate of biology Z.M. Nebesna), 4 instructors (ph.d., candidate of biology O.Ja. Shuturma, I.B. Getmaniuk, S.A.Lytvyniuk, A.O. Kotyk, L.V. Jashan), 4 laboratory workers (N.P. Zykova, S.B. Cramar, V.V. Kulbitska, P.V. Kopnov) with the two latter ones working as instructors too.
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Collaborators of histology department.
Studying work of department
Since January 2004, the department occupies the ground floor of the Institute of Morphology. Presently, 4 class rooms are equipped with modern equipments for specimens research. The working place of each teacher has visual system (microscope, camera, screen and computer) which allows to show and explain the histological specimens to students.
The class rooms are equipped with modern equipments for demonstration and study of specimens.
Individual work of students at practical lesson.
Staff of departments continuously work at monitoring the methodical study of students.
Students of 4 various faculties study at the histology department: - medical (1-2 years), dentistry (1 year), nurses (4 year), and pharmaceutic (1 year). Here they gain knowledge in cytology, embryology, general and special histology.
Practical lessons are organized due to methodical instructions. The mode of lesson is oriented based on acquiring knowledge and practical skills which are necessary for medical practice
Students have all the necessary methodical literature, which is continuously renewed and mastered. Teachers of department prepared manual-atlases “Ultrastructure of cells and tissues”, “Ultrastructure of main organs components and organism systems”, text-book “Embryology”, disk “Studying materials in histology, cytology and embryology”, studying films for practical skills mastering.
Studying materials which are created at department.
During last 5 years, studying process at histology deparment was modified due to the “Conception of development of Ternopil State Medical University named after I. Gorbachevsky ”. New Syllabi were made on the bases of typical programmes and realized accordingly to methodic of unite working days in Ukrainian, English and Russian languages. Special attention is devoted to practically oriented study due to Z-system.
All the necessary studying materials are placed at WEB-page for different faculties in different languages.
Special tests (250 for each lesson) are made for Moodle (students pre-tests before lessons) and for semester independent test exams.
There are special daily controlling programs for students which include: tests, questions for description, real-life situations, electron micrographs and specimens. Total mark for lesson includes: marks for practical part of lesson, theoretical discussion and control tests.
Special films in different chapters of discipline are created for practical skills aqiurement.
Library of institute of morphology with 23 computers allows the use of Internet and Intranet in studying process.
Scientific interests of the department staff
During a lot of years, scientists of department were interested in peculiarities of process of regeneration in different organs after thermal damage of skin. Lipid peroxidation and endotoxins are one of the most dangerous substances causing prominent general negative influence on human organism. Numerous microscopic and submicroscopic researches showed significant changes of plasmalemmal and intracellular membranes under such circumstances. The use of antioxidants and enterosorbents corrects the development of “burn disease” and stimulates adaptative and compensatory processes thus, promotes regenerative processes in burned organisms.
Now, studying of burn disease pathogenesis and biologic active matters influence on regenerative processes in inner organs and tissues and research of skin auto- and xenographts viability under different influences is the main scientific interest of histology department.
Longterm collaboration with combustiology department of hospital allowed to elaborate methods of burned patients treatment which are based on the results of experimental research.
Now scientific research work of department is made at laboratory of institute of morphology. There are laboratories here: Laboratory of electron microscopy, Morphometry, Chistochemistry and Spectrophotometry.
Scientific laboratory is equiped with modern techniques. The use of microscopes and digital cameras allow to perform quantitive and qualitative morphometric analysis of tissues and organs changes in different conditions.
Two modernized electron microscopes are active at histology department.
In December 2011, new laboratory microscope with special programs for histological research was adopted.
Scientific laboratory of department.
In histological research, both general and special methods are used: hematoxylin and eosin stainment, toluidin blue according to Nissle’s method, iron hematoxylin, Van-Dengain method, silver impregnation and different histochemical methods. Now modern methods of immunochistochemistry are improved of which are: Identification of T- and B-lymphocytes (CD3, CD4, CD8, CD20, CD68 and CD45), macrophages, apoptosis and mitotic divisions.
Macrometry, Massmetry and Morphometry are usually used and electronmicroscopy and electronmorphometry too.
Ultramicrotome is used for specimens preparation for electronmicroscopy (senior instructor Z.M. Nebesna)
Main scientific achievements of the department
The planned interdepartmental research "Changes in xenodermografts under exposure of physical factors and the effectiveness of their using on patients with burn
injury" (clinical and morphological study) was completed in 2008.
Toxic, sorption
and antimicrobial action of lyophilized xenografts after influence of physical factors (singlet
oxygen and biohalvanization) was studied. Clinically
and morphologically were proved the effectiveness and feasibility of using of this grafts in complex treatment of the burnt patients. The department also took part in the
implementation of the planned research "Clinical and morphological changes
of body systems during diabetes and tyreopathy due to age aspect" (2006 - 2009 years). Within this research ultrasonic and
biochemical indices of thyroid gland in young people with diabetes type II were studied. The defined relationships of antropo-somatometric indexes of ultrasonic volumes and
levels of thyroid hormones in healthy patients and patients with diabetes type
II in boys and girls of different somatotypes were identified. Discriminant model features of type II
diabetes ways of developement in young people were made, it depends on the characteristics of the
structure of the body.
The planned interdepartmental research “Using of factors of bioorganic and physical nature for the correction of regenerative processes in thermal injury” was completed in 2011. There were investigation of physical and biological properties of crushed substrate krioliofilized xenodermograft (of pig), its influence on the regenerative processes in the skin and organs of the body systems after thermal injury.
One of the priorities of the department is the organization of research and implementation of their results in the clinical practice. Complex morphological and clinical studies have substantiated the feasibility of the new methods of burn disease treatment. Informative method of burned patient intoxication process control by a modified method of acid hemolytic reaction allows objectively evaluate the dynamic of endotoxemia and may be recommended for using in daily practice of clinical laboratories. The high biological activity of silicon wafers of "Combustiologist" enterprise gives reason to use them for scar prevention in the place of epithelialized burn wounds and for treatment of fresh hypertrophic and keloid scars. The using of lyophilized grafts and crushed substrate is a promising method of correction both thermal and mechanical defects of the skin.
During the previous years, Theses for master’s degree were written as a result of scientific researchs: assist. L.D. Tupol (2007), assist. S.I. Jaworska (2008), assist. Z.M. Nebesna and assist. Shuturma O. Ya. (2009), doctor Hrebenyk I.M. (2010), doctor Herasymchuk N.L. (2011).
44 articles, 58 abstracts, and 48 reports at various scientific forum were made by the collaboration of Institutes, as a result of the research by the staffs of the instutite since the last 5 years.
The department’s staff annually takes part in organizing and conducting of conferences. Next conferences were organized over the last 5 years: "The experience and problems of the modern methods of morphological studies of organs and tissues in the norm and in the diagnosis of pathological processes" (2007), "Applied aspects of the morphology of the experimental and clinical studies" (2008), "The morphological conditions of tissues and organ systems of the body in the norm and pathology"(2009), "Actual morphology problems " (2010) was devoted to 70th anniversary of Honored Scientist of Ukraine, professor Fedonyuk Ya.I., "Morphological aspects of microcirculation in the norm and pathology "(2011).
Scientific conference "Morphological aspects of microcirculation in the norm and pathology", 06/17/2011.
Students researches at the department are organized according to the plans and existing programs of the University: "Student as a future high qualificated specialist" and "Student science and vocational education". Students regularly take parts in various scientific forums. In the second round of the Ukrainian competition of scientific researches in "Theoretical medicine" – 3rd year student of medical faculty Kohan R. took prizes for 3rd place in 2009, 2nd year student of medical faculty Pokhyla H.for the 2nd place in 2010.
Upbringing work
Tutors of histology department are actively working with ukrainian and foreign students of their groups. They organize excursions, discussions, attend theater and concerts. Every year they visit museum political prisoners and make a respect to victims of 1932-1933 hunger.
Excursion to Uzhgorod
Special plan of the department development for 2012 - 2017 includes the following activities:
- Systematically improve the professional degree by passing courses and trainings at the workplace, to improve the degree of English of the teachers;
- Actively to create new textbooks, manuals, atlases, to improve methodical instructions;
- Continue to equip new classrooms with new PC, to make new microscopic specimens;
- All the time to renew the training base with new electronic textbooks and atlases, videos, to use them during practical classes and individual student’s work;
- Fill the materials for practical classes and lectures with modern clinical data and results of scientific research ;
- Systematically to plan and implement interdepartmental researches on priority of biomedical problems, to use more new morphological methods of research;
- Improve innovation and patent licensing activities and to improve new scientific results in practice.