Department of Histology and Medical Biology

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One of the departments of the Medical Faculty of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, formed as a result of the reorganization of the Faculty of Medical Biology (now the Faculty of Biology and Forestry) on August 29, 2020.

Department of Histology and Medical Biology
Head of the Department, Yaroslav Vasylovych Stepaniuk
Petro Kostyantynovych Boiko during a practical microbiology class
Olha Vasylyvna Kostielova
Laboratory work in "Histology, Cytology, and Embryology"
Laboratory work in "Histology, Cytology, and Embryology"
Laboratory work in "Histology, Cytology, and Embryology"
Head of the Department, Yaroslav Vasylovych Stepaniuk with students who participated in a seminar with a guest scientist from the clinical applications field in the Asia-Pacific region at Lonza, Olena Fedoniuk
Signing the cooperation agreement between Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University and the medical laboratory "GEMO MEDIKA Lutsk" (Rector of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University A. V. Tsios, Director of "GEMO MEDIKA Lutsk" LLC R. V. Kalishchuk, Head of the Department of Histology and Medical Biology Y. V. Stepaniuk, Director of the Medical Institute A. I. Poruchynskyi, Vice-Rector for Research and Pedagogical Work and Innovations V. O. Ulyanov)

Department’s facilities:
Educational and Research Laboratory of Histology and Morphogenesis (Room C-322)
Educational and Research Laboratory of Microbiology (Room G-109)
Educational Laboratory of Histology and Pathomorphology (Room C-321)
Educational Laboratory of Medical Biology (Room C-323)
Educational Laboratory of Microbiology and Virology (Room G-12)

Department Staff

Head of Department - PhD in Biology, Professor — Yaroslav Vasyliovych Stepaniuk.
Full-time staff
Professors

Associate Professors

Senior Lecturers

Assistants

Part-time staff

Associate Professors

Senior Lecturers

Educational support staff
Senior Laboratory Assistants:

PhD students:

Educational activities of the department

Educational components provided by the department

The department’s academic staff provides teaching of various educational components to students of the Medical Faculty, Faculty of Biology and Forestry, Faculty of Chemistry, Ecology, and Pharmacy, and Faculty of Geography for the following specialties and educational programs:

Medical Faculty

Specialty 222 "Medicine"

  • Histology, Cytology, and Embryology — Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk;
  • Medical Biology — Assoc. Prof. M. O. Zinchenko, Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk;
  • Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology — Prof. P. K. Boiko, Sr. Lect. O. P. Boiko, Sr. Lect. O. V. Panivska;
  • Occupational Safety in the Field — Asst. M. Y. Myronets;
  • Pathomorphology — Sr. Lect. L. M. Solovey;
  • History of Medicine — Asst. M. Y. Myronets.

Specialty 226 "Pharmacy, Industrial Pharmacy"

  • Medical Biology — Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk;
  • Microbiology with Fundamentals of Immunology — Assoc. Prof. O. P. Boiko;
Elective courses
  • Life Safety with Fundamentals of Bioethics and Biosafety — Asst. M. Y. Myronets;
  • Embryology with Fundamentals of Teratology — Asst. M. Y. Myronets;
  • Sectional Course — Sr. Lect. L. M. Solovey.

Faculty of Biology and Forestry

Specialty 091 "Biology"

  • Microbiology and Virology — Sr. Lect. O. V. Panivska.

Specialty 091 "Biology (Laboratory Diagnostics)"

  • Diagnostics of Infectious Diseases — Asst. M. Y. Myronets;
  • Microbiology and Virology — Sr. Lect. O. V. Panivska
  • Educational Microbiology Practice — Asst. M. Y. Myronets;
  • Principles of Biostatistics — Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk.
Elective courses
  • Special Histology — Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk;
  • Pathomorphology — Sr. Lect. L. M. Solovey.

Specialty 014 "Secondary Education (Biology, Natural Sciences, and Human Health)"

  • Microbiology and Virology — Sr. Lect. O. V. Panivska;

Faculty of Geography

Specialty 103 "Earth Sciences"

  • Life Safety and Occupational Safety — Asst. M. Y. Myronets

Specialty 106 "Geography"

  • Life Safety and Occupational Safety — Asst. M. Y. Myronets

The laboratory is equipped with the necessary scientific and educational collections of histological and cytological slides.

Educational and Methodological Work

  1. Kostielova O. V., Myronets M. Yu. Current Issues of Developmental Biology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 7 dated March 25, 2024). URL: https://moodle.vnu.edu.ua/course/view.php?id=2621 (accessed on 20.05.2024).
  2. Boiko P. K., Myronets M. Yu. Microbiology, Virology and Immunology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 10 dated June 19, 2024). URL: https://moodle.vnu.edu.ua/course/view.php?id=2737 (accessed on 20.06.2024).
  3. Myronets M. Yu., Pokotylo O. O. History of Medicine: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 10 dated June 19, 2024). URL: https://moodle.vnu.edu.ua/course/view.php?id=2532 (accessed on 20.06.2024).
  4. Myronets M. Yu., Pokotylo O. O. Life Safety with Basics of Bioethics and Biosafety: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 10 dated June 19, 2024). URL: https://moodle.vnu.edu.ua/course/view.php?id=2531 (accessed on 20.06.2024).
  5. Solovey L. M. Pathomorphology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 10 dated June 19, 2024). URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19:NWETBZnyXwOhoyAHoHtn1tsGb_ATz2PYU9bP_jXqqqw1@thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=5ee1846f-03ed-4e6b-9e34-0396ab8734e6&tenantId=79cf2153-dcef-4e36-ab8c-89480b2366aa (accessed on 20.06.2024).
  6. Stepaniuk Ya. V. Histology, Cytology and Embryology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 10 dated June 19, 2024). URL: https://teams.microsoft.com/l/team/19:EBPz0EdXM-ngl8kX0iJjhBk1u7xmMZjjZaeSS4iu3ag1@thread.tacv2/conversations?groupId=d75540da-3dac-4985-9a67-40b450ccb667&tenantId=79cf2153-dcef-4e36-ab8c-89480b2366aa (accessed on 20.06.2024).
  7. Boiko O. P., Kostielova O. V. Microbiology with Basics of Immunology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 2 dated October 16, 2024). URL: https://moodle.vnu.edu.ua/course/view.php?id=2797 (accessed on 08.11.2024).
  8. Ulyanov V. O., Stepaniuk Ya. V., Titiuk O. V. Histology, Cytology and Embryology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 6 dated February 23, 2022). URL: https://volnu-my.sharepoint.com/:o:/g/personal/kostielova_olha_vnu_edu_ua/eqvme3f6cgxcspvop31bresbwpby_ffd-xxjnzrbnqrysg?... (accessed on 15.09.2023).
  9. Stepaniuk Ya. V., Ulyanov V. O., Omelkovets Ya. A., Titiuk O. V. Practical Course in Histology, Cytology and Embryology. Lutsk, 2022. 127 p.
  10. Kostielova O. V., Kondratiuk N. V. Microbiology with Basics of Virology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 2 dated October 25, 2023). URL: https://moodle.vnu.edu.ua/course/view.php?id=2554 (accessed on 04.06.2024).
  11. Zinchenko M. O. Medical Biology: Methodological Recommendations for the Course [Electronic Educational Resource] (recommended by the Scientific and Methodological Council of Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, protocol No. 10 dated June 21, 2022).

Scientific Work of the Department

Membership in Scientific Societies
  • All-Ukrainian Public Organization "Scientific Society of Anatomists, Histologists, Embryologists, and Topographical Anatomists of Ukraine"
  • International Federation of Association of Anatomists (IFAA)
  • Ukrainian Society of Microbiologists named after S. M. Vinogradsky
  • Association of Pathologists of Ukraine
  • Ukrainian Society of Neurosciences
  • Federation of European Neuroscience Societies (FENS)
  • Ukrainian Society of Geneticists and Breeders
Educational and Scientific Laboratories of the Department
Research Topics of the Department
  • Study of the morphology of the nervous system (Assoc. Prof. Yaroslav Vasylovych Stepaniuk)
  • Morphogenesis and comparative morphology of the olfactory organ of vertebrates (Assoc. Prof. Yaroslav Vasylovych Stepaniuk, Assoc. Prof. Olha Vasylivna Kostielova, Asst. Mykola Yuriyovych Mironets)
  • Features of the cytoarchitecture of human olfactory bulbs (Assoc. Prof. Yaroslav Vasylovych Stepaniuk, Asst. Olha Oleksandrivna Pokotylo)
  • Morphological changes in tissues and organs in COVID-19 (Prof. Volodymyr Oleksiyovych Ulyanov, Senior Researcher Lyudmyla Mykolaivna Solovey)
  • Autogenous vaccines as a means of mastitis prevention in cattle (Prof. Petro Kostyantynovych Boiko)
  • Mycobacterial infections in animals as an epizootiological and epidemiological issue (Prof. Petro Kostyantynovych Boiko, Olha Viktorivna Panivska)
Scientific Clubs and Problem Groups

At the educational and scientific laboratory of histology and morphogenesis, two clubs are functioning:

  • Student Scientific Histological Club (supervisor – Assoc. Prof. Yaroslav Vasylovych Stepaniuk)
  • Student Scientific Pathomorphological Club (supervisor – Senior Lecturer Lyudmyla Mykolaivna Solovey)

At the educational and scientific laboratory of microbiology:

  • Student Scientific Club of Microbiology, Virology, and Immunology (supervisor – Senior Lecturer Olha Viktorivna Panivska)

Publications of the Department of Histology and Medical Biology (2017–2024)

Practical Training of Students

Seminars

The department organized scientific and methodological seminars:

  • "Application of Micro-CT in Medical and Biological Research" [1], attended by students and faculty of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Biology and Forestry;
  • "Application of Cytological Research Methods in Forensic Biological Examinations" [2], attended by students and faculty of the Faculty of Medicine;
  • "EEG in Clinical Practice" [3], attended by students and faculty of the Faculty of Medicine and the Faculty of Biology and Forestry;
  • "Organization of Independent Student Preparation for Laboratory Work Using the 'Notebook' Feature in Microsoft Teams" [4] (Senior Lecturer O. V. Kostielova);
  • "Experience of Using Office 365 in Teaching the Course 'Histology, Cytology, and Embryology'" [5] (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk);
  • Use of the Moodle platform in teaching the elective educational component "Current Issues of Developmental Biology" for specialty 222 "Medicine" (Myronets M. Yu.).

Projects and Grant Activities

  • International project PLUA.02.01-IP.01-0119/23 "Bridges of Health: Creation of a Cross-Border Telemedicine Diagnostic and Therapeutic Platform for Doctors and Patients" under the Interreg NEXT Poland – Ukraine 2021-2027 program. The project will be implemented by July 31, 2026. Project participants include Lublin Medical University, University Clinical Hospital No.1 in Lublin, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Lesya Ukrainka Volyn National University, and Volyn Regional Clinical Hospital.
  • Grant Number G-DAA9-19-66199-1. "Establishing a TB Portal of Mycobacterium tuberculosis Cases from Ukraine," CRDF GLOBAL and the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, USA (Assoc. Prof. N. V. Kondratiuk).
  • "Cytoarchitectonic Features of Human Olfactory Bulbs" (Project number 0122U201549) (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk, Assistant O. O. Pokotylo).
  • "Morphological Changes in Tissues and Organs in COVID-19" (Project number 0122U201551) (Senior Lecturer L. M. Solovey).
  • "Morphogenesis of the Olfactory Organ of Vertebrates" (Project number 0120U101676) (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk, Assoc. Prof. O. V. Kostielova).
  • "Features of Morphogenesis of Peripheral and Central Sections of the Olfactory Analyzer and Adjacent Head Structures in Representatives of the Lacertidae Family of the Ukrainian Fauna" (Project number 0113U002219, 2013–2015) (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk).
  • Gans Collections and Charitable Fund travel grant for participation in the "International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology" (Washington) [6] (participation of master's student V. Hrubyi) (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk).
  • "Evolutionary-Morphological Aspects of Ontogenetic Variability and Diversity of Vertebrate Life Forms" (Project number 0106U000268) (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk).
  • Presidential Grant of Ukraine to support scientific research of young scientists: "Study of Morphogenesis of the Vomeronasal Organ and Olfactory Epithelium in Amphibians" (GP/F26/0193) [7] (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk).
  • Grant for publication in The Anatomical Record journal and travel grant for the International Congress of Vertebrate Morphology (Cairns, Australia, July 28 – August 1, 2023) (Assoc. Prof. Y. V. Stepaniuk, Assistant O. O. Pokotylo).

Cooperation

In order to improve the qualifications of academic staff, conduct joint scientific research, and ensure quality practical training of students, the department has established cooperation with:

  • Medical laboratory LLC "GEMO MEDICA Lutsk" (Cooperation Agreement);
  • Municipal Enterprise "Volyn Regional Pathological Anatomy Bureau" (Cooperation Agreement);
  • Rivne Scientific Research Expert-Criminalistic Center of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine (Cooperation Agreement);
  • LLC "Expert Pathomorphological Laboratory" (Cooperation Agreement);
  • Institute of Animal Biology of the NAAS of Ukraine (Cooperation Agreement);
  • Lviv National University of Veterinary Medicine and Biotechnologies named after S. Z. Gzhytskyi (Cooperation Agreement).

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