Department of Histology and Medical Biology

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)

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’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

• Petro Kostiantynovych Boiko, Doctor of Veterinary Sciences;
• Yaroslav Vasyliovych Stepaniuk, PhD in Biology.

Associate Professors

• Olha Vasylivna Kostiielova, PhD in Biology.
  

Senior Lecturers

• Olha Viktorivna Panivska.
  

Assistants

• Maryna Yuriyivna Myronets.
  

Part-time staff

Associate Professors

• Mariia Oleksandrivna Zinchenko, PhD in Biology.
  

Senior Lecturers

• Oksana Petrivna Boiko, PhD in Veterinary Sciences;
• Liudmyla Mykolaivna Solovey.
  

Educational support staff
Senior Laboratory Assistants:

• Olha Olehivna Pokotylo.
  
• Nina Viktorivna Tarasiuk.
  

PhD students:

• Olha Viktorivna Panivska
• Olha Olehivna Pokotylo
• Maryna Yuriyivna Myronets
• Bohdan Andriyovych Poruchynskyi.
  

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.