Here you can download my current lectures delivered during the winter semester 2024/2025 at the Medical University of Sofia. For accessing them you will need a PDF viewer, e.g. Adobe Reader (download is free). Click on the titles to download the slides

Medicine BG

• Introduction to Cell Biology and Methods Used in Histology [download]
• ell Hierarchy & Chemical Composition [download]
• Cell Membrane [download]
• Membranous Organelles [download]
• The Cell Nucleus [download]
• Nonmembranous Organelles, Cytoskeleton & Cell Inclusions [download]
• Cell Physiology [download]

• Epithelial Tissue [download]
• Connective Tissue 1 [download]
• Connective Tissue 2 [download]
• Connective Tissue 3_Blood Plasma and Cells [download]
• Hematopoiesis [download]
• Muscle Tissue [download]
• Nerve Tissue 1 [download]
• Nerve Tissue 2 [download]

• Embryology: Male Reproductive Tissue [download]
• Female Reproductive Tissue [download]
• Fertilization & Early Embryogenesis [download]
• Late Embryonic & Fetal Periods [download]
• Twinning and Teratology [download]

Dental Medicine EN

• Spinal Cord & Spinal Nerves [download]
• Medulla Oblongata&Pons [download]
• Midbrain&Cerebellum [download]
• Diencephalon [download]
• Telencephalon [download]
• CNS Pathways [download]
• Cranial Nerves [download]
• Autonomic Nervous System [download]
• Sense Organs_Gustatory & Olfactory Apparatus [download]
• The Eye [download]
• The Ear [download]

• Topographic Anatomy of the Head [download]
• Topographic Anatomy of the Neck [download]

Dental Medicine BG

• Introduction to Cell Biology_Cell Hierarchy & Chemical Composition [download]
• Cell Membrane [download]
• Membranous Organelles [download]
• The Cell Nucleus [download]
• Nonmembranous Organelles, Cytoskeleton & Cell Inclusions [download]
• Cell Physiology [download]

• Epithelial Tissue [download]
• Connective Tissue 1 [download]
• Connective Tissue 2 [download]
• Connective Tissue 3_Blood [download]
• Muscle Tissue [download]
• Nerve Tissue [download]

• Embryology: Reproductive Tissue [download]
• Fertilization & Embryogenesis [download]
• Late Embryonic and Fetal Periods, Twinning and Teratology [download]

Medicine EN

• Introduction to Cell Biology [download]
• Methods of Histological Study [download]
• Cell Hierarchy & Chemical Composition [download]
• The Cell Membrane [download]
• Membranous Organelles [download]
• The Cell Nucleus [download]
• Nonmembranous Organelles, Cytoskeleton & Cell Inclusions [download]
• Cell Physiology [download]

• Epithelial Tissue [download]
• Connective Tissue 1 [download]
• Connective Tissue 2 [download]
• Connective Tissue 3_Blood Plasma and Cells [download]
• Hematopoiesis [download]
• Muscle Tissue [download]
• Nerve Tissue 1 [download]
• Nerve Tissue 2 [download]

• Introduction to Embryology & Gametogenesis [download]
• Fertilization & Early Embryogenesis [download]
• Late Embryonic & Fetal Periods [download]
• Twinning & Teratology [download]

Contact Information

Telephone
+359-2-9172 525

FAX
+359-2-8518 783

Postal address
Nikolai E. Lazarov, MD, PhD, DSc
Professor of Anatomy and Cell Neurobiology
Department of Anatomy and Histology
Medical University - Sofia
2, Zdrave Street
BG-1431 Sofia, Bulgaria

Electronic mail
nlazarov@medfac.mu-sofia.bg

Awards and Honours

1993 COPERNICUS-Fellow; grant ERB3510PL922161 from the Commission of the European Communities; University of Ulm, Germany

1994 Commission of the European Communities; grant CIPA-CT93-0205 (DG 12 HSMU) from the EEC and Universitair Centrum Antwerpen, Belgium; Research Project 'Functional Morphology of the Autonomic Nervous System', University of Antwerp RUCA, Belgium

1995-1997 AvH Fellow; grant 1015945 from the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation; Research Project "The Significance of Dopaminergic and Glutamate Afferents for the Differentiation of the Striatum", University of Ulm, Germany

1997 The First Bulgarian Anatomical Society Dimitri Kadanoff Memorial Award

1998 M.R.C. Visiting Professor, Leiden University, The Netherlands

1999 The First Award of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria

2000 Visiting Professor, University of Ulm, Germany

2003 The First Award for Scientific Merits of the Union of Scientists in Bulgaria

2003 International Scientist of the Year

2004-2005 AvH Fellow; Research Project: "Expression of Receptors: Focus on Histamine Receptors in the Petrosal Ganglion", University of Munich, Germany

2006, 2007 Visiting Professor, University of Munich, Germany

2010 The Medical University-Sofia "Orahovatz" Award for Outstanding Contributions to Fundamental Science

2019 The Medical University of Sofia PANACEA Prize for special contributions to realization of teaching, research and expert activity

2019 The Pythagoras Award of the Bulgarian Ministry of Education and Science for Distinguished Scientist in Health and Medical Sciences

2021 Visiting Professor, University of Bern, Switzerland