Major Genetics & Developmental Biology
Spokesperson: Prof. Dr. Ralf Baumeister, Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Driever
The Major Genetics and Developmental Biology provides training in genetics and molecular biology as basis to understand growth, differentiation and regeneration as well as cancer in biomedically relevant model organisms. During the first year, two integrated modules focus on general and human genetics, genomics and epigenetics, as well as regulation, signaling and developmental mechanisms. Technical training includes molecular and cellular biology, imaging techniques, computational biology and systems biology. The second semester offers a choice of modules on different developmental biology topics as well as genetic and cellular disease mechanisms. In the second year students elect on focus area: (1) Molecular Mechanisms of Development: stem cell biology, pattern formation, cell communication, transcriptional networks, morphogenesis, organogenesis and regeneration biology. (2) Neural development and related disease mechanisms. (3) molecular genetics and cell biology of stress, cellular aging and degeneration. Basic research as well as applied and biomedically oriented laboratories offer opportunities for Master theses.
Content and structure of the M.Sc. Biology - Major Genetics and Developmental Biology
| Experimental Design and Statistics | 3 ECTS | ||
Orientation module “Genetics and Developmental Biology” (OM-02)
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9 ECTS | ||
Orientation module offered by other Majors
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9 ECTS | ||
Orientation module offered by other Majors
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9 ECTS |
| Methods and Approaches in Current Genetics and Developmental Biology (SP1-02) * |
12 ECTS | ||
| Molecular Mechanisms of Animal Development ** | 9 ECTS | ||
| Cell Biology of Cellular Stress, Ageing and Disease ** | 9 ECTS | ||
| Developmental Neurosciences ** | 9 ECTS | ||
| Molecular Developmental Biology of Plants ** | 9 ECTS | ||
| Molecular Signaling Mechanisms in Plants ** | 9 ECTS | ||
| Bioinformatics ** | 9 ECTS | ||
| Plant biotechnology ** | 9 ECTS | ||
| Cell biology ** | 9 ECTS | ||
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9 ECTS |
⇒ Module guide "Major modules I"
⇒ Module guide "Elective modules"
* Any mandatory 12 ECTS module from other majors in the M.Sc. Biology curriculum can be chosen provided that it is considered reasonable in combination with the other modules chosen in this major.
** Any elective 9 ECTS module from other majors in the M.Sc. Biology curriculum can be chosen provided that it is considered reasonable in combination with the other modules chosen in this major.
| Developmental Neurobiology | 21 ECTS | ||
| Developmental Biology | 21 ECTS | ||
| Molecular Genetics and Signalling in Prokaryotic Organisms | 21 ECTS | ||
| Advanced molecular genetics of eukaryotic organisms | 21 ECTS | ||
Project module
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9 ECTS |
Master thesis
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24 ECTS | ||
Master thesis seminar
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6 ECTS |
| ⇐ Translational Biology | M.Sc. Biology | Immunobiology ⇒ |