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Molecular and Health Biology

Master Degree
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  • Aveiro (PT)
  • Heidelberg (DE)
  • La Coruña (ES)
  • Liegi (BE)
  • Madrid (ES)
  • Salford (UK)
  • Suffolk (UK)
  • Tenerife (ES)
  • Würzburg (DE)
  • Università di La Coruña (ES)
  • Università di Scienze Applicate di Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (DE)

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What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

The Master Degree Course aims to prepare students to work in fields that require advanced knowledge of molecular, cellular, and physiological processes, in particular related to human health. The Master Degree Course provides students with an advanced preparation program to give scientifically and professionally comprehensive answers to various biological problems using modern biomolecular techniques. The Master Degree Course offers the opportunity to acquire skills regarding cellular, biochemical, and physiological processes in prokaryotes and eukaryotes, including humans, as well as processes related to the causes of human health alterations at the molecular, cellular, and organ levels. The student can choose the molecular curriculum to give more insights into cellular and molecular biology or the health curriculum to acquire a broader knowledge about the factors affecting human health.

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What do you learn?

The Master Degree Course graduate in Molecular Biology and Health acquires advanced knowledge of biological phenomena, at the molecular, cellular, and functional levels. The student will be able to understand the alterations of molecular and biochemical processes in pathophysiological conditions. The student can choose a curriculum that can be personalized by adding 12 CFUs of optional subjects of interest from other Master Degree Courses. The student can acquire deep knowledge of molecular genetics and functional genomics, recombinant technologies and related bioinformatic applications, and biophysical methods for cell and macromolecule studies. Alternatively, the student can decide to deepen the knowledge of factors influencing human health with subjects such as pharmacology and nutrition physiology. Students will acquire laboratory skills by attending the thesis internship during the 2nd year of the Master Degree Course.

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What can you do with it?

Graduates will be able to use the knowledge acquired during the Master Degree Course both in basic research laboratories and in laboratories in the health sector (environmentalist, nutritionist, pharmacologist). Graduates can use their skills in different sectors, such as industry, health, and public administration, as well as in private analysis laboratories and the scientific communication field. The Master Degree Course is a valuable cultural basis for many PhD programs dealing with Life Sciences.