First Year in the Master’s Programme

The first year of the Master’s programme is divided into five units over two semesters for 60 European Credit Transfer System (ECTS) credits.

Content:

• Biochemistry (3 credits)
• Cell Biology (3 credits)
• Genetics (3 credits)
• Molecular Biology (4 credits)
• Plant Phenomics (4 credits)
• Introduction to Bioinformatics and Systems Biology (4 credits)

Applied genetics I (9.0 ECTS)

Content:

• Molecular Breeding (3 credits)
• DNA methods for Authentication and Traceability of Agricultural and Food products (3 credits)
• Genetic Association Studies (3 credits)

Arabidopsis Genetics (9.0 ECTS)

Content:

• Principles of Arabidopsis Genetics (3 credits)
• Mutant Analysis of Arabidopsis (3 credits)
• Arabidopsis Transformation and Analysis of Transgenic Plants (3 credits)

Horticultural biotechnology (18.0 ECTS)

Content:

• Molecular Biology of Ethylene (3 credits)
• Molecular Biology of Fruit Ripening (3 credits)
• Phytonutrients: Production/Regulation and Human Health (4 credits)
• Nutritional Genomics (3 credits)
• CA Storage and Molecular Basis of Hypoxia and Laboratory (5 credits)

Extended Essay (3.0 ECTS)

Content:

• Extended Essay

Second Year in the Master’s Programme

Project - 9 months duration (60 ECTS).

Students develop the ability to design hypotheses and test them through experimentation, to clearly communicate re search outputs and ideas, and to write scientific English. In addition, they become competent in a wide range of plant molecular biology and biotechnology techniques, such as plant nucleic acid extractions, gene expression analysis, transgenic plant analysis, and the use of basic bioinformatics tools, cloning techniques, and genetic concepts for mutants.

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