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MSc Coordinator of the Master in Genetics and Development
Prof. Dr. Alex Hajnal (alex.hajnal * mls.uzh.ch)
Study Coordinator
Dr. Karin Isler (studienkoordination * biol.uzh.ch)
OVERVIEW
Genetics describes the functions and inheritance of genes. Moreover, genetic techniques are used to investigate fundamental biological processes such as development, growth, aging, metabolism and behavior. Molecular genetics provides a basis for studying the diversity and evolution of all living organisms and is increasingly applied in the diagnostics of many human diseases. In the Master's program in Genetics and Development, students obtain detailed insight into the state-of-the-art methods in Molecular Genetics, Genomics and Developmental Biology. The ethical implications of newly emerging technologies are discussed.
MASTER'S DEGREE COURSE
The central element of the program is the Concepts lecture in Modern Genetics and Genomics combined with one of the two seven-week block courses in Modern Genetics and Genomics and Experimental Developmental Biology. These two laboratory courses give students an introduction to both theory and experimental practice in Genetics and Developmental Biology using different animal model organisms (fruit fly, Drosophila melanogaster; threadworm, Caenorhabditis elegans, and zebrafish Danio rerio). By performing individual research projects, students get to know the different research groups and the methods they use. The students expand on this knowledge in additional, freely selectable modules (lectures and courses on subjects including developmental biology, molecular biology and human genetics). During their Master's thesis, students experimentally investigate a biological or medical question in one of the research groups participating in this Master's program.
GUIDELINES
Compulsory courses:
| BIO 348 | 06 ECTS | Concepts of Modern Genetics |
| and one of the two Block courses: | ||
| BIO 323 | 12 ECTS | Modern Genetics and Genomics |
| BIO 326 | 12 ECTS | Modern Concepts in Animal Development, Evolution and Disease (previously: Experimental Developmental Biology) |
| and | ||
| BIO 338 | 00 ECTS | Introduction to Scientific Writing (one day in September or February). The module should be taken before writing the Master’s Thesis. |
Strongly recommended:
| BIO 347 | 03 ECTS | Concepts in Developmental Biology: from Cells to Animals |
| BIO 557 | 02 ECTS | Scientific Writing and Experimental Design for Life Sciences |
Recommended lectures:
| BCH 252 | 03 ECTS | RNA & Proteins: Post-Transcriptional Regulation of Gene Expression |
| BIO 243 | 03 ECTS | Epigenetics |
| BIO 254 | 03 ECTS | Functional Genomics |
| BIO 257 | 03 ECTS | DNA Metabolism and Cancer |
| BIO 336 | 02 ECTS | From DNA to Diversity: the Evolution of Multicellular Organisms |
| BIO 344 | 03 ECTS | Development of the Nervous System |
| BIO 360 | 02 ECTS | Topics in Neurogenetics |
| BIO 388 | 02 ECTS | Human Genetics |
| BIO 390 | 03 ECTS | Introduction to Bioinformatics |
| BIO 416 | 03 ECTS | Microscopy |
| BME 320 | 01 ECTS | Forensic Genetics |
| BME 327 | 02 ECTS | Current Approaches in Single Cell Analysis |
Recommended block courses:
| BIO 205 | 06 ECTS | Evol. Genetics & Genomics of Humans & other Primates |
| BIO 244 | 06 ECTS | Signal Transduction and Cancer |
| BIO 245 | 06 ECTS | Cell Signalling |
| BIO 253 | 06 ECTS | Research Cycle in Genomics |
| BIO 255 | 06 ECTS | Cancer Epigenetics |
| BIO 260 | 06 ECTS | Molecular Biology Course for Biology and Medicine |
| BIO 285 | 06 ECTS | Genetic & Epigenetic Control of Plant Development |
| BIO 286 | 06 ECTS | Plant Sensing |
| BIO 288 | 06 ECTS | Mechanisms of Plant Disease Resistance against Fungal Pathogens |
| BIO 294 | 06 ECTS | Bioinformatics for Comparative and Evolutionary Genomics |
| BIO 321 | 06 ECTS | Modern Microscopy in Life Science Research |
| BIO 325 | 06 ECTS | Systems Dynamics in Cell and Developmental Biology |
| BIO 373 | 06 ECTS | Next Generation Sequencing for Evolutionary Functional Genomics |
| BIO 392 | 06 ECTS | Bioinformatics of Molecular Sequence Variations |
| BIO 407 | 06 ECTS | Practical Microscopy |
| BIO 413 | 06 ECTS | Genome Modification in the Mouse |
| BME 308 | 06 ECTS | Human Molecular Genetics |
Master’s thesis in Genetics and Development: BIO 503
RESEARCH GROUPS LEADERS FOR MASTER THESES
| Prof. Dr. | Bachmann-Gagescu Ruxandra |
| Prof. Dr. | Basler Konrad |
| Prof. Dr. | Bischof Sylvain |
| Dr. | Bopp Daniel |
| Prof. Dr. | Brunner Damian |
| Prof. Dr. | Grossniklaus Ueli |
| Prof. Dr. | Hajnal Alex |
| Prof. Dr. | Keller Beat |
| Prof. Dr. | Mosimann Christian |
| Prof. Dr. | Müller Martin |
| Prof. Dr. | Neuhauss Stephan |
| Prof. Dr. | Polymenidou Magdalini |
| Prof. Dr. | Simonini Sara |
| Prof. Dr. | Stoeckli Esther |
