Medical Biology: Medical Biochemistry and Biotechnology

During the past century unprecedented advances have been made in the area of biochemistry and metabolic diseases. 

The programme is looking for students who:

• are interested in metabolic disorders and human functioning at the molecular and cellular level in the maintenance of health and development of disease.
• have a keen interest on how (micro) organisms interact with their environment and when which genes are expressed to deal with changing environmental conditions.
• want to cover topics ranging from prevention of metabolic disorders to microbial food safety, medical infections and obesity development with linked chronic disorders such as diabetes type 2 and atherosclerosis.
• enjoy doing laboratorial experiments,
• are enthusiastic, creative and accurate.