In the Master of Science education, you choose between two
study directions of each two years. The education is finalised
with an original research (thesis research) of which you are
entirely and solely responsible, but with intense guidance.
When you graduate, you will have a thorough knowledge
of biological sciences which you can use for a further
study of "life" (research career), but also
to practice these modern techniques in the corporate
world.
Profile Genetics, Cell and Developmental Biology
This profile is aimed at constructing a thorough understanding
of living organisms. You learn about cell functions, the building blocks
of an organism, stem cells, interactions between cells and tissues during
the embryonic development, cellular processes which normally occur, but
also about the "errors" which can occur during the lifespan
of an organism. You will also be confronted with the multiple fundamental
and applied aspects of genetics. Thanks to the state-of-the-art approach
of the fast evolving molecular biology techniques you will be strongly
formed as molecular biologist, geneticist, cell biologist and developmental
biologist.
You
will learn to use uni- and multicellular model organisms such as micro-organisms,
plants, cell lines, animals and the human being to study the basic functions
of the organisms (fundamental research) but also to alter their characteristics
(applied research, medical applications). You will acquire skills in
genotoxicology, biomonitoring, molecular screening, mutagenesis, carcinogenesis,
but also on the level of population genetics, conservation genetics en
the growth and development of man. Considering the thorough biological
insight of these biologists, they are very much appraised in corporate
research departments, clinical laboratories and research institutions,
as well as teachers in the secondary and higher education programmes.
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Profile Environmental Biology: biodiversity and ecosystems
This profile is aimed at the development of a driven knowledge
of the relations between fauna, flora, micro-organisms and ecosystems.
Attention is given to environmental biology in its broadest sense which
will allow you as future biologist to acquire nature-historical knowledge
during international and national fieldwork. In combination with indispensable
laboratory techniques (i.e. physico-chemical analysis and DNA research)
and technologies (i.e. teledetection, GIS, computer models) you will
be trained in acquiring a scientific holistic image on the nature around
us and of life in its historical (geological timescale) and evolutionary
perspective. A graduate in this study direction knows to estimate the
amplitude of the nature and environmental problematics, to analyse the
consequences on biodiversity and ecosystems, to follow the steering processes
on a large scale (ecosystems) and on a small scale (survival of the organism
and evolution), and to reach plans for a natural recovery. You will be
strongly formed as ecologist, zoologist, botanist, marine biologist,
limnologist and evolution biologist. You will be able to work in fundamental
and terrain linked scientific research at universities and research institutions,
in applications necessary in management (government), in environmental
bureaus, in the corporate world and of course as a teacher in secondary
and higher education.
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