Master in biochemistry and molecular and cellular biology (BBMC) Prof. Thierry Arnould thierry.arnould@unamur.be
: our strengths -Master1 -Master2 Ø Theoritical education: - A large panel of courses to be chosen, of high level, with inputs from many visiting professors (>30) from Belgium and abroad. - Several courses are taught in English (all of them in the orientation «Microbiology») Ø Practical training: - Integrated practical courses - Long master thesis (10 months) : training to become «a researcher» Ø A first professional experience: Internship of 4 months in a private company or in a research laboratory, in Belgium or abroad.
: overall organization -Master1 -Master2 Mandatrry courses 9 ECTS 9 Months 12 ECTS Master 1 Modules 30 ETCS 27 ECTS 10 11 12 Practical courses 3 2 ECTS Thesis ("mémoire") 1 2 3 4 14 15 ECTS ECTS Formation to handle laboratory animals 4 ECTS 5 6 Master 2 2nd year Thesis ("mémoire") 14 ECTS 16 ECTS Courses at choice 6 ECTS 10 ECTS Courses at choice 4 ECTS Stage 30 ECTS Months 9 Months 10 11 12 Winter school 4 ECTS 1 2 3 4 5 6
Master 1 : modules and mandatory courses * Master1 - Mandatory courses - Modules - Practi. - Thesis * Master2 Modules (22)- 9 chosen Pharmacogénétique Diagnostic moléculaire Etapes du dév. des médicaments Organismes modèles et développement Cellules souches et différenciation Biogenèse et dysfonctionnement des organites Environnement cell. et physiopath. cellulaire Cancer Inflammation Maladies liées au trafic intracellulaire Relations hôte-pathogènes Vieillissement normal et pathologique Pathologie vasculaire Génomique structurelle et fonctionnelle Biologie intégrée des maladies métaboliques Dynamique génétique : questions de survie Analyse des données biologiques à haut débit Aspects tech. et philo. des manipulations génétiques Evolution moléculaire et adaptation Glycobiologie Structure et fonction des protéines Biotechnologies Mandatory Courses
Master 1 : integrated practical courses Mandatrry courses 9 ECTS 12 ECTS Modules 30 ETCS 27 ECTS Practical courses 3 2 ECTS Thesis ("mémoire") 14 15 ECTS ECTS Formation to handle laboratory animals 4 ECTS 9 Months 10 11 12 1 2 3 4 5 6 * Master1 - Mandatory courses - Modules - Practi. - Thesis * Master2 Integrated practical courses: One whole real research project, taking place in different labs during 2 weeks, allowing to conceive and perform the experiments in order to answer a biological question: how does NF-kB regulate gene expression? Ex : to chose an amino acid to be mutated to mute the gene of interest in an expressing vector to transfect mammalian cells with plasmids to study the influence of the mutation on the cell responses
Master 2 : Courses Thesis ("mémoire") 14 ECTS 16 ECTS 9 10 11 12 Courses at choice 6 ECTS 10 ECTS 1 Courses at choice 4 ECTS Stage 30 ECTS 2 3 4 5 6 * Master1 Winter school 4 ECTS Master2 Thesis - Courses - Internship BioWin Training : GLP-GMP Good Laboratory Practices and Quality Courses to be chosen (2): parasitology programmation for biologists clinical biology cell and gene therapies analysis of organ functions in animals anti-cancer therapies philosophy of life sciences Courses to be chosen (2): management intellectual property, patents and research valorization industrial utilization of animal and plant cells human ressource management in vitro fecondation
Master 2 : Internship Thesis ("mémoire") 14 ECTS 16 ECTS Courses at choice 6 ECTS 10 ECTS Courses at choice 4 ECTS Stage 30 ECTS * Master1 9 10 11 12 Winter school 4 ECTS 1 2 3 4 5 6 Master2 Thesis - Courses - Internship Finalité approfondie: Internship in a research laboratory, in an other University than UNamur, mainly abroad Finalité spécialisée: Internship in a private company, in a spin off or in an administration, in Belgium or abroad Finalité didactique: teaching Courses and trainings in secondary schools (= AESS or «agrégation»)
Master 2 : Internship in private companies In Belgium: In Europe: Rixensart Wavre
Master 2 : Research internship Funding by ERASMUS mobility grants * Master1 Master2 Thesis - Courses - Internship
Conclusions and professional insertion Master1 Master2 Conclusions THE WHOLE FORMATION IS CHOSEN BY THE STUDENT ALL ALONG THE TWO YEAR MASTER Faculty of Medicineand Faculty of Sciences à orientation in human molecular and cellular biology Long master thesis (10 months fulltime in a laboratory), insertion in a research team Internship: professional insertion in a private company or in a research lab abroad