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Curriculum of Medical Epigenomics
The Master’s specialisation in Medical Epigenomics is taught at the Faculty of Science. It has a course load of 120 EC (two years). The programme consists of compulsory courses, supplemented by electives, a review article and research proposal, and two internships at a research department within Radboud University or somewhere else.
About this study curriculum
The course overview is an indication of the study programme of the academic year 2023-2024. Are you a current student, please consult the online course guide for your course overview.
Course overview
The structure of your programme is as follows:
- Compulsory courses (15 EC)
- Electives (21 EC)
- Review article (6 EC)
- Research proposal (6 EC)
- Two internships (2 x 36 EC)
- P1
- P1
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
- P1
- P2
- P3
- P4
Your core curriculum is supplemented by electives. The elective programme consists of Natural Science electives, a Philosophy elective and Free electives. You’re free to compose this programme as you wish, provided that the level and coherence is sufficient for the Examination Board.
Natural Science electives (12 EC)
You need to choose at least one course from a list of selected electives for Medical Biology. The remaining EC can be filled with academic courses within the field of natural sciences. You can also choose to use 6 EC as extension of your internship.
Philosophy elective (3 EC)
Choose one Philosophy course from a set list of Science Philosophy electives.
Free electives (6 EC)
You can add 6 EC of electives as any course taught at Radboud University, another Dutch university or abroad.
You’ll perform one research internship on systems biology, molecular genetics or molecular epigenetics, during which you’ll learn to work with big data sets. This internship will take place at the Radboud Institute for Molecular Life sciences (RIMLS), Faculty of Science or the Radboud university medical center (Radboudumc). Possible departments are:
- Molecular Biology
- Cell Biology
- Molecular Developmental Biology
- Human Genetics
The second internship can take place at:
- A RIMLS, Radboud university medical centre or Faculty of Science department (these departments will be listed in the online prospectus).
- Another university in the Netherlands or abroad. You can for example apply for a grant to perform an internship at the Max Planck Gesellschaft, one of the world's most renowned research institutes.
- Or the research department of a company working in a related field.
Possible research topics are:
- Comparing the epigenome of blood cells and leukaemic cells
- Studying dynamic protein-protein interactions during stem cell differentiation
- Studying the dynamic epigenome of the malaria parasite
- Manipulating cells using CRISPR-Cas9 followed by functional experiments
- Studying cancer using organoid models
- Studying the effects of ‘epi-drugs’ on cancer cells
- Studying early development of model organisms (zebra fish, clawed frog)
For suggestions, you can confer with our teaching staff or the student advisor.