Science without Borders - Advanced Biomedicine
Are you interested in biomedical experimental research? Do you want to learn more about diseases and understand why some people become sick while others don’t? In that case we recommend Advanced Biomedicine.
The course package provides you with up-to-date knowledge in biomedicine and hands-on experience of experimental research. The course package provides an excellent basis for future academic studies in the medical area, for professional work in medical and pharmaceutical industry and for work within healthcare authorities.
The first part of Advanced Biomedicine consists of an advanced course based on four areas of excellence at Umeå University: infection, cancer, metabolic disease and neurobiology. All teachers are professional researchers and your studies will be based on topical scientific literature. In this course you will also be trained in bioinformatics, biostatistics, theory of knowledge and ethics.
The second part of your studies is dedicated to hands-on practical and theoretical training of modern biomedical and molecular biology techniques and their application in relevant medical research. The course Protein design and function focuses on recombinant DNA technology and isolation and characterization of proteins.
The course structure has emphasis on individual training to provide detailed knowledge in how to design experimental strategies and translate them into experiments. The teachers you’ll meet are leading scientists and you will continuously build your own scientific network. You will also be trained in documentation, evaluation of your results and to present your work in various scientific formats.
