Medical Biology

The Master's specialisation in Human Biology teaches you to translate fundamental biomedical discoveries into applied clinical practice and public health issues.
The Human Biology specialisation combines fundamental human biology with clinical studies in a strong translational way. It provides you with extensive biological knowledge, and experience in working with animal and patient samples. In this way, you'll be trained to bridge the gap between biomedical research results and clinical practice.
This wouldn't be possible within the walls of the Faculty of Science. That's why there's an extensive collaboration between the Faculty of Science and university medical centers in the field of Human Biology. You'll get the best of both worlds: a thorough background in for example molecular oncology, human genetics, physiology and metabolism as well as a clinical view on diseases. This is an excellent background for a medical researcher or a job at the interface of science and society, such as a consultant, policy officer or communications advisor in the area of food or health.

How do all different types of cells each perform their own specific task? The explanation lies in the epigenome: a heritable, cell type-specific set of chromosomal modifications.
How do all different types of cells each perform their own specific task? The explanation lies in the epigenome: a heritable, cell type-specific set of chromosomal modifications, which determines cell identity and regulates gene expression.In this specialisation, you’ll look at a cell as one big and complex system. You’ll study epigenetic mechanisms during development and disease from different angles. This includes studying DNA and RNA by next-generation sequencing (epigenomics) and analysing proteins by mass spectrometry (proteomics). In addition, you‘ll be trained to design computational strategies that allow the integration of these multifaceted, high-throughput data sets into one system. You will learn how to work with state-of-the art technology in combination with biological software tools to study complete networks in cells in an unbiased manner.