Master in Molecular Life and Health Sciences

Neurobiology

The brain remains one of the biggest unresolved mysteries in life sciences. This orientation  focusses on the nervous system, exploring how it functions on different conceptual levels, ranging from genes and genetics, over behaviour and circuits to neurodegeneration. The animal models used include the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster, the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the cnidarian Nematostella vectensis and the mouse. Research groups engage integrative approaches to investigate neural stem cells and cancer, cell differentiation and connectivity, sensory systems, behaviour, learning & memory and neurodegeneration. The tools employed are molecular genetics, molecular biology, protein analysis, microscopy and imaging, behavioural analysis and many more.