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Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology with focus Research (Charleroi)
- academic year2023-2024This programme is organized in several flavours.
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Programme titleMaster in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology with focus Research (Charleroi)
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Programme mnemonicM-BMOLC
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Programme organised by
- Faculty of Sciences
- Université de Mons
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Degree typeMaster 120 credits
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Tier2nd cycle
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Field and branch of studySciences and technics/Sciences
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Schedule typeDaytime
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Languages of instructionenglish / french
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Theoretical programme duration2 years
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CampusCampus Biopark Gosselies/UMons
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Category / TopicSciences and technics - Agronomy and bioengineering
- Jury PresidentMélanie BOECKSTAENS
- Jury SecretaryLionel TAFFOREAU
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Degree typeMaster 120 credits
Theoretical programme duration2 years
Learning language(s)english / french
Schedule typeDaytime
CampusCampus Biopark Gosselies/UMons
Category(ies) - Topic(s)Sciences and technics - Agronomy and bioengineering
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Programme objectives
The ULB-UMONS Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology is organized in Charleroi. The lectures will be followed remotely, and the practical courses will take place in the laboratories of ULB in Gosselies or of UMONS. This Master focuses on the molecular and cellular understanding of organisms, both unicellular and multicellular. This programme covers many areas of life sciences such as biochemistry, cell biology, genetics, microbiology and molecular biology. In addition, this Master specifically addresses techniques related to molecular imaging.
Teaching team and methods
- Regular classes, lectures (28%)
- Practical training activities in research laboratories (8%)
- Face-to-face exercises (5%)
- Personal assignments (8%, including writing laboratory reports and journal club presentations)
- Laboratory internship (14%)
- Master's dissertation and personal assignments (37%)
Programme's added value
The ULB-UMONS Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cell Biology will allow:
- To build, develop and maintain knowledge in this field and its related disciplines;
- To act as a scientific actor for the resolution of complex problems;
- To design and implement scientific research projects;
- To communicate in a language adapted to the context and to the public nature;
- To develop in compliance with the ethical rules related to the field of expertise;
- To have legal training in the use of laboratory animals.
Please note that the learner will acquire their skills through:
- Lectures followed remotely. Either from the student's home, or from a classroom in Charleroi;
- Practical courses and exercises at UMONS or at the Biopark (IBMM, CMMI), located in Gosselies, near Charleroi (https://biopark.be/en). The Biopark is a centre of excellence in molecular biology, hosting 700 researchers with expertise on a wide array of topics. The Biopark includes academic departments, spin offs, and pharmaceutical companies, on a campus that offers attractive possibilities for research-intensive programmes. This campus therefore offers many possibilities in terms of training and employment
- A laboratory internship
- A Master thesis: students are required to conduct original research projects in faculty laboratories, and to attend and host research seminars.
International / Openness
1st year: Erasmus exchange programme (for 1 or 2 terms)
2nd year: opportunity to complete the work placement and/or dissertation in a foreign country.
Active participation of teachers from the Centre of Microscopy and Molecular Imaging (CMMI)
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What's next ?
Prospects
Scientific research (in companies, universities, hospitals, etc.)
Training (teaching biology or chemistry in school) or continuing education
Management and/or communication in the fields of health, biotechnologies, food processing, clinical research, quality control, etc.
Graduates in BBMC can pursue the following careers:
- Research in private companies (pharmacology, biotechnologies, food processing, etc.)
- Academic research (universities, high schools)
- Teaching in secondary schools or higher education institutions
- Continuing education
- Communication and/or scientific publishing
- Forensic science analysis
- Organising science outreach or awareness activities
- Scientific counselling for products within a company
- Quality control (hospitals, private companies, public QC services, etc.)
- Monitoring analyses in the fields of biodiversity, bioremediation, biosafety, etc. ic services of control of quality, …)
- Person in charge of monitoring analyses in the fields of biodiversity, bioremediation, biosafety, …