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Module Guide from winter term 2019/20

Modul EW4210-KP05

Omics in Nutritional Medicine (Nugenom)

Duration:


1 Semester
Turnus of offer:


each summer semester
Credit points:


5
Course of studies, specific field and terms:
  • Master Nutritional Medicine 2023 (compulsory), Nutritional Sciences, 2nd semester
  • Master Nutritional Medicine 2019 (compulsory), Nutritional Sciences, 2nd semester
Classes and lectures:
  • Nutrigenomics (seminar, 2 SWS)
  • Nutrigenomics (lecture, 2 SWS)
Workload:
  • 60 Hours in-classroom work
  • 60 Hours private studies
  • 10 Hours exam preparation
Contents of teaching:
  • Genomics
  • Transcriptomics
  • Nutrigenomics
  • Proteomics
  • Metabolomics
  • Culturomics
  • Models in nutritional medicine (incl. animal models)
Qualification-goals/Competencies:
  • Students will get knowledge about the concepts of personalized nutrition
  • They will develop advanced knowledge of the methods used in nutrigenomics
  • They will develop advanced knowledge of epigenetics and transcriptional regulation
  • They will get to know associated target genes of different diseases
  • They will develop skills of oral presentation
Grading through:
  • written exam
Responsible for this module:
  • Dr. rer. nat. Anna Kordowski
Teachers:
  • Institute of Nutrition Medicine
Literature:
  • Claude Bouchard and Jose M. Ordovas: Recent adventages in nutrigenetics and nutrigenomics - Elsevier Verlag (2012)
  • Lynnette R. Ferguson: Nutrigenomics and Nutrigenetics in Functional Foods and Personalized Nutrition - CRC Press (2013)
  • : - Current literature
Language:
  • offered only in English
Notes:

Admission requirements for taking the module:
- none

Admission requirements for the module examination(s):
-Successful completion of exercises as specified at the beginning of the semester

Module examination(s):
- EW4210-L1 Omics in Nutritional Medicine, written exam, 90 min, 100 % of the grade


The seminar will be the project oriented work and the successful completion will be required to be able to take part in the exam.

Letzte Änderung:
19.4.2021