Molecular ans Cell Biology

Educational period: 2 years

Language: English

Form of education:Full-time

Educational program overview:

Molecular and cell biology are likely the most rapidly expanding areas in life sciences, which are now setting the fundamental basis for the modern medicine. Discoveries in molecular and cellular biology for last decade have shed light on molecular defects behind many diseases, explained genetic mechanisms of heredity and inherited abnormalities, formed foundations for molecular biotechnology, genetic engineering, biomedical cell-based techniques, explained cancer development pathways, and suggested the approached for targeted cancer therapies.

Molecular and cell biologists are the experts with the widest range of methodologies to study biomolecules and cells, who are able to understand their structure and function, research the mechanistic causes of various pathologies, and who use genetic and tissue engineering in order to develop modern medical technologies.

These specialists work in leading research centres and clinical laboratories, on a wide range of tasks from complex diagnostics and genome analysis, to cell-based treatments and correction of genetic defects.

Career Prospects:

Molecular and cell biologists are now needed all around the world, and therefore this job is international. FEFU graduates with molecular and cell biology expertise are employed in many countries, including research divisions of the leading companies, working in medicine, pharma, and biotech, research institutes, clinics, and top world’s universities (Top-20 and Top-100 World University Ranking).

Being our graduate in this subject area, You will be employable wherever there is a need for creative thinking and original decisions based on the fundamental knowledge in biomedicine, molecular mechanisms, and innovative solutions in molecular and cell research, for the better futures of the humanity and the planet in general.

Why Institute of Life Sciences and Biomedicine?

The training is organized on the basis of the Department of Medical Biology and Biotechnology and the Center for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine, the laboratories of which are equipped with unique equipment for studying molecules and cells, carrying out drug development, and performing preclinical tests of medical and pharmaceutical technologies. We develop project-oriented learning.

We encourage academic exchange and internships at the best universities and companies in the world.

We develop large international projects in the field of medical biotechnology, marine biotechnology, biotechnology and plant pharmacology.

With us you will learn:

• methods for analysing the structure and properties of biopolymers, based on molecular cloning, sequencing, big data analysis and bioinformatics, mass spectrometry, biophysical methods for studying of molecular interactions and the molecular recognitions;
• principles and approaches of synthetic biology, genetic engineering, recombinant DNA and RNA manipulation techniques, and genome editing;
• modern methods of optical, electron, and atomic force microscoy, fluorescence-activated cell sorting and analyses, high-content microscopy, molecular analysis of structure and functions of the subcellular structures, molecular hybridisation and immuno-histochemistry;
• technologies involved in cell and tissue bioengineering, based on mapping of living cells, stem cells applications, development of the bio-artificial organs and tissues, development and application of bio-compatible materials, and bioprinting.

Core Subjects:

• Molecular Biology
• Bioinformatics
• Biostatistics
• Synergetics
• Molecular Biology of the Cell
• Immunology
• Molecular Genetics and Human Genetics
• Molecular Modeling and Big Data Analysis in Biology
• Biomedical Cell Technologies
• Medical and Pharmaceutical Biotechnology
• Molecular Bioengineering
• Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms in Cancer
• Methods of Molecular and Cell Diagnostics
• Neuroscience
• Cell Reproduction and Differentiation
• R&D Commercialization and Technology Transfer

Main teachers:

Shevtzov Maxim, PhD, is leading the Centre for Genomic and Regenerative Medicine. Professor, expert in molecular oncology, molecular-cell biology, nanosystems of medical purpuse biology, with working experience in leading scientific centers in Russia and Germany.

Yevgeny BalakirevPhD, Professor at the Department of Medical Biology and Biotechnology, Leading Researcher at the National Scientific Center for Marine Biology, Far Eastern Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, famous geneticist, author of numerous publications in leading international scientific journals with vast experience of international scientific projects.

Stenkova Anna, PhD, Associate Professor, senior researcher of the DNA Diagnostics laboratory, specialized in molecular genetics of microorganisms, human genetics.

Shved Nikita, PhD, Associate Professor, specialized in cell biology and cell engineering, robotic technologies of cultivation and cell analysis.

Goncharov Nikolay, PhD, senior lecturer, specialized in genetic engineering, long trainee in National Cancer Institute, National Instituteы of Health.

Handy Maria, PhD, Associate Professor, specialized in plants biotechnology , development of cell cultures producing biologically active substances.

Main Experts:

Vladimir Katanaev, PhD, is leading the FEFU Laboratory for Pharmacology of the Natural Molecules, also holds a post of the Professor at the University of Geneva (Switzerland), molecular and cell biologist, specializing in the development of novel anti-cancer therapies, cell signalling in normal cells and disease, author of numerous publications in leading international journals – Cell, Nature Communications, Development, and others.

Viktor Bulgakov, PhD, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Professor, Head of the Laboratory of Bioengineering at the Federal Scientific Center for Terrestrial Biodiversity of East Asia, a well-known molecular plant biotechnologist, pharmacist, specialist in genetic engineering and cell technologies, who specializes in the creation of biotechnological systems for the production of biologically active compounds and pharmaceuticals. He is the author of numerous publications in high-ranking international scientific journals.

Mikhail Skoblov, Ph.D., Head of the FEFU Genomic Medicine Laboratory, also holds a post of the Head of the Functional Genomics Laboratory of the Medical Genetic Research Center (Moscow), top expert in medical genetics, genomics, and bioinformatics, author of highly cited research papers in leading international magazines.