120 credits The rapid decline of ecosystems results in a global loss of biodiversity and thus there is an increasing demand for people working with environmental management. On the master’s programme in conservation biology, you will learn how to use modern ecology and genetics within management and restoration, as well as in studies on the loss of biological diversity. You will gain insight into

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/masters-degree-programmes/master-programme-conservation-biology - 2025-09-05

The Department of Biology has a common policy for how to prevent and handle cheating, and at the same time encourage independent and academic thinking among the students. It is important for you as a student to understand not only that cheating is ’’formally’’ wrong and may have grave consequences, but also that it prevents your own development in thinking and working in an academic way. To ensure

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/plagiarism-and-cheating - 2025-09-05

This information will hopefully help you to get around in the Department of Biology. The department includes the Biology building (Sölvegatan 35) and the Ecology building (Sölvegatan 37). Access to our Buildings Biology buildingSölvegatan 35.The main entrance is A1, reached and visible from Sölvegatan and open until 17:00. Entrances B1 and D1, which are situated in the passage between houses B and

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/localities-access-and-regulations - 2025-09-05

The purpose of the safety regulations is to minimise the risks resulting in ill health and accidents associated with laboratory and fieldwork. General work regulationsAt the course introduction, you will get information regarding:House-specific safety rulesEmergency exitsEvacuation routesEmergency showersFor all course components involving lab- or field-work , a risk assessment has to be done in a

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Some IT start-up-help for students at the Department of Biology The Student Portal To login in the student portal at student.lu.se, use your Stil account, don’t forget the ending part “-s”. Wireless network – Eduroam How to connect to Eduroam, first method Go to the wifi-list in your device and pick Eduroam. You will be prompted to type in a username and password. Use your stil-account, in this ca

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This information was updated on December 19, 2022. There are no longer any covid-19 restrictions, so teaching is back to normal. This means that campus courses are given on campus and no general on-line alternatives are available. It is still important that you stay home when you are sick. Inform your course leader so arrangements for compulsory components can be made. If you are not fully vaccina

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/coronacovid-19-and-education-department-biology - 2025-09-05

120 credits This Master’s programme is aimed at students who want to understand how evolution works – and why it matters. The programme provides an ideal foundation for doctoral studies as well as professions outside of academia. How do biological systems evolve? On the Master’s programme in Evolutionary Biology you will learn how to unravel the history of life by examining diversification, adapta

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/masters-degree-programmes/masters-programme-evolutionary-biology - 2025-09-05

120 credits This specialization will not be offered in 2025. Plants use intricate systems for growth, development, transport and metabolism to cope with adverse environmental conditions, but also have considerable capacity to adapt genetically to both biotic and abiotic factors. An understanding of the mechanisms that underlie these features is of fundamental importance for all biological discipli

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/masters-degree-programmes/master-programme-plant-science - 2025-09-05

This is the registration form for your Master's Degree Project. Please confirm that you have read the instructions. I have read the degree project instructions (required) Name (required) First name and surname. Email (required) Please fill in your email address. Please fill in your date of birth (yyyy-mm-dd) (required) Please fill in your date of birth. Major in Biology (required) Please choose yo

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120 credits The programme focusses on areas that play a central role in immunology and infection biology. You will take courses in microbiology, immunology and infection biology, during which theory is integrated with training of laboratory skills. You also have the possibility to achieve insights into the drug development process, from research to clinical use, and extensive training in oral and

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/masters-degree-programmes/masters-programme-molecular-biology-immunology-and-infection-biology - 2025-09-05

7,5 credits The general aim of the course is that students on completion of the course should have developed a population genetic way of thinking and use this to plan and perform genetic analyses, including analyses of results from population genetics research. Course descriptionCentral for the course is population genetic theory and its applications. The course focuses on the gene, family and pop

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/courses/advanced-level-courses/genetic-analysis-bior92 - 2025-09-05

7,5 credits The purpose of the course is for students to acquire a general understanding of bioinformatics concepts and tools commonly used in biology and molecular biology. You will be trained to conduct bioinformatics research with purpose of answering scientific questions in various biological subject areas. Course description Major technological advances in affordable nucleic acid sequencing h

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/courses/advanced-level-courses/applied-bioinformatics-bior93 - 2025-09-05

Here you find course lists for students at the Department of Biology. In Swedish below. Course overviews and planning listsFind the courses offered by the Department of Biology presented by what time during the year that they are offered.Course overview 2025-2026 (pdf)For our master's students - please use the planning lists below, they show courses also from other departments which our programme

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/kursoversikter-course-overviews - 2025-09-05

120 credits Knowledge about microbes and their diversity, physiology and genetics, as well as classical and modern tools to study them are important and highly relevant for work or research in many areas of biology, including molecular biology, infectious diseases and ecology. The Microbiology master’s programme provides education and training that is highly competitive and very suitable for emplo

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/masters-degree-programmes/masters-programme-molecular-biology-microbiology - 2025-09-05

120 credits The general master’s programme in Molecular biology provides you with an opportunity to design your own programme. You choose from around 30 courses at advanced level in molecular biology and plan an individual course of study. Areas included are for example cell- and molecular biology, molecular biotechnology and medical biology. During your studies, you integrate theoretical analysis

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/masters-degree-programmes/masters-programme-molecular-biology-general - 2025-09-05

Vi Varga, MSc in Bioinformatics, 2022PhD student at Gothenburg University Sweden.I now work as a PhD student at the Chalmers University of Technology in Gothenburg, Sweden. Specifically, I am at the Division of Systems and Synthetic Biology, within the Department of Life Sciences.  Here I work on two primary projects: orthologous clustering and functional annotation of the genome of the bacterial

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/career/meet-our-bioinformatics-alumni - 2025-09-05

7,5 credits In biology and medicine there are many different modelling methods. This course consists of six separate projects that each consist of 2 or 3 two hours lectures followed by a whole-day exercise. Each student should then write a report on the exercise after which the responsible teacher will grade the report on a scale 1-5 with 3 as a pass. The overall grade for the whole course will be

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120 credits The programme is offered for the last time autumn 2022. The programme focusses on areas that play a central role in pharmaceutical and biotechnological development. You will take courses in pharmacology, immunology and infection biology, during which theory is integrated with training of laboratory skills. You will also achieve insights into the drug development process, from research

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/masters-degree-programmes/masters-programme-molecular-biology-medical-biology - 2025-09-05

15 cr Course description The aim of the course to give a thorough introduction to the senses, their function at all levels and their role in the behaviour, communication and interactions of animals to give practical skills in the physiological and psychophysical methods used in sensory biology to provide a basis for continued studies or professional work in zoology, physiology, ecology and medical

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/courses/advanced-level-courses/sensory-biology-bior20 - 2025-09-05

Nina Black, MSc in Biology, Animal Ecology, 2022Curatorial assistant in the Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge I am currently a curatorial assistant in the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA. My job is part of a National Science Foundation grant working to preserve genetic material from primary type specimens. Primary type

https://www.biologyeducation.lu.se/education/career/meet-our-biology-alumni - 2025-09-05