Module EW3502-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2024, optional subject, Nutritional Sciences
• Bachelor Interdisciplinary Courses for health sciences, optional subject, Interdisciplinary modules
• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2018, optional subject, Nutritional Sciences
• Bachelor Nutritional Medicine 2016, optional subject, Nutritional Sciences

Classes and lectures:

• WP EW: Module part B: Microbiomics (seminar / exercises, 1 SWS)
• WP EW: Module part B: Microbiomics (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 45 hours in-classroom work
• 105 hours private studies

Contents of teaching:

• Introduction to the fundamentals and terminology of system biology (Introduction of omics)
• Microorganisms on earth, microbial biodiversity, microbial consortia in natural environments and human medicine.
• Roles of microbiota in food processing (microbiota gut interaction) host (animal, human)-associated microbiota
• Methods for next generation sequencing analysis
• Analyzing the composition of microbial communities using cultivation independent approaches (microbiom sequencing)
• Bioinformatic analysis of microbiom-, genom- and transcriptome data

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Microbiological topics can be discussed in the context of “omics” technologies
• They can classify terms like microbiome, transcriptome, proteome and metabolome properly
• They know important microbial consortia and their relevance to humans
• They know the current sequencing methods and can analyze and evaluate sequence data in the corresponding context
• The seminars and practical courses will encourage the students to deepen their knowledge within this topic and to improve their presentation skills

Grading through:

• continuous participation (>80%)
• presentation

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. med. Christian Sina

Teacher:

• Institute of Chemistry and Metabolomics
• Institute of Nutrition Medicine
• LIED | Lübecker Institut für experimentelle Dermatologie (Lübeck Institute of Experimental Dermatology)
• Prof. Dr. Hauke Busch
• Dr. Axel Künstner
• Prof. Dr. med. Christian Sina
• Dr. rer. nat. Anna Kordowski
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Günther

Literature:

• David N. Fredricks : The Human Microbiota: How Microbial Communities Affect Health and Disease
• Noureddine Benkeblia : Omics Technologies: Tools for Food Science
• Sara El-Metwally : Next Generation Sequencing Technologies and Challenges in Sequence Assembly SpringerBriefs in Systems Biology

Language:

• offered only in German

Last Updated:

02.10.2025