Module EW4210-KP05

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each summer semester

Credit points

5

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Nutritional Medicine 2023, compulsory, Nutritional Sciences
• Master Nutritional Medicine 2023, compulsory, Nutritional Sciences

Classes and lectures:

• Nutrigenomics (seminar, 2 SWS)
• Nutrigenomics (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 10 hours exam preparation
• 60 hours private studies
• 60 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Genomics
• Transcriptomics
• Nutrigenomics
• Proteomics
• Metabolomics
• Microbiomics
• Models in nutritional medicine (incl. animal models)

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• After completing the module, students will be able to:
• apply genomic, transcriptomic, proteomic, metabolomic, microbiomic and nutrigenomic concepts to questions in nutritional medicine,
• select and evaluate appropriate omics technologies and analytical approaches for personalized nutrition research,
• analyze and interpret omics datasets using publicly available databases and online bioinformatic tools,
• identify and characterize disease-relevant target genes, proteins or metabolic pathways based on multi-omics data,
• integrate molecular findings (e.g. epigenetic modifications and transcriptional regulation) into models of diet-disease interaction,
• critically assess the advantages, limitations and translational potential of omics methods in nutritional medicine and precision nutrition.

Grading through:

• portfolio exam

Responsible for this module:

• Dr. rer. nat. Anna Kordowski

Teacher:

• Institute of Nutrition Medicine
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Günther
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henriette Kirchner
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Timo Gemoll, MSc
• Dr. rer. nat. Anna Kordowski
• Dr. Darko Castven

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:

Last Updated:

23.02.2026