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 2019, compulsory, Nutritional Sciences

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

Teacher:

• Institute of Nutrition Medicine
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Ulrich Günther
• Prof. Dr. med. Christian Sina
• Prof. Dr. med. Saleh Ibrahim
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Henriette Kirchner
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Timo Gemoll, MSc
• Prof. Dr. Hauke Busch
• Dr. rer. nat. Anna Kordowski

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:

19.04.2021