Katowice, Poland

Medical Biotechnology

Biotechnologia medyczna

Master's
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⇑Medical Biotechnology at SUM

Language: PolishStudies in Polish
Subject area: medicine, health care
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: sum.edu.pl/en

⇑Test: Is Medical Biotechnology the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. You are planning a project to produce a therapeutic protein in cell cultures. Where do you start?

2. How do you feel about techniques such as CRISPR gene editing, PCR and next-generation sequencing?

3. A colleague can’t reproduce your promising result. What do you do?

4. How do you feel about the ethical questions around gene therapy, stem cells or animal research?

5. Which Master’s thesis topic would you choose?

6. How do you feel about bioinformatics – analysing sequencing data or protein structures with software?

7. The programme is taught in English, and you’ll work on research projects with students from many countries. How do you see that?

8. You need to read twenty recent papers to write the introduction to your project. How do you approach it?

9. How do you see the path from a lab discovery to a product used in hospitals?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Medical Biotechnology?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Art. 2). Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the (related) fields of bioengineering, biomedical engineering, biomanufacturing, molecular engineering, etc.
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