The main tasks of the Department of Molecular Biology are to do research at an international level, to provide research-based teaching at the undergraduate, graduate and doctoral level and to transfer knowledge about our research to the general public within molecular biology and genetics

Number of staff and students

• 190 scientific staff (69 with tenure)
• 91 technical and administrative staff (61 with tenure)
• 140 PhD students
• 630 Bachelor and Master students

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Education

The department's staff participate in the education of students in biology, medical chemistry, molecular medicine, molecular biology and biotechnology

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The department is divided into ten sections and one centre covering the following areas of research:

• Crop Genetics and Biotechnology
• Gene Medicine
• Genome Expression, Stability and technology
• Molecular Cell and Developmental Biology
• Molecular Genetics and System Biology
• Molecular Intervention
• Molecular Nutrition
• Plant Molecular Biology
• Protein Science
• Quantitative Genetics and Genomics
• Structural Biology

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