Information for students of
Medicine & Dentistry

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Doctoral Scholarships for Medical Students

DFG funded Research Training Group 2025-2030

Did you develop a taste for biochemistry during your medical studies? 

 

We offer doctoral positions:

Overview of compulsory courses in Biochemistry

Study matters

   Dr. Matthias Voss

   Academic Teaching Coordinator

 

   Rudolf-Höber-Str. 1 (1. OG)

Main lecture I (HV Bio I)
 

Both medical and dentistry students attend the first main lecture, which aims to teach the fundamentals of biochemistry.

This lecture covers the following topics:

  1. Introduction to biochemistry
  2. Fundamentals and molecular architecture of life
  3. Carbohydrates
  4. Nucleic acids and heredity
  5. Proteins
  6. Substance classes
  7. Enzymes and coenzymes
  8. Lipids
  9. Integration of metabolism

Seminars (1-4)
 

The seminars (only for medical students) are designed as an addition to the lecture and give deeper insights into the molecular functions of:

  1. Carbohydrates
  2. Nucleic acids
  3. Proteins
  4. Lipids

Each of these topics will be discussed in two sessions.

Main Lecture II (HV Bio II)
 

Both medical and dentistry students participate in the second main lecture, which aims to introduce students to the field of pathobiochemistry.

This lecture covers the following topics:

  1. Hormons
  2. Immune system
  3. Muscle and cytoskeleton
  4. Connective and supporting tissue
  5. Gastrointestinal tract
  6. Blood
  7. Nervous system
  8. Liver

Seminars (5-9)
 

The seminars are designed to deepen the following learning content for medical students:

  1. Molecular processes of signal transduction
  2. Hormones and their effects
  3. Immune system I
  4. Immune system II
  5. Cytoskeleton and contraction
  6. Connective and suportive tissue
  7. Gastrointestinal tract
  8. Blood coagulation, fibrinolysis, hemoglobin/oxygen transport
  9. Liver
  10. Nervous system

Main lecture III (HV Bio III)
 

Both medicine and dentistry students participate in the third main lecture, which aims to provide a more detailed understanding of pathobiochemistry.

This lecture covers the following topics:

  1. Preventive medicine
  2. Molecular cell biology and diseases
  3. Tumor biochemistry (cell division and apoptosis)
  4. Development of new drugs
  5. Diagnostic methods
  6. Gene therapy
  7. Biochemistry of reproduction

Practical Training

 

  1. Bioinformatics
  2. DNA
  3. Proteins
  4. Carbohydrates
  5. Hormones
  6. Liver
  7. Immunology
  8. Blood

Students of  medicine and dentistry take part in the practical training.

 

This training covers the following topics from a practical perspective:

Seminars (10-13)
 

The seminars accompanying Main Lecture III will explore the following topics for students of medicine in greater depth:

  1. DNA
  2. Proteins
  3. Carbohydrates
  4. Lipids

Each of these topics will be discussed in two sessions.

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