Molecular and Technical Medicine

The foundation courses comprise the first and second semester. We teach you the basics in lectures and through practical. Chemistry, physics, maths and biological subjects will equip you for the rest of your studies. Of course, medical subjects such as anatomy and physiology are also on your timetable. Your English courses are specially adapted to the requirements of the department.

In the third to seventh semesters, we introduce you to increasingly complex interrelationships. For example, you'll learn how biochemical or molecular biological processes cause diseases – but also how therapeutics counteract them. The analysis of biological data is particularly important here. It also involves areas such as stem cell biology, immunology and imaging. You can specialise further through your student research project and several electives.

You will complete your internship semester and your thesis in a company, a research institute or a hospital. There you will apply your knowledge in practice, take on responsibility and learn about real issues. Our partnerships with companies and research institutes will help you find the right place. At the end of the course, you will carry out independent scientific work in your thesis as a key qualification for your career.

Minas Salib is currently a PhD/DPhil student in Neurosciences at the University of Oxford. He was awarded an MRC Research Scholarship and a Senior Hulme Scholarship from Brasenose College, University of Oxford for his achievements during his PhD. In addition to his research, he is co-founder of a non-profit organization (Science Innovation Union) and works as a health care analyst for various consulting agencies in the health care sector. After his bachelor's degree in MTZ at HFU, he completed a master's degree in "Interdisciplinary Neuroscience" at Goethe University Frankfurt. This was followed by a Master's thesis at the University of Oxford. He is a PhD/DPhil student in the research group of Prof. Somogyi at the University of Oxford with the topic: "Rerelationship of medial septal neurons in influencing behavior dependent network oscillation by using in-vivo electrophysiological recordings and juxtacellular labeling of single neurons in the medial septum and the local field potential in the hippocampal formation".

MTZ studies until August 2015, during which she spent an internship semester at the Institute of Tropical Medicine in Tübingen, with the topic "Establishment of a drug assay for Schistosomula". Bachelor thesis in Hematology/Oncology at the University Hospital Freiburg, with the topic: "Optimization and validation of an NGS-based detection and quantification of tumor-specific mutations in circulating tumor DNA in patients with gastrointestinal stromal tumor." Between Bachelor's and Master's degree: Internship at the Cancer Society Research Center in Auckland, New Zealand. Master's degree in Human and Molecular Biology at Saarland University. Master's thesis in Hematology/Oncology at the University Medicine Greifswald, with the topic: "BCL11B-specific protein knockdown by ubiquitin-mediated degradation." Since 2018 PhD student in hematology/oncology at the University Medicine Greifswald

Bachelor's degree in "Molecular and Technical Medicine". During this time, she completed her practical semester and bachelor's thesis (establishing molecular genetic testing methods using the example of genodermatoses) at the Institute of Human Genetics at the Freiburg University Medical Center. Following her bachelor's thesis, she has been working in molecular genetics at the institute since 2014. The Institute's task is to diagnose various hereditary diseases. Initially, her work focused primarily on laboratory work and the establishment of a quality management system in accordance with the guidelines of the German Medical Association. Among other things, the Institute of Human Genetics is a center for research and diagnostics of genodermatoses. Julia Küsel is head of diagnostics here under medical management. Today she works as deputy head of department and contact person for all genodermatosis cases.

Maria Ketesidou completed her Bachelor's degree in "Molecular and Technical Medicine" and spent her practical semester in the central laboratory of the Olga Hospital in Stuttgart, where she was able to deepen her knowledge of PCR techniques and other laboratory methods. She completed her Bachelor's thesis at the Siegfried-Weller-Institute at the BG Unfallklinik in Tübingen on the topic: "Optimization of hepatic differentiation of Ad-MCs to hepatocyte-like cells (HLCs) for an in vitro toxicity model". Maria now works in a permanent position at the Stuttgart Regional Council in the field of radiation protection. While working, she completed a Master's degree in Biomedical Sciences at Reutlingen University. Her Master's thesis topic: "Technical documentation of the new Radiation Protection Act (StrlSchG) - comparative analysis and implementation."