iBioS Master training program

An international high-level and innovative Master program « Training to Research Through Research » from the Faculty of Life Sciences of the University of Strasbourg and the IMCBio Graduate School.
Fully in English 🇬🇧​

Master 1

Semester 1

Core curriculum (12 ECTS)
  • Tutored Project Setting-Up (6 ECTS)
  • Biocomputing initiation and basic analyses (3 ECTS)
  • Participation to scientific events (3 ECTS)
Language (3 ECTS)

1 module to be chosen according to your origin :

  • Language – English – Lansad (3 ECTS)
  • French as a foreign language (FLE) – Lansad (3 ECTS)
Speciality block (15 ECTS)
Molecular and Structural Biology
  • Gene expression and protein biosynthesis (6 ECTS)
  • Epigenetics (3 ECTS)
  • Quantitative biological imaging (3 ECTS)
  • Introduction to structural biology methods (3 ECTS)

OR

Cell and Genome Biology
  • Development and stem cells (6 ECTS)
  • Cell research strategies (3 ECTS)
  • Omics approaches in Microbiology (3 ECTS)
  • Plant genome (3 ECTS)
Diploma supplement (3 ECTS)
  • Language – English – Lansad (if FLE chosen in the Language module)

OR

  • Language – German – Lansad

Semester 2

Core curriculum (30 ECTS)
  • Tutored Project: Experimental Application (6 ECTS)
  • Advanced Biocomputing Analyses (3 ECTS)
  • Lab Internship Round 1 (9 ECTS) *
  • Lab Internship Round 2 (9 ECTS) *

AND

Optional module (3 ECTS to choose from) :
  • RNA silencing  (3 ECTS)
  • The cancer cell: characteristics and study model (3 ECTS)
  • Cell and tissue imaging (3 ECTS)
  • Genome 3D organization and regulation (3 ECTS)
  • Structure determination: from experimental measurements to atomic models (3 ECTS)
  • Plant Chemical Ecology (3 ECTS)

Master 2

Semester 1

Core curriculum (30 ECTS)
  • Tutored Project: Data Exploitation (6 ECTS)
  • Initiation to intellectual property and entrepreneurship (3 ECTS)
  • Organization of a Scientific Event  (3 ECTS)
  • Ethics, philosophy and history of science (3 ECTS)
  • Preparing S4 internship in iBioS (9 ECTS)

AND

Optional module (6 ECTS to choose from) :
  • Advanced image processing (3 ECTS)
  • Plant Bioengineering (3 ECTS)
  • Development and stem cells (6 ECTS)
  • Cell research strategies (3 ECTS)
  • Epigenetic (3 ECTS)
  • Neuroimmunology (3 ECTS)
  • Gene expression and protein biosynthesis (6 ECTS)
  • Diversity and metabolism of micro-organisms (3 ECTS)
  • Molecular Physiology of Prokaryotes (6 ECTS)
Diploma supplement (3 ECTS)
  • Design of experimental projects

Semester 2

Core curriculum (30 ECTS)
  • S4 internship in iBioS (30 ECTS) *
Application informations

* Lab internships can be carried out within the IMCBio perimeter, abroad (in M1 only) or in industry.