Course description
The students of this course will get a broad perspective of how the regulation of gene expression is linked to metabolic and endocrine regulation in different tissues. The course will also cover molecular and physiological aspects related to inter-organ communication, and how this is essential to maintain metabolic homeostasis.
At the end of the course students will understand and be able to discuss the different mechanisms that regulate gene expression. They will be able to describe how these processes can affect metabolic disease and disease progression. The students will be able to choose the most appropriate methodologies to study diverse aspects of gene regulation in metabolism.
This course is given in collaboration with the Master's Programme in Biomedicine.
Prerequisites and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course.
Selection
Selection will be based on:
1) the relevance of the course syllabus for the applicant’s individual study plan/research (according to written motivation).
2) start date of doctoral studies (priority given to earlier start date).
Course director
Duarte Ferreira
duarte.ferreira@ki.se
08-524 82 439
https://ki.se/en/people/duarte-ferreira
Course syllabus
C3F3157
Department
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Doctoral programme
Cardiovascular Research (CVR)
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
Gene expression, metabolism, Genuttryck, Metabolic regulation, Inter-organ communication, Metabolisk reglering, interorgan kommunikation, methods, metoder