Course description
The course Medical Developmental Biology is an exchange course between Karolinska lnstitutet and University of Toronto, Canada. In 2026, the course will take place in Toronto, Canada. There will be 20 students and faculty joining the course from University of Toronto, which provide a great opportunity for KI students to network. Costs for travel and housing is covered by the course (up to 15 admitted students).
The nature of the course is translational and provides the opportunity to acquire a wide range of knowledge from transcriptional mechanisms to basic physiology, ethics and patient care.
The course focuses on the principles of developmental biology and how they are applicable to disease during early stages in live or later because of events or exposure during perinatal development. The course further aims to discuss ethical concepts and challenges of this type of research. The structure of the course is interactive research seminars on relevant topics by researchers from both universities. In addition, there are study visits and workshops within relevant topics.
A central aspect of the course is building longstanding international networks. There will be extensive social activities organized both by the teachers and local students acting as social coordinators.
Prerequisites and Selection
Prerequisite courses, or equivalent
No prerequisite courses, or equivalent, demanded for this course.
Selection
Selection, within each category of applicants (selection category), 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).
Considering the short time frame between course admission and course start, the course director will continuously send information on how to initiate the visa application process as applications are received. Please note that this does not guarantee admission to the course. Selection and admission will take place only after the application deadline.
Course director
Fredrik Lanner and Kristiina Tammimies
Course syllabus
H9F6065
Department
Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology
Doctoral programme
Development and Regeneration (DevReg)
Type of course
**Other course
Keywords
Development, Stem cells, Exchange with Toronto