Gdańsk, Poland

Marine Biotechnology

Master's
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⇑Marine Biotechnology at UG

Language: EnglishStudies in English
Subject area: engineering and engineering trades
Kind of studies: full-time studies
University website: en.ug.edu.pl

⇑Test: Is Marine Biotechnology the right fit for you?

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10 questions · two minutes

1. Researchers suspect that a marine sponge contains a compound with antibacterial properties. What would you like to do?

2. How do you feel about fieldwork at sea – collecting samples on a research vessel, sometimes in rough weather?

3. How do you feel about growing microalgae in bioreactors to produce biofuels, pigments or food supplements?

4. You receive a large set of DNA sequences from seawater samples. What do you do?

5. A company wants to use marine organisms commercially. What concerns you?

6. The programme is taught in English, and you’ll work in labs and on projects with students from many countries. How do you feel?

7. An experiment with enzymes from cold-water bacteria fails for the third time. How do you react?

8. Which thesis topic would you choose?

9. Which future role sounds most like you?

10. What motivates you most to pursue a Master’s degree in Marine Biotechnology?

⇑Definitions and quotes

Biotechnology
Biotechnology is the use of living systems and organisms to develop or make products, or "any technological application that uses biological systems, living organisms, or derivatives thereof, to make or modify products or processes for specific use" (UN Convention on Biological Diversity, Art. 2). Depending on the tools and applications, it often overlaps with the (related) fields of bioengineering, biomedical engineering, biomanufacturing, molecular engineering, etc.
Marine
Marine is an adjective meaning of or pertaining to the sea or ocean.

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