Molecular Mechanisms in Metabolic Disease

The student will obtain up to date knowledge within metabolic research that has application both in academia and the pharmaceutical sector. The focus will be on reading, understanding, presenting and discussing current literature. The student will through interpretation and evaluation of research findings gain understanding of experimental design and methods frequently used in metabolic research.

Knowledge:
The student will obtain detailed knowledge and a solid foundation within selected fields of metabolism, covering areas such as mitochondrial function, bioenergetics, regulation of substrate choice and metabolic control of transcription. The student will gain knowledge of how these processes contribute to the control of whole body metabolism and development of diseases such as diabetes and obesity.  

Skills:
The student will obtain detailed theoretical knowledge within the field of metabolism. The student will be able to integrate and interpret metabolically related knowledge and experimental findings related to both health and disease. The student will understand experimental design and commonly used methods in metabolic research.

Competences:

The student will be able to integrate and interpret metabolically related knowledge and experimental findings related to both health and disease. The student will be able to design hypothesis-driven experiments to test metabolically related research questions. Moreover, the student will be able to present and discuss scientific papers and experimentally obtained data.