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Organism Biology The ULB organizes three masters in biology or closely linked with biology: Master in Organism Biology and Ecology Specialisations: Didactique: Didactics/education Approfondie: General/research, BEVT/research. Contact: Prof. Serge.Aron@ulb.ac.be Molecular Biology The ULB organizes three masters in biology or closely linked with biology: Master in Biochemistry and Molecular and Cellular Biology Specialisations: Approffodie: Research Didactique: Didactics/education Contact: Prof. Benoit.Vanhollebeke@ulb.ac.be 2
Bioinformatics The ULB organizes three masters in biology or closely linked with biology: Master in Bio-informatics and Modeling Specialisation: Approfondie: research Contact: Prof. Didier.Gonze@ulb.ac.be Fin. Appr. GENERAL Fin. DIDACTIQUE courses and practicals field / lab Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 thesis (5+30) preparation research defence Fin. Appr. BEVT Fin. TROPIMUNDO exam exam exam Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 courses and practicals field exclusively in courses FR, CM or MY Contact: Prof. Farid.Dahdouh-Guebas@ulb.ac.be 3
Research Plant environment relationships Spatio-temporal dynamics through remote sensing and Geographical Information Systems Remote sensing and GIS Exotic invasive plants and their impacts on ecosystems Biogeochemical cycles studied by stable isotopes Ecology of heavy metal accumulator plants Plant-soil interactions Sites : Brazil, Belgium, Mauritania, Gambia, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Gabon, RD Congo, Kenya, India, Sri Lanka, Malaysia, China 4
Plant environment relationships Molecular mechanisms of mineral element uptake and mineral distribution within plants (including heavy metals) Molecular process of plant tumour and vascular tissue growth Plant responses to environmental stress Sites : Belgium, Madagascar Biology of aquatic organisms Morphology, physiology and ecology of marine benthic organisms Marine biology Impact of global change on marine organisms Sites : Caribbean, Belgium, France, North Sea, Madagascar, Antarctic Ocean 5
Biology of aquatic organisms Symbiosis studies Marine organisms as pollution bioindicators Aquaculture Ecotoxicology Sites : Caribbean, Belgium, France, North Sea, Madagascar, Antarctic Ocean Behavioural & evolutionary ecology Biodiversity, spatial distribution and behaviour of threatened species Chemical ecology of plant-insect interactions and of between-insect recognition Comportement animal Sites : Belgium, France, Central-Africa, Papoua New Guinea 6
Behavioural & evolutionary ecology Population genetics at the species level and within communities Evolution of animal societies, genetic structure and reproductive strategies Biology of animal societies Population/Community dynamics of termites, ants, crabs and their role in ecosystem functioning Sites : USA, Canada, Belgium, Central- America, French Guyana, C-Africa, E- Africa, Indian subcontinent, Papoua New Guinea, Siberia (Russia) Behavioural & evolutionary ecology Link between the organization of animal societies and behavioural mechanisms Modelling of social behaviour and design of joint animal-robot societies Behavioural Ecology in natural and man-made environments Sites : Belgium, France 7
Bio-systems and conservation biology Man-ecosystem interactions and ethnobiology Restoration ecology and management Ecotoxicology and environmental studies Biogeography and conservation genetics of plants and animals Social-ecological systems Conservation genetics Sites : Brazil, Gambia, Senegal, Benin, Central Africa, East-Africa, Indian subcontinent, Malaysia, China Bio-systems and conservation biology Ecosystem functions, goods and services in a context of building resilience for complexity and change in social-ecological systems Social-ecological systems Macroecology and global change studies Biogeography Sites : world-wide 8
Institut de Biologie et de Médecine Moléculaires (IBMM) http://www.ulb.ac.be/ibmm/home.html The complete innovation chain [Research] - [Tech platform ] - [Tech transfer] - [Training] - [Companies] ULB-TTO 9
Functional genomics Pathologies Institute of Molecular Biology and Medicine (IBMM) Protéomique structurale et fonctionelle Cellular Biology - imaging Biologie des systèmes complexes: neurobiologie, immunologie et génétique du développement Host-parasite relations Therapies Travaux pratiques de bioinformatique et de biologie moléculaire Master in Bio-informatics and Modeling interdisciplinary approach combining experimental and theoretical skills for computer scientists, physicists, chemists and biologists Big data : distributed data management and scalable analytics Two major themes :biomolecular sequence and structure and cellular function Biophysics and structural bioinformatics Modélisation des rythmes du vivant Medical Information Systems Image acquisition and processing 10
Why ULB? Excellence ULB has >70 years of research on tropical botany in Africa ULB & VUB offer the only programme in tropical biodiversity and ecosystems that received the European Commission s educational excellence label (Erasmus Mundus) ULB offers integrated Molecular Biology and Medicine research in a complete innovation chain environment 11
Privileged partners Brussels Capital of Europe Largest university city in Belgium Multi-cultural and multi-lingual (personal and professional enrichment) Numerous networking, internship and job opportunities through NGOs, Consultancy Bureaus, Environmental Agencies, European Commission 12
Masters in «Biology» at the ULB More information in the poster session or on websites of Organism Biology Molecular Biology Bioinformatics Thank you for your attention 13