Information on the Modules for M.Sc. Biology Students

The module on Medical Microbiology consists of two parts: The theoretical module (BIO-M-TM-MeM) and the practical module (BIO-M-PM-MeM).

Practical Module

The Practical module comprises 6 weeks of laboratory courses split into two parts:
1) laboratory course with seminar – 2 weeks block course on basic medical microbiology (together with students of medicine); this is offered three timer per term at fixed time points
2) advanced laboratory course with seminar – 4 weeks internship in one of the instute’s research groups (individual research project); this can in principle be done any time but is dependent on mentoring capacities and availability of projects.
Both courses can be done indepently of each other.

If you are interested in participating in the practical module please contact the institute’s teaching coordinator Benedikt Asbach (lehre.mikrobiologie@ur.de) for detailed information.
You may also directly reach out to the research group leaders and inquire about project availabilities. Please always contact the teaching coordinator in addition to plan participation in the basic 2-weeks-laboratory-course.

Theoretical Module

The theoretical module consists of 2 lectures and a seminar:
1) special lecture „Current aspects in infection biology and immunology“
2) special lecture „Medical Microbiology and Virology“
3) For information on participation in the seminar (either „Virology and Medical Microbiology“ or „Current advances in life sciences“) please visit the preliminary talk in the first week of the semester (date can be found in GRIPS: https://elearning.uni-regensburg.de/course/view.php?id=51251). Information from the preliminary talk will also be made available in GRIPS afterwards.

Once you have completed all components of the module, you may make an appointment with an examiner for the oral module examination. As examiner you may ask any member of the institute that is habilitated (PD or Prof.; often this will be the group leader where you did your internship). Once you made an appointment, please inform the teaching coordinator (lehre.mikrobiologie@ur.de or  benedikt.asbach@ur.de) so that all formal requirements will be met.

All module components should be completed within two semesters.

If there are further questions, please contact:

Dr. Benedikt Asbach
Tel. 0941 944 6491
Room: D2.5.11
benedikt.asbach@ur.de
lehre.mikrobiologie@ur.de