Become familiar with state-of-the-art developments in Biomolecular Sciences
The Master's degree programme Biomolecular Sciences is closely linked to the Groningen Biomolecular Sciences and Biotechnology Institute (GBB). The GBB is a research institute at the Faculty of Science and Engineering, University of Groningen. GBB also acts as an accredited Dutch Research School and since 2010 is embedded in the Graduate School of Science and Engineering.
The research institute GBB performs research of the highest standard in the following fields:
Biomolecular sciences
* With a strong focus on proteins in relation to their function in living cells
* Researching the fundamental properties of proteins, genes and other biomacromolecules, and microorganisms that are relevant in health and disease and for application in the areas of Chemistry, Life Sciences, and Bio(nano)technology.
Synthetic Biology
* Combined with other disciplines, the goal in this area is to design and develop novel functional biological and semi-artificial systems
* GBB has a strong national and international reputation in protein structure determination and analysis, biochemistry, molecular biology and microbiology, molecular genetics and bioinformatics
- Biotransformation and Biocatalysis
- Cell Biochemistry
- Chemical Biology
- Electron cryo-Microscopy
- Membrane Enzymology
- Microbial Physiology
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Molecular Dynamics
- Molecular Genetics
- Molecular Microbiology
- Molecular Systems Biology
- Protein Crystallograph
Various research questions in these key areas relate to human
health and disease, including:* Research on peroxisome homeostasis
with the aim of understanding the biogenesis, ageing and turnover
of peroxisomes in yeast, a suitable model for detrimental
peroxisome-related diseases
* The production and modification of (synthetic) antibiotics with
respect to eminent demand for new and better antibiotics
* The structure function determination of microbial proteins and
cell processes that play a key role in the development of
Parkinsons disease and mobility of immune cells, respectively
* Understanding the role of the microbiome and its metabolites in
human health, in particular the gut-brain axis
