France’s premier Master’s Program in Genetics
The Master’s degree in Genetics at the University Paris-Diderot offers a multi-disciplinary program
covering all aspects of fundamental and applied genetics. The Master’s degree is a two-year program
combining high-quality teaching and excellent research training. The second year is taught exclusively
in English and is open to students in universities across Europe.
The second year of the Master’s program is organized into two semesters: the first semester
(corresponding to 30 ECTS) is composed of a series of one-week taught Modules covering a wide
selection of topics including human genetics, epigenetics, cancer biology, stem cells, neuroscience,
ageing, immunology etc. In total we offer almost 30 different modules, allowing students to develop
their own personalized program. Students can also choose from three advanced classes offered at
the prestigious Pasteur Institute; these last for 6 weeks and offer selective theoretical and practical
training in Immunology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, or Development of the Nervous System. In
addition to choosing from these modules, students must take an obligatory module which tests
bibliographic skills. Every student also participates in a one-week Erasmus exchange program with
partner universities in Italy, Spain or Poland (Rome, Florence, Padua, Trieste, Milan, Barcelona or
Cracow).
The second semester consists of a 6-month research internship (corresponding to 30 ECTS). The
internship research project can be performed at the student’s university of origin or at one of the
many research laboratories in Paris; we have over 250 host laboratories in the top research institutes
across the city (including the Pasteur Institute, the Curie Institute, the Institute Jacques Monod, the
Necker Hospital for Sick Children, the Center for Epigenetics and Cell Fate, the Cochin Institute). The
internship research project is evaluated by a written and oral presentation in June.
The University Paris Diderot is one of France’s leading universities with a strong reputation in life
sciences and biomedical research. Situated in the heart of Paris on a brand new state-of-the-art
campus, the university attracts top students from around the world.
If you are interested in applying, please contact the program director Prof Zider Alain
(zider.alain@ijm.univ-paris-diderot.fr ). Short-listed applicants will be determined between March
and July 2012.
The one-week lectures are scheduled from September 15th to the end of December. The students follow 7 weeks of their choice in addition of the «
Erasmus week ».
Dates
Responsables
Cellular Neurobiology and Development
Module
12-sept
Dr Thierry Galli
Evolution and Developpment
19-sept
Pr Michel Vervoort
Advanced Course in Cell Dynamics
26-sept
Stephanie Miserey-Lenkei
Frank Perez
Anne Schmidt
Normal and pathological intracellular signalisation
26-sept
Dr Jacques Ghysdael
Epigenetics
03-oct
Pr Salvatore Oliviero
Annie Sainsard
Cellular aspects of developpement
03-oct
A. Guichet
S. Vriz
Microbiology : Host-Pathogens interactions
10-oct
Xavier Nassif
Alain Charbit
Guillaume Duménil
Genetics and epigenetics of multifactorial diseases
10-oct
J. Sap
G. Baldacci
Somatic Genetic in Cancer
24-oct
François Sigaux
Jean Soulier
Molecular Genetic of Human diseases
24-oct
Marc Delpech
Michel Vidaud
Béatrice Parfait
Immunogenomics and Genetics
24-oct
Catherine Alcaide
Aging: Basis and neuro-related diseases
31-oct
Véronique Monnier
Jacques Treton
Cellular Biology of Cancer
31-oct
Valérie Lallemand-Breitenbach
Hugues de Thé
Stem Cells
07-nov
Claire Rougeulle
Angélique Galvani
Human Evolutionary Genetics
14-nov
Evelyne Heyer
Lluis Quintana-Murci
Molecular genetics of hereditary predisposition to
cancer
14-nov
Claude Houdayer
Dominique Stoppa-Lyonnet
Human Genetics and Hematology
14-nov
Bernard Grandchamp
Jacques Elion
Biotherapy
21-nov
Nathalie Cartier
Franck Griscelli
Mammalian development and related human
pathologies
21-nov
Délara Saberan
Jean-Paul Concordet
Genetic and Physiology of the Reproduction
28-nov
Reiner Veitia
René Habert
Génétique Moléculaire des Populations
28-nov
Evelyne Heyer
Genomics
05-déc
Reiner Veitia
C. Antignac
Human Genetics and Neurobiology
05-déc
Thomas Bourgeron
Christine Petit