Bachelor Projects at GBE

We offer BSc Thesis and Research Projects for students of the UU Biology Bachelor programme, as well as some students from MBLS and Biomedical Sciences. Due to demand, we may not be able to offer positions to all interested students. If you want to make sure that you can do your thesis with us, do sign up early.

The internship consists of two parts:

  • A practical component (duration: 5 weeks) that is the basis for your research report. For the project, there are two options:
    1. A wet lab practical. You will be assigned a daily supervisor from one of the GBE labs. You will learn about their ongoing research project and will carry out experiments within the context of this project, typically together with 1-2 other students in a pair/group.
    2. A computational project. These projects will be carried out in the Bhardwaj or Uebbing labs. Projects are often individual but can also be collaborative with 1-2 other students.
  • You will write a research report based on the practical component and a theoretical literature research about the general topic of your practical (duration: 5 weeks).

Entry requirements

We ask that you have participated in at least one level 2/3 course that covers the topics of gene regulation, transcription, chromatin, and/or genome biology before you start your project.
Examples of such courses in the Biology curriculum are Gene Regulation, Cellen en Weefsels, Genoombiologie, Molecular Cell Research, and Bioinformatics for Comparative Genomics. Additional relevant courses from the MBLS curriculum include Genomes, Cells & Tissues, Bioinformatics and Dynamical Modeling, Omics in the Life Sciencies, Genome Bioinformatics, and Molecular Cell Research.

For computational projects in the Bhardwaj lab, some knowledge of Linux is needed, and experience with Python is a plus.

Application

If you would like to do your BSc Thesis and Research Project within the GBE division, please fill out this form: https://forms.office.com/e/t19yFyWr5x.

We will inform you if you qualify and if there is space. We will provide further details a month before you start your bachelor thesis/project with us.

Looking for an examiner for an external project?

If you are planning to do your thesis and research project outside of the UU, you will need a UU examiner. If the topic of your work relates to the work we do in GBE, you can request that one of our group leaders serves as your examiner. 

Make your request for a second examiner BEFORE starting your internship. You can put in a request by filling out this form: https://forms.office.com/e/Y60xhY8gLp

Questions?

After reading this, do you have any questions about Bachelor projects in GBE? Email us at BScGBE@uu.nl.

If your questions relate to Bachelor projects in general, please refer to the course website or contact the course coordinators.