Education

Our group contributes to Biology education in several MSc and BSc programs at Utrecht University in a diverse roles.

Bachelor  programs

BSc Biology program

Martijn van Zanten is manager of education of the Biology BSc programme and in this capacity responsible for the business operations (planning, finance, practical organization, communication etc.). He takes part in several education policy committees on the departmental and faculty level. In addition, he organizes the Matching days is responsible for the open days, and is the course coordinator of the Bachelor graduation thesis and internship courses that run year-round.

Rashmi Sasidharan coordinates and teaches the level 3 course “Food Forward”. This is a unique interdisciplinary course in the Biology programme teaching students on diverse aspects of food technology and innovation as well as the importance of science communication. She also is a lecturer in the level 3 course “Plant Development and Environment”.

Nora Gigli-Bisceglia is a lecturer in the level 2 "Metabolism and Biochemistry" course in the BSc Biology programme.

Moe Abbas participates in the Experimenteerweken practicals for the biology programme. In addition, Moe is our 'BSc Researchproject coordinator'. You can contact Moe if you are interested in doing a BSc internship in our group.

Dorota Kawa is a lecturer and a wet lab teacher in the Level 3 “Plant Development and Environment” course for BSc students. Additionally, she actively participates in guiding students during the writing of a scientific proposal in "Molecular Cell Research" also for bachelor students.

Molecular and Biophysical Life Sciences MBLS programme

Moe Abbas is the coordinator and lecturer of “Cell Biology” for first year MBLS students. He also serves as a tutor for first year students in the MBLS programme.

Nora Gigli-Bisceglia teaches "Research Design and Analysis” for the MBLS students.

Master programs

Molecular and Cellular Life Sciences MCLS

Rashmi Sasidharan serves on the admission committee for the MCLS MSc programme.

Nora Gigli-Bisceglia is the coordinator of the "Applied Plant Biology" master's student course.

Science and Business Management SBM programme

Rashmi Sasidharan and Martijn van Zanten lecture in the SBM course “Biotechnology and Societal Challenges”