Education of Human and Animal Physiology
Human and Animal Physiology is committed to teach challenging and inspring science to BSc, MSc and PhD students.
Theses
The Human and Animal Physiology Group offers possibilities to participate directly in physiological studies with humans and animals. Other thesis research focuses on molecular cell physiological research and in-depth investigations of samples from human and animal studies using a wide variety of biochemical, molecular biological and histological methods for comprehensive mechanistic and physiological interpretation.
For more information on BSc or MSc theses you can contact office.hap@wur.nl. An experimental thesis requires a minimum of 24 EC.
BSc thesis
As a BSc student, you can perform a literature study related to the current physiological research performed at the Human and Animal Physiology Group. Research questions focus on our research aims and thereby contribute to comprehensive mechanistic and physiological interpretation of current scientific findings.
At Human and Animal Physiology, we have extensive expertise in performing interventions studies focused on the assessment of energy metabolism, integrated with metabolic, functional genomic and immune-histochemical analysis. We perform short-term interventions and cross-sectional mechanistic studies in humans, detailed short and long-term dietary interventions in model animals (mice, pigs and drosophila), and detailed mechanistic studies in tissues as well as primary and cultured cells.
MSc thesis
Human and Animal Physiology offers MSc thesis projects which are directly involved in (ongoing) molecular and physiological research. Our research is focused on energy metabolism including intermediary metabolism as well as mitochondrial metabolism and physiology, which are central components of diet- and age-related diseases and affect organ and tissue function.
Our aims
- To gain comprehensive mechanistic and physiological insights in energy metabolism related to health and organ functioning
- To obtain methodology and data to substantiate the efficacy of interventions, compounds and foods to improve metabolic health
To achieve this, we perform experimental research in humans, model animals, tissues and cells, using state-of-the-art physiological, molecular, biochemical, histological and bioinformatics tools.
MSc internships
Human and Animal Physiology supports MSc internships in physiology and molecular physiology around the world. An MSc internship provides students with an opportunity to broaden scientific and personal horizons and to strengthen scientific or professional skills outside Wageningen University & Research. A host-organisation in the Netherlands or abroad provides a 'taste' of different working environment or potential future employment, new scientific knowledge and techniques as well as new contacts.
Any questions or interested in an internship? Ask:
Courses
We teach and train Wageningen University students and guests. The regular courses of Human and Animal Physiology are linked to a variety of BSc and MSc programs, including Nutrition and Health, Animal Sciences, Biology, Biotechnology, Molecular Life Sciences, Food Chemistry and Plant Sciences.
Our courses
- HAP11303 Academic Skills for Biologists
- HAP20306 Human and Animal Physiology
- HAP20406 Human and Animal Physiology, dissection-free
- HAP21303 Integrated Human Physiology
- HAP10306 Principles of Human Physiology
- HAP10806 Principles of Human Physiology (dissection-free variant)
- HAP22306 Practical Lab Skills for Animal Sciences
- HAP21806 Behavioural Endocrinology
- HAP31806 Molecular Regulation of Health and Disease
- HAP30306 Nutritional Physiology
- HAP30406 Nutritional Physiology, dissection-free
- HAP31306 Development and Healthy Aging
- HAP32303 Essentials of Nutritional Physiology
- HAP32806 Energy for Life- Molecular Nutritional Physiology of Energy Metabolism
- HAP40306 Brain, Hormones and Metabolism
- HAP50306 Model Organisms and Research Approaches for Life- and Health-span
Other courses with contribution of HAP
- HNH11804 Introduction to the field of nutrition and health
- NEM22306 Plants and Health 1
- YAS10306 Introduction to Animal Sciences
- FCH11306 Nutritional Aspects of Foods
- EZO10306 Zoology
- HNH25806 Research Methodology for Nutrition and Health I
- HMI20306 Microbiomes and Health
- HNH26306 Research Methodology for Nutrition and Health II
- HNH32106 Nutrition and Cardiometabolic Diseases
- HNH36806 Nutrition and Sports
- HNH37506 Metabolic Consequences of Chronic Diseases with Muscle Wasting; Nutritional and Pharmacological Intervention
contact
For questions, reach out to our educaiton coordinator:
dr. GS (Sandra) Tjabringa
Education coordinator
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