PhD program
Biotechnology

Biotechnology

QUALIFICATION

  • Scientific and pedagogical direction - Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

MODEL OF GRADUATING STUDENT

LO1: critically evaluate modern scientific achievements and problems of biotechnology, predicting new trends in the use of biotechnological processes;
LO2: use deep system knowledge and modern methodological approaches in the study of biotechnology objects with the aim of applying this data in bioengineering, medical diagnostics, environmental monitoring, pharmaceuticals, production of new food products, etc.
LO3: generate ideas for creating new technologies for producing innovative products that are promising for biomedicine, bioinformatics, agriculture, ecology, nanotechnology, the food industry, etc. taking into account biosafety and bioethical standards.
LO4: carry out original research and development work characterized by academic integrity, based on modern knowledge, theories and research methods in the field of biotechnology, as well as interdisciplinary research (with subsequent commercialization of the results obtained);
LO5: critically evaluate work results using modern information technologies, demonstrating a high level of computer literacy;
LO6: present the results of the work performed in the form of reports, presentations, scientific papers and publications in rating publications, substantiating and defending their point of view in the scientific community at international scientific forums, conferences and seminars, including in a foreign language.
LO7: carry out pedagogical activities in the main educational programs of higher and postgraduate education in the field of biological sciences, taking into account the principles of student-centered learning and assessment, using innovative methods and information technologies, developing regulatory documents regulating the content, design and educational and methodological support of the educational program..
LO8: apply the complex of acquired knowledge and skills in organizational activities, management of scientific or production teams on the basis of ethical and legal standards, establishing collaboration with internal and external scientific schools/centers for the practical implementation of research results;
LO9: carry out an examination of scientific projects and results of scientific research, scientific articles, regulatory documents in the field of science and education, as well as scientific and methodological documentation, participating in scientific and methodological work as part of methodological commissions and councils of all levels

Program passport

Speciality Name
Biotechnology
Speciality Code
8D05105
Faculty
Biology and Biotechnology

disciplines

Academic writing
  • Number of credits - 2
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop practical skills of writing academic texts for doctoral students in order to present the results of their work in the form of reports, reviews, scientific reports and publications in rating publications indexed in Scopus that meet the criteria of non-predatory publications. Within the discipline, doctoral students improve their skills in analyzing and presenting of scientific information in various forms.

Development and Production of Biotechnological Products
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to develop and use modern technologies for the production of biotechnological products for: healthcare, agriculture, environmental protection, food and processing industries. The discipline studies: modern methods used for the production of new biotechnological products, prospects for the development of modern biotechnological production, as well as methodological approaches and ways to solve production problems of modern industrial biotechnology.

Methods of Molecular Biotechnology
  • Number of credits - 5
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to apply modern molecular methods of biochemistry, biophysics, molecular biology and genetics, which are widely used in biotechnology. The discipline considers: experimental approaches to studying biotechnology objects at the molecular level; advances in the application of molecular methods in the study of biological objects; achievements in the study of the structural and functional organization of biological objects using molecular methods.

Scientific Research methods
  • Number of credits - 3
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - Purpose: to form the ability to apply modern methods and methodologies of scientific research when performing a doctoral dissertation. Here are considered: methods and methodologies of scientific research; modern experimental approaches to the scientific research of a doctoral student; stages and principles of planning a scientific experiment.

Data for 2023-2026 years

disciplines

Bioconversion technologies for processing raw materials for food production
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to use enzymatic processes of plant, animal and microbial raw materials to obtain food products. The discipline studies: biocatalytic processes of transformation of raw materials into feed and food products; technologies and equipment for producing environmentally friendly products, dietary supplements for food and feed purposes; genetic engineering methods for food biotechnology, taking into account biosafety standards.

Bioenergy of phototrophic microorganisms
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to use the biotechnological potential of phototrophic microorganisms to produce various types of biofuels. The discipline studies: the problems of searching for alternative energy sources, the possibility of using microalgae and cyanobacteria in bioenergy, methods and conditions for obtaining biofuel based on the use of phototrophs, the influence of stress factors on the energy productivity of microalgae.

Bioethics and biosafety in biotechnology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to use ethical standards and biosafety problems arising in the development of modern biotechnological practice. The discipline studies: ethical aspects of the creation and use of transgenic plants and animals, moral and legal aspects of modern reproductive technologies; risk factors of genetic engineering activities for the environment and health, legal framework for regulating biosafety.

Bioinformatics in systems biotechnology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to study complex interactions in living systems using computer and information technologies.The discipline studies: modern methods (transcriptomics, metabolomics, proteomics, etc.) of computer and information technologies for studying interactions between the constituent parts of biological systems; studying the mechanisms of formation of functions and system properties as a result of these interactions.

Bionanotechnology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to use knowledge and skills in the field of bionanotechnology for medicine, the food industry, etc. The discipline studies: bionanostructures and their properties; creation of various devices using bionanoobjects; connection between science and production based on bionanotechnologies; modern directions of nanobiotechnology development; use of DNA in nanobiotechnology; biosensors and their use.

Biotechnologies for the transformation of toxicants and natural polymers
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop the ability to evaluate metabolic pathways and specific systems in diverse groups of microorganisms responsible for the transformation of toxic compounds and natural polymers. The discipline examines modern ideas about aerobic, anaerobic and reductive biotransformation due to metabolic processes, as well as developments in the field of monitoring catabolic genes of microorganisms in the context of modern biotechnology.

Data analysis in biotechnology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline aims to develop the ability to conduct complex analysis and use the results for scientific research and commercial projects in biotechnology. Statistical methods of data analysis, including big data, methods for analyzing data from genomic, proteomic and metabolomic studies, machine learning for classification, prediction and optimization of biotechnological processes will be considered.

Genetic engineering therapy
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The discipline aims to develop the ability to analyze the modern gene technologies’ achievements used to treat hereditary and acquired diseases. Genome editing and genetic engineering technologies, mechanisms and strategies for delivering genes into cells, target diseases for gene therapy, ethics and safety of genetic engineering will be considered.

Metabolic engeneering
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline: to develop the ability to use the characteristics of metabolism to create new organisms with directionally modified metabolic transformations of substrates into target products. The discipline studies: specific features of the metabolism of various organisms; methods for targeted changes in the metabolism of relevant microorganisms to obtain the target product; Strategies for metabolic engineering: computer analysis, omics data, optimization of metabolic pathways.

Modern Methods of Research of Genetically Modified Raw Materials
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to use methods for the detection and analysis of genetically modified organisms and products derived from them. The discipline studies methods for detecting GMРs: various types of PCR, microarray technology, loop isothermal amplification, capillary gel electrophoresis, enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay, next generation sequencing, search for markers of new GMРs, regulations governing the admission, trade and labeling of GM food products.

Modern Problems of Photobiotechnology
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to use knowledge about the biology of phototrophic microorganisms to solve biotechnological problems. The discipline examines: features of the use of phototrophs in the production of proteins, lipids, dyes, food additives; in the production of bioplastics, as biofertilizers and animal feed, in biomonitoring of aquatic ecosystems, in bionanotechnology. Production of biofuels based on phototrophic microorganisms.

Molecular biotechnology of pro- and eukaryots
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The goal of the discipline is to develop the ability to use the organizational features of pro- and eukaryotes to obtain target products. The discipline studies: the production and introduction of hybrid DNA into the cells of microorganisms, plants and animals; introduction of computer methods for monitoring technological modes that allow maximum realization of the beneficial properties of cells; use of recombinant technologies for the design of biomolecules with specified parameters.

Phythopathology and technologies of plants defence
  • Type of control - [RK1+MT+RK2+Exam] (100)
  • Description - The purpose of the discipline is to study and apply in practice modern technologies for protecting plants from pathogens. The discipline covers: classification of plant diseases; pathogens of plant diseases (viruses, viroids, bacteria), their characteristics; modern methods of protecting plants from pathogens; biological protection of plants from phytopathogens; technologies for producing multifunctional drugs with various spectrums of action.

Data for 2023-2026 years

INTERNSHIPS

Pedagogical
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - Formation of practical, educational-methodical skills of conducting lectures, seminars, creatively apply scientific, theoretical knowledge, practical skills in teaching activities, conduct training sessions in the disciplines of the specialty; own modern professional techniques, methods of training, use in practice the latest theoretical, methodological advances, make educational, methodological documentation.

Research
  • Type of control - Защита практики
  • Description - The purpose of the practice: gaining experience in the study of an actual scientific problem, expand the professional knowledge gained in the learning process, and developing practical skills for conducting independent scientific work. The practice is aimed at developing the skills of research, analysis and application of economic knowledge.

Data for 2023-2026 years