MemBioMed Objectives

9 ambitious objectives

The MemBioMed programme is designed to develop future leaders in biomedicine, neuroscience, and nanotechnology by providing advanced expertise in cell membrane biology. This Master's programme uniquely emphasizes multidisciplinary research on biomembranes, combining the strengths of the three partner universities to cover all aspects of membrane biology. 
 

Axis Complementarity

Figure : Expertise and complementarity of the partner universities


The master programme will provide its trainees with a comprehensive education that will significantly enhance their career perspectives in the academic or private sector by enabling them to meet future challenges in a variety of specialized fields, from drug development and nanomedicine to membrane engineering and neurophysiology. 
 

 This will be achieved by realizing the following objectives:  

  1.  to provide students with combined theoretical knowledge in biomembrane-related cell biology, structural biology, pharmacology, neurophysiology, biophysics, biochemistry and bioinformatics;
  2. to recruit the best students from all over the world, providing them with physical mobilities and access to the world-class scientists in the field of biomembranes;
  3. to promote, structure and sustain collaborations among the partner universities through the organisation of joint training events and the exchange of students and staff;
  4. to promote innovative biomembrane research at the interface of different disciplines;
  5. to train students with state-of-the-art knowledge for studying cellular membranes across multiple scales and disciplines, from monitoring the complex interactions among protein and lipid components at highest resolution to how their collective properties influence biological processes at the level of cells, tissues and organisms in health and disease;
  6. to produce well-rounded student profiles with practical work and project-oriented formation for the development of innovative downstream applications;
  7. to increase the employability of students in the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industries by providing them with hard and soft skills associated with entrepreneurship and industrial networks;
  8. to provide a valuable specialized workforce in line with unmet academic and industrial demands in clinical pharmacology, experimental medicine, neuroscience and nanotechnology;
  9. to improve the quality of the European Higher Education Area by intensifying academic cooperation and internationalisation among MemBioMed’s participating HEI’s.