TUTORING

• Advising in individual educational route selection for undergraduate students
• Tutoring in the elaboration of bachelor, master’s, and doctoral theses
• Collaboration between universities for the purpose of substantial mobility and attaining a competitive edge for future specialists

POSSIBLE BACHELOR AND MASTER’S THESES TOPICS

• Spaciotemporal gene expression in different plant species of economic interest
• Intra- and interspecific genetic variability in plants
• Analysis of nucleus – cytoplasm interaction at physiological, genetic and molecular levels
• Genomic imprinting in varietal certification, copyright, etc.
• The use of molecular markers in identifying plant resistance to biotic and abiotic factors
• Molecular marker-assisted selection
• Bioinformatics in biological experiments. The use of gene banks, bioinformatic tools and programmes in the study of gene structure and functions

SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS

• Nucleic acid isolation methods. Advantages and disadvantages
• Biosafety – legislative framework, general lab safety rules
• Sterilization methods – a decisive element of successful experimental projects
• Methods of separation and identification of nucleic acids
• Experimental primer design
• Genetic polymorphism – methods of analysis, fundamental and applied areas of interest
• Qualitative and quantitative transcript analysis
• Testing genetically modified plants