Biology: Antibiotics - Biology and Chemistry

This advanced course offers an in-depth understanding of antibiotics from both biological and chemical perspectives. You will learn about the role of antibiotics in nature, how they are synthesized, and their mechanisms of action. You will also get an understanding for how resistance develops and spreads, and what consequences that has for our possibilities to treat infectious diseases. The course is relevant for those who wish to work in fields such as environmental biology, medicine, pharmacology, biotechnology, and policy.

The teaching consists of lectures, group exercises, some laboratory work, a discussion seminar, and a literature project that is presented both in written form and orally. You will use a textbook, distributed materials, and scientific articles as course literature. The course addresses fundamental questions and problems regarding antibiotics and provides you with a comprehensive understanding of their biology and chemistry, and the evolution of resistance and its consequences.

Examination takes place through presentation of the project and in the form of a written examination at the end of the course. 

Prerequisites

120 ECTS credits Science studies including Chemistry 30 ECTS credits and Microbiology 7.5 ECTS credits or Biochemistry 15 ECTS credits and a course corresponding to BIOR18 Microbiology 15 ECTS credits or another relevant advanced molecular biology course 15 ECTS credits. English 6/English Course B.

Selection criteria

Seats are allocated according to: ECTS (HPAV): 100 %.

Tuition fees for non-EU/EEA citizens

Citizens of countries outside:

• The European Union (EU)
• The European Economic Area (EEA) and
• Switzerland

are required to pay tuition fees. You pay an instalment of the tuition fee in advance of each
semester.

Tuition fees, payments and exemptions

Full programme/course tuition fee: SEK 21,250
First payment: SEK 21,250

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Note that you may also need to pay an application fee, or provide proof of exemption.

Application fee

No tuition fees for citizens of the EU, EEA and Switzerland

There are no tuition fees for citizens of the European Union (EU), the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland.