The MCMB is organised in MODULES:
| MODULES | ECTS CREDITS |
| Advances in Cellular and Molecular Biology* | 5 |
| Experimental techniques** | 6/9 |
| Specialisation | 31/39 |
| Master's thesis | 15 |
| TOTAL OF CREDITS | 60 |
*Compulsory
**Students will choose 2 (minimum) or 3 (maximum) subjects of this module
Module Progress in Cellular and Molecular Biology (5 ECTS)
Module Experimental Techniques (6/9 ECTS)
To pass this module it will be necessary to take and pass a minimum of two subjects (6 ECTS) and a maximum of three (9 ECTS), to be chosen from the following (click on each subject to download the corresponding Teaching Guide):
Experimental Techniques in Cellular and Molecular Biology I (3 ECTS)
-Immunohistochemistry and Immunofluorescence
-Confocal microscopy and electron microscope
Experimental Techniques in Cellular and Molecular Biology II (3ECTS)
-Introduction to the scientific method and philosophy of science
-Cell culture, cytometry and cell separation
-Handling of micro-organisms.
Experimental Techniques in Cellular and Molecular Biology III (3ECTS)
-Protein electrophoresis and Western blot
-Nucleic acid electrophoresis, Northern y Southern blots , RT-PCR
Specialisation Module (31/34 ECTS)
To pass this module it will be necessary to take and pass a certain number of compulsory and optional subjects of the MCMB (the detailed content of these can be found here):
(SEM1= 1st semester, SEM2 =2nd semester. (Click on each subject to download the corresponding Teaching Guide.)
Analysis and modelling of complex biological systems (4 ECTS, SEM2)
Cellular and molecular bases of behaviour, learning and memory (4 ECTS, SEM2)
Bioinformatics (4 ECTS, SEM2)
Cellular Biology (5 ECTS, SEM1)
Cellular and molecular biology of micro-organism-host interaction (5 ECTS, SEM2)
Developmental Biology (5 ECTS, SEM1)
Molecular Biology (5 ECTS, SEM1)
Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology (4 ECTS, SEM1)
Development of the nervous system (4 ECTS, SEM2)
Structural and functional genomics (5 ECTS, SEM2)
Cellular Neurobiology (4 ECTS, SEM1)
Pathologies of cultured aquaculture species (4 ECTS, SEM1)
Microbial pathologies of plants (4 ECTS, SEM1, to be chosen)
Recombinant DNA technology (4 ECTS, SEM2)
To obtain a specialisation, you must have taken 1 compulsory subject and 3 optional subjects, distributed according to the following table of specialisations:
| SPECIALISATION IN DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY | ||||
| COMPULSORY | Developmental Biology (5 ECTS) | |||
| OPTIONAL (choose 3) | Cellular Biology | Molecular Biology | Cellular Neurobiology | Development of the Nervous System |
| SPECIALISATION IN BIOMOLECULAR ENGINEERING | ||||
| COMPULSORY | Molecular Biology (5 ECTS) | |||
| OPTIONAL (choose 3) | Recombinant DNA Technology | Molecular Biology and Plant Biotechnology | Structural and Functional Genomics | Bioinformatics |
| SPECIALISATION IN MICROBIOLOGY | ||||
| COMPULSORY | Biology of Micro-organism-Host Interaction (5 ECTS) | |||
| OPTIONAL (choose 3) | Microbial patologies of plants | Pathologies of aquaculture species | Structural and Functional Genomics | Molecular Biology |
| SPECIALISATION IN SYSTEMS BIOLOGY | ||||
| COMPULSORY | Structural and Functional Genomics (5 ECTS) | |||
| OPTIONAL (choose 3) | Molecular Biology | Cellular Biology | Analysis y Modelling | Bioinformatics |
| SPECIALISATION IN NEUROBIOLOGY | ||||
| COMPULSORY | Cellular Neurobiology (4 ECTS) | |||
| OPTIONAL (choose 3) | Development of Nervous System | Cellular and molecular bases of behaviour | Cellular Biology | Molecular Biology |
Module Master's thesis (TFM) (15 ECTS)
It consists of an original research project (15 ECTS). The guidelines for carrying out this work are specified in the Guide for the preparation of the TFM, in the TFM Regulations of the Faculty of Sciences and in the TFM Teaching Guide. If the student does not complete this TFM, he/she will not obtain the Official Master’s Degree, although by completing 60 credits among those offered, he/she will be able to access the PhD research period.
Composition of the examining board for the academic year 2020-21: In the meeting of the academic commission of the Master “Cellular and Molecular Biology” of the UMA, it was agreed on the participation of the professors who will compose the examining board that will evaluate the defences of the Master’s thesis during the academic year 2020-21. This panel is composed of the professors shown below:
President: ANTONIA GUTIERREZ PÉREZ (Department Cellular Biology)
Secretary: DIEGO F. ROMERO HINOJOSA (Department Microbiology)
Chairperson: CONCEPCIÓN ÁVILA SAEZ (Department Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
Substitute 1: MIGUEL ÁNGEL MEDINA TORRES (Department Molecular Biology and Biochemistry)
Substitute 2: ALICIA RIVERA RAMÍREZ (Department Cellular Biology)
The TFM research project must be supervised by a tutor and fall within one of the 18 lines of research associated with the master’s degree:
- Regionalisation, morphogenesis and evolution of the vertebrate brain
- Ageing and neurodegenerative diseases
- Receptor interaction in the central nervous system
- Pluripotency of cells derived from the embryonic coelomic epithelium
- Vasculogenesis, angiogenesis y haematopoiesis
- Molecular and physiological analysis of fast-growing trees
- Molecular biology of nitrogen metabolism
- Functional genomics
- Structural and functional characterisation of proteins
- Molecular mechanisms of drug action
- Pathogen-plant interaction
- Plant pathogenic and applied biocontrol bacteria
- Water microbiology
- Pathogens in aquaculture
- Biology of phytopathogenic fungi
- Reproductive biology and molecular analysis in subtropical fruits
- Database integration
- Development of in silico predictive models.
The MCMB lecturers associated with each of the research lines 1-18 are listed below. Please note that these lines correspond to the general descriptors of the TFM subject as indicated in the MCMB Teaching Plan. For more specific information on the research projects carried out by each tutor, please visit the Lecturers page and consult the detailed information linked there.
| DOCTORS | DEPARTMENT | LINES OF RESEARCH |
| ALDANA MONTES, JOSÉ F. | Computer Languages and Sciences | 17,18 |
| ALONSO SÁNCHEZ, Mª CARMEN | Microbiology | 13,14 |
| ÁVILA SÁNCHEZ, CONCEPCIÓN | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 7 |
| BALEBONA ACCINO, Mª CARMEN | Microbiology | 14 |
| BAUTISTA, ROCÍO | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | |
| BORREGO GARCÍA, JUAN JOSÉ | Microbiology | 13,14 |
| CÁNOVAS RAMOS, FRANCISCO | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 7 |
| CAÑAS PENDÓN, RAFAEL A. | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 6,7 |
| CARMONA MEJÍAS, RITA | Animal Biology | 4, 5 |
| CASTRO LÓPEZ, DOLORES | Microbiology | 13,14 |
| CAZORLA LÓPEZ, FRANCISCO | Microbiology | 12 |
| CLAROS DÍAZ, GONZALO | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 17 |
| DÁVILA CANSINO, JOSÉ CARLOS | Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology | 2 |
| FERNÁNDEZ ORTUÑO, DOLORES | Microbiology | 15 |
| GARCÍA GUTIÉRREZ, ÁNGEL | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 8 |
| GARCÍA ROSADO, ESTHER | Microbiology | 13,14 |
| GUADIX DOMÍNGUEZ, JUAN A. | Animal Biology | 4, 5 |
| GUIRADO HIDALGO, SALVADOR | Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology | 1 |
| GUTIÉRREZ BARRANQUERO, J.A. | Microbiology | 12 |
| GUTIÉRREZ PÉREZ, ANTONIA | Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology | 2 |
| HORMAZA URROZ, JOSÉ I. | Station “la Mayora” (CSIC) | 1 |
| JEREZ ARAGONÉS, JOSÉ A. | Computer Languages and Sciences | 17 |
| LOZANO CASTRO, JOSÉ | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 9 |
| MEDIAN TORRES, MIGUEL ÁNGEL | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 10,18 |
| MORIÑIGO GUTIÉRREZ, MIGUEL A. | Microbiology | 14 |
| MUÑOZ-CHÁPULI ORIOL, RAMÓN | Animal Biology | 4,5 |
| PASCUAL MORENO, BELÉN | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 7 |
| PÉREZ GARCÍA, ALEJANDRO | Microbiology | 11, 15 |
| PÉREZ POMARES, JOSÉ MARÍA | Animal Biology | 4,5 |
| REAL AVILÉS, Mª ÁNGELES | Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology | 3, |
| RIVERA RAMÍREZ, ALICIA | Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology | 3 |
| ROMERO HINOJOSA, DIEGO F. | Microbiology | 12 |
| RUIZ CANTÓN, FRANCISCO | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 8 |
| SÁNCHEZ JIMÉNEZ, FRANCISCA | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 8,18 |
| SUÁREZ MARÍN, Mª FERNANDA | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 7 |
| TORÉS MONTOSA, JUAN ANTONIO | Station “la Mayora” (CSIC) | 15 |
| URDIALES RUIZ, JOSÉ LUIS | Molecular Biology and Biochemistry | 9,18 |
| VICENTE MORENO, ANTONIO DE | Microbiology | 11,12 |
| VIGUERAS MÍNGUEZ, ENRIQUE | Cellular Biology, Genetics and Physiology | 8 |
