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+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Mastercurriculum Vector-based strategies in Life Sciences, (Bio)Informatics, Molecular Medicine and Biotechnology
+#
+# Es müssen etwa 30% an der Uni Wien erbracht werden, also 30% von
+# 120.0 sind 36.0 ECTS (und 30% von 90.0 sind 33.3 ECTS). Zur Zeit
+# haben wir hier 50.0 ECTS.
+#
+# Die Vorgaben für ein individuelles Master-Studium sind in etwa zwischen
+# 30% und nicht mehr als 60% - also zwischen 27.0 ECTS Punkten und 54.0
+# ECTS Punkten.
+# =========================================================================== #
+# detcur --mvec
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+#
+#   Uni Wien        54.0 ECTS points (60.0%)
+#   BOKU Wien       31.0 ECTS points (34.4%)
+#   Meduni Wien      3.0 ECTS points ( 3.3%)
+#   TU Wien          2.0 ECTS points ( 2.2%)
+#                   90.0 ECTS points
+#
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+#
+#   Mastercurriculum Molekulare Mikrobiologie, Mikrobielle Ökologie und Immunbiologie (066830) → 32.0 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [26.7%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Biotechnology                                                    (066418) → 29.0 ECTS points [ BOKU Wien  ] [24.2%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Molekulare Biologie                                              (066834) → 26.0 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [21.7%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Genetik und Entwicklungsbiologie                                 (066877) → 13.0 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [10.8%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Biologische Chemie                                               (066863) → 11.5 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 9.6%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Chemie                                                           (066862) →  7.5 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 6.3%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Ecology and Ecosystems                                           (066833) →  7.0 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 5.8%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Computational Science                                            (066910) →  6.0 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 5.0%]
+#   Bachelorcurriculum Biologie                                                       (033630) →  3.0 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 2.5%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Medizinische Informatik                                          (066936) →  3.0 ECTS points [Meduni Wien ] [ 2.5%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Pharmazie                                                        (066605) →  3.0 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 2.5%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Technische Chemie                                                (066490) →  2.0 ECTS points [  TU Wien   ] [ 1.7%]
+#   Mastercurriculum European Master in Animal Breeding and Genetics                  (066450) →  2.0 ECTS points [ BOKU Wien  ] [ 1.7%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Bioinformatik                                                    (066875) →  1.5 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 1.3%]
+#   Mastercurriculum Chemie und Technologie der Materialien                           (066658) →  1.5 ECTS points [  Uni Wien  ] [ 1.3%]
+#
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M1
+#
+# Title:  Molecular Medicine and Aging
+# n ECTS: 16.0
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M1:
+#
+# → None.
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# Module M1 "Molecular Medicine and Aging" explores several key topics
+# within the field of molecular medicine in general, including related
+# aspects in regards to therapeutic strategies.
+#
+# Topics from within molecular medicine include, among others, diseases
+# such as laminopathies, Alzheimer disease, viral and non-viral gene
+# transfer in gene therapy, opsin-related diseases (colour blindness),
+# abetalipoproteinemias, lysosomal storage diseases, defects in ABC
+# Transporters, CTFR-gene related diseases, tumorigenesis from a
+# molecular medicine point of view, defects in chromatin proteins
+# and DNA repair, diseases related to RNA processing and more
+# examples from molecular pathology and molecular medicine.
+#
+# Furthermore, the role of stem cells as starting cells for tissue
+# regeneration will be discussed extensively, enabling the graduates
+# to properly assess how stem cell properties are used in medicine,
+# exemplified by treatment methods in clinical hemato-oncology,
+# including the molecular basics of hematopoetic stem cell biology.
+#
+# The concept of support cells (nurse cells) and how they may be used
+# in biotechnology will be understood as well as the significance of
+# the culture media for proper cultivation of these cells wil
+# be understood, as well as the signals for differentiation,
+# and which bioreactors may be used for stem cell cultivation. The
+# graduates will understand which GMP (Good Manufacturing
+# Practice) strategies are used in regards to stem cell
+# cultivation. In a practical component, the students will 
+# acquire hands-on experience in flow cytometry, as means to
+# identify stem cells.
+#
+# The theme 'aging' constitutes a sub-topic within this module, in 
+# regards to age-related diseases or how aging process affect and
+# change diseases on the molecular level in general. This knowledge
+# may help the prospective graduates in evaluating which therapies
+# may seem plausible and which therapies seem less plausible.
+#
+# Upon successful completion of Module M1, the prospective graduates
+# will have acquired not only detailed information about a very
+# broad scientific topic from within the field of molecular
+# medicine, but will additionally understand different therapeutic
+# strategies and therapeutic possibilities for the treatment of
+# some of these diseases.
+#
+# As an extension towards therapeutic strategies in molecular medicine
+# with a focus on human beings, the prospective graduates will learn
+# more about therapeutic strategies from the field of gene therapy.
+# As part of the latter area, the prospective prospective graduates
+# will come to understand how modern tools for therapeutic strategies
+# can be employed in this department, such as antisense RNA, RNAi
+# or CRISPR, including different aspects studied in different 
+# research groups focusing on gene therapy. The prospective graduates
+# will also know about different viruses used as vector systems,
+# including constraints of these viruses employed. 
+#
+# Furthermore, the prospective graduates will have acquired knowledge
+# about ethical implications in regards to conducting due diligent
+# research and how to properly prepare for scientific presentations
+# in front of a diverse target audience, in particular within the
+# field of molecular medicine. The prospective graduates will know
+# how to effectively write a scientific paper and pass the
+# required steps necessary for publication.
+#
+# Taken together, Module M1 extends the prospective graduates' prior
+# knowledge in regards to pathology, pathophysiology and
+# medicine-related issues as well as introduces them to the
+# contemporary scientific field of molecular medicine. It can be
+# considered a key module within the confines of this curriculum.
+# =========================================================================== #
+301585  Molekulare Medizin 1                                                                    #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+301586  Molekulare Medizin 2                                                                    #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+301589  Literaturseminar Molekulare Medizin                                                     #  1.0 ECTS, SE, UNI  WIEN
+322056  Introduction to Nanomedicine: Nucleic acid therapy and Bioimaging - M14                 #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+790333  Biology of aging (in Eng.)                                                              #  3.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU WIEN
+322054  Human Gene Therapy: From basics to clinical applications - M14                          #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+301540  Grundlagen wissenschaftlichen Arbeitens, Bioethik und Medizinethik                      #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+790037  Characterisation of blood stem cells as starting cells for biotechnology (in Eng.)      #  1.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M2
+#
+# Title:  Advanced Topics from Virology and Therapy in Virology
+# n ECTS: 12.0
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M2:
+#
+# → None.
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# The major objective for Module M2 is to provide an extensive, and broad,
+# detailed overview over virology in general, including related strategies
+# that may be useful in different areas, such as molecular medicine or
+# biotechnology, including applied strategies for therapeutics. To that
+# end, the prospective graduates will not only learn more about the
+# important roles that viruses play in regards to human diseases in
+# general, but also the natural role of viruses as can be discovered
+# in different ecosystems (such as the Megaviridae family), or the
+# role that viruses play in regards to causing disease/cancer in
+# mankind and in other species. One purpose for this module is, thus,
+# to provide a cohesive-holistic view over virual systems in general.
+#
+# Upon successful completion of this module, the prospective graduates
+# will have acquired specific knowledge in regards to HIV and how to
+# treat diseases caused by this persistent retrovirus. The prospective
+# graduates will have gained more insight into the frontier field of
+# research in regards to viruses, as well as the possible roles of
+# viruses as vectors for treating disease or effecting changes on
+# the nano-scale level within a cell, including how some viruses
+# relate to cancer and carcinogenesis.
+#
+# Module M2, due to its primary focus on virology, can be considered 
+# a central "key-focus module" in this Master's programme.
+# =========================================================================== #
+300326  Aquatic Viral Ecology                                                                     #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+790310  Applied virology (in Eng.)                                                                #  3.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU WIEN
+301460  Grenzen der Virologie                                                                     #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+301407  DNA-Tumorviren, vom Krebsauslöser zum Therapeutikum                                       #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+301480  Therapie von HIV Infektion / AIDS                                                         #  2.0 ECTS, SE, UNI  WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M3
+#
+# Title:  Computational Concepts in Biology and Artifical Intelligence
+# n ECTS: 9.0
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M3:
+#
+# → None.
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# Module M3 focuses on a specific subset from the field of computational
+# concepts that are essential and applicable to both biology and
+# bioinformatics. The prospective graduates will, upon successful
+# completion of this module, understand the computational costs associated
+# with different, special algorithms used in bioinformatics in particular,
+# how to use and apply suffix trees to specific problems, how to approach
+# sequence analysis, such as through RNA-Seq or microarrays, or how to
+# apply a binary search through a given (large) dataset. The prospective
+# graduates will additionally have acquired some knowledge from the
+# field of pharmacoinformatics, through the course 269004 Computational
+# Concepts in Biology I.
+#
+# Integrated into this module is a general course about different fields
+# of artificial intelligence as it is found in use today, and possibly
+# in the future. Machine learning will enable the prospective graduates
+# to solve problems not merely by having specified all instructions
+# prior, but use computers to analyse datasets on their own and infer
+# viable strategies that may be useful in this regard, thus enabling
+# potentially new approaches in bioinformatics for the next decade, 
+# with the ongoing increase of genomic data in general. 
+#
+# Furthermore, the prospective graduates will understand how data
+# from patients can be anonymized properly, by making use of 
+# Machine Learning to generate synthetic (artificial) data that is
+# statistically shaped by the same patterns, which demonstrates
+# another use case scenario for Machine Learning.
+#
+# Upon successful completion of this module, the prospective graduates
+# will understand the principles of artificial intelligence and its
+# different use cases through computational strategies, thus giving
+# the prospective graduates further flexibility for
+# (bio)informatics-based approaches leveraging the advantages of
+# artificial intelligence-based concepts, including in combination
+# with established "wet lab" work.
+# =========================================================================== #
+269004  Computational Concepts in Biology I                                                       #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+269020  Computational Concepts in Biology II                                                      #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+840.001 Aktuelle Themen der Medizinischen Informatik - Artificial Intelligence                    #  3.0 ECTS, VO, MEDUNI WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M4
+#
+# Title:  Selected Concepts from Immunology and (Bio)Analytical Concepts
+# n ECTS: 15.5
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M4:
+#
+# → Module M1: Molecular Medicine and Aging
+# → Module M2: Advanced Topics from Virology and Therapy in Virology
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# The major objective for the large Module M4, as a key-interdisciplinary
+# module, is to collect information from different fields, predominantly
+# immunology, in conjuncture with bioanalytical concepts, in regards to
+# treating disease. In order to effectively treat different diseases,
+# the immune system must play a major relevant role, as well as one's
+# ability to understand different ways how to analyse the contributing
+# factors to disease states, through bioanalytics or computational
+# methods.
+#
+# In order to extend the knowledge of the prospective graduates into
+# selected key areas, prior knowledge from virology and selected
+# therapies from molecular medicine is required, which has been
+# acquired through the two dependent modules Module M2 (Advanced
+# Topics from Virology and Therapy in Virology) and Module M1
+# (Molecular Medicine and Aging).
+#
+# Furthermore, the prospective graduates will have gained more insight
+# in regards to the interplay between immunobiology and vascular disease,
+# as well as how allergies arise and how these can be treated from
+# a medicinal point of view.
+#
+# Upon successful completion of Module M4, the prospective graduates
+# will have obtained a deepened insight in how molecular antibodies
+# are currently used in order to treat certain disease or affect
+# changes to cells, through modified/conjuged antibodies, or
+# antibody-fragments (scFv, dsFv, nanobodies and so forth).
+#
+# Complementary to the goal of attaining more knowledge in regards to
+# therapeutical strategies and concepts, the prospective graduates
+# will, upon successful completion of this module, have acquired
+# knowledge in particular when it comes to using bioanalytical methods
+# for the identification and evaluation of biomarkers, and how to make
+# use of immunoanalytical methods in general. This valuable information
+# may be useful for analysing information from biological datasets
+# in general - such as information derived from the genome, or how
+# to translate from identified biomarkers to the potential treatment
+# of a specific disease, including in-silico considerations as 
+# strategy. Furthermore, this knowledge will be useful for the
+# possible development of (bio)analytical assays, should need
+# arise to design such a given assay.
+#
+# As a related extension to therapeutic strategies, molecular medicine,
+# immunology and virology, the prospective graduates will extensively
+# learn more about different antigens, vaccines and vaccination projects
+# used to combat pathogens, including live vaccines, inactivated
+# vaccines, DNA vaccines, subunit-vaccines or recombinant vaccines,
+# including the historic context of vaccination in general as well
+# as more recent in-silico-driven research strategies, such as
+# reverse vaccinology in combination with bioinformatics. Thus,
+# Module M4 also extends the aspects from virology, as were acquired
+# through Module M2 (Advanced Topics from Virology and Therapy
+# in Virology), including risk-benefit evaluations resulting from
+# vaccination (herd immunity, global protection levels and so forth).
+#
+# A compact practical course in regards to efficient DNA analysis
+# is included in this module. The prospective graduates will learn
+# how to determine DNA-methylation patterns via a high-resolution
+# melt curve analysis, the use of multiplex-assays such as the
+# tetraplex-assay for the concomitant analysis of different samples,
+# as well as genomic SNP analysis are all part of Module M4, as
+# an extension to related concepts from bioanalytics.
+#
+# The prospective graduates will have intensified their knowledge in
+# regards to immunology from the human gut and microbiota residing
+# in and on a human being, and how this may play a role in regards
+# to certain diseases as a proximate consequence, including tumor biology
+# (such as when bacteria influence and modify drug metabolism used
+# in cancer therapy) or "persister" cells within biofilms. Viewed
+# from within this context, Module M4 may be regarded as a
+# specialization and extension related to molecular medicine
+# in particular, but plays a secondary role in regards to
+# vectors, viruses and vaccination programs as well.
+# =========================================================================== #
+442706  Bioanalytische Methoden zur Identifikation und Evaluierung von Biomarkern                 #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+300038  The Human Microbiome                                                                      #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+790305  Antigene und Impfstoffe                                                                   #  3.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU WIEN
+270281  Immunanalytische Methoden                                                                 #  1.5 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+790393  Antibodies and beyond - emerging fields in antibody engineering (in Eng.)                 #  2.0 ECTS, VS, BOKU WIEN
+790363  Immunobiology and vascular diseases (in Eng.)                                             #  2.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU WIEN
+270045  Wahlfachpraktikum: Nukleinsäureanalytik                                                   #  3.0 ECTS, UE, UNI  WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M5
+#
+# Title:  Protein engineering and practical aspects in Bioinformatics
+# n ECTS: 13.0
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M5:
+#
+# → Module M3: Computational Concepts in Biology and Artifical Intelligence
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# The predominant objective found as the major goal within Module M5 is
+# to act as an applied module for the prospective graduates to acquire
+# and improve on their practical skills in regards to bioinformatics
+# in particular, but general computer-driven skills as well, including
+# relevant knowledge for use in protein engineering. This allows the
+# graduates to not only improve their in-silico skills, but combines
+# them with useful knowledge in regards to biotechnology too. Thus,
+# the module has a bridging role between bioinformatics on the one
+# hand, and biotechnology/protein engineering on the other hand.
+#
+# The prospective graduates will adequately understand how to analyse
+# genomes for RNA secondary structures, which will be a useful
+# complement knowledge for treating diseases that arise due to
+# (mis)folding (of RNA), or problems related to structural biology
+# in general, as similar thermodynamic factors may constrain and
+# influence the 3D structure of proteins, as well as RNA.
+#
+# The prospective graduates will have gained theoretical knowledge in
+# regards to analysing large datasets from the omics-field - specifically
+# analysing genomic data and RNA folding-prediction (e. g. via the
+# RNAfold and the Vienna-RNA package). Furthermore, the students will
+# know how to design primers using different online-resources, as well
+# as how to construct plasmids/vectors through different software
+# applications. They will understand how to search through the existing
+# literature and different databases related to bioinformatics
+# (ENSEMBL, Entrez, NCBI and so forth). They know how to operate tools
+# such as BLAST (or variants thereof) in order to obtain genomic or
+# NGS datasets, and they are able to interprete datasets obtained
+# from these resources, in particular by making use of additional
+# software applications.
+#
+# Module M5 has an additional extensive focus on the analysis of gene
+# expression and the use and limitations of NGS datasets, as well as
+# the application of modern DNA-microarrays (and related biochip
+# technology), thus complementing their knowledge from bioanalytics.
+#
+# Due to one part of this module focusing on protein chemistry and
+# protein engineering, the students will have acquired knowledge
+# in how to handle PyMOL and the SWISS-MODEL software suite for
+# protein structure prediction, as well as their usefulness in
+# regards to protein visualization in general. The students additionally
+# understand the role of binding energies of molecules, the structural
+# building blocks found in proteins, different motifs and (super)
+# secondary structures in proteins. They understand the importance
+# of protein diversity, as well as how to influence diversity, how
+# to classify protein families and how to tap into the knowledge
+# stored in protein databases. Structure determination via X-ray
+# and NMR, as well as the role of CD, IR and fluorescence, 
+# calorimetry and light scattering techniques are understood.
+# The students will understand different mutagenesis strategies
+# as well as different display techniques and screening,
+# including aspects related to the engineering of antibodies
+# and mechanisms for the rationale design of enzymes. The students
+# will understand how to model proteins based on databases and
+# phylogeny, including similarity/homology search.
+#
+# Thus, Module M5 meaningfully extends the theoretical and practical
+# knowledge of students in specific key aspects related to
+# bioinformatics and computational concepts in biology and the
+# life sciences as well as interconnects this knowledge toward
+# selected elements related to structural biology.
+# =========================================================================== #
+772304  Protein chemistry and protein engineering (in Eng.)                                       #  4.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU WIEN
+270065  Praktikum zu Bioinformatischen Problemen aus Chemie und Biologie                          #  4.0 ECTS, UE, UNI  WIEN
+301214  Toolkit für in silico Sequenzanalysen                                                     #  3.0 ECTS, UE, UNI  WIEN
+790379  Using bioinformatics for expression profiling by next generation sequencing (in Eng.)     #  2.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M6
+#
+# Title:  Structure and Function of Proteins and Translational Control in Eukaryotes
+# n ECTS: 7.0
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M6:
+#
+# → Module M4: Selected Concepts from Immunology and (Bio)Analytical Concepts
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# Module M6 serves primarily as an independent module that focuses predominantly
+# on proteins and related aspects from translation and translational control
+# in eukaryotic systems in particular. On the one hand the imminent goal for
+# this module is to act as a preparatory introduction towards other aspects
+# from cell biology within this curriculum; on the other hand, the module
+# has an additional important role in regards to biotechnology and specialized
+# topics within this curriculum, such as those that can be found in
+# synthetic biology and metabolic engineering.
+#
+# The prospective graduates will understand the structure and function of
+# proteins, including commonly used ways to depict their 3D structure or
+# how to access datasets derived from structural biology. They will understand
+# how proteins are able to fulfil their vast functions and how they
+# may evolve / change,  based on several examples (in particular from
+# structural virology)
+#
+# Through course 301507, the prospective graduates will learn more about
+# certain viral surface proteins that may be of relevant for molecular
+# medicine in general (causing disease by interacting with a cellular
+# receptor, for instance).
+#
+# Furthermore, the prospective graduates understand how proteins are
+# transported and sorted in living mammalian cells and how this can
+# be correctly evaluated and studied within the lab, including the
+# possibility to influence these processes through change via
+# recombinant DNA.
+#
+# The prospective graduates will understand how, where and when eukaryotes
+# translate proteins, and how these processes are controlled in different
+# eukaryotic systems, including different strategies that may be 
+# employed in this regard (P-bodies, weak mRNAs, TOP and so forth).
+#
+# Thus, this acquired knowledge is useful for subsequent modules, in
+# particular Module M7 ("Cell factories and selected topics from
+# (applied) cell biology"), but also for components related to
+# applied molecular medicine.
+# =========================================================================== #
+301507  Struktur und Funktion der Proteine                                                        #  2.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+301665  Protein Transport u. Sortierung in Säugetierzellen                                        #  1.0 ECTS, VO+SE, UNI  WIEN
+301585  Translation und Translationskontrolle bei Eukaryonten I                                   #  2.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+301586  Translation und Translationskontrolle bei Eukaryonten II                                  #  2.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M7
+#
+# Title:  Cell factories and selected topics from (applied) cell biology
+# n ECTS: 13.0
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M7:
+#
+# → Module M6: Structure and Function of Proteins and Translational Control in Eukaryotes
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# Module M7 focuses on cells as a production system (a "factory" for
+# proteins and related substances) as well as related topics, including
+# different methods, from cell biology (mass spectrometry, advanced
+# topics from proteomics, autophagy, techniques used for the study
+# of the cell membrane, genome editing through CRISPR/Cas and 
+# similar topics). The module not only covers cell factories from
+# a theoretical background, but also extends this topic towards
+# certain key products used in today's (pharmaceuticul and industrial)
+# biotechnology, such as antibiotics, erythropoietin, insulin,
+# antibodies and antibody fragments, thus complementing module
+# M4.
+#
+# Upon having successfully completed this module, the prospective graduates
+# will have acquired both theoretical and practical/technical knowledge
+# in regards to (eukaryotic) cell biology, respectively modern methods
+# used therein. Furthermore, the students know more about modern
+# methods used in cell biology and how to apply some of these methods
+# as well, from a practical point of view, in particular in regards
+# to live imaging and microscopy.
+#
+# The prospective graduates will understand how live cells should be
+# ideally imaged without causing damage to these cells, including
+# effective strategies to fluorescence-tag different proteins.
+# =========================================================================== #
+790351  Cell factories (in Eng.)                                                                  #  4.0 ECTS, VO,    BOKU WIEN
+790360  Products and processes in biotechnology (in Eng.)                                         #  2.0 ECTS, VS,    BOKU WIEN 
+941337  Practical course in cell biology (in Eng.)                                                #  3.0 ECTS, PR,    BOKU WIEN
+301272  Live imaging course                                                                       #  1.0 ECTS, VO+SE, UNI  WIEN
+301417  Methoden in der Zellbiologie                                                              #  3.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M8
+#
+# Title:  Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology and Metabolic/Cell Engineering
+# n ECTS: 6.5
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M8:
+#
+# → Module M6: Structure and Function of Proteins and Translational Control in Eukaryotes
+# → Module M7: Cell factories and selected topics from (applied) cell biology
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# Through the fairly compact Module M8, the prospective graduates will acquire
+# knowledge about the general field of modern synthetic biology and how this
+# knowledge can then be used for de-novo synthesis or change of existing
+# organisms, building upon prior knowledge from cell biology and molecular
+# biology, as taught and mediated by the two modules M6 and M7 in particular.
+#
+# Furthermore, the prospective graduates will know how bacteria can
+# be modified within the context of synthetic biology, and how
+# (genetic/metabolic) pathways in these bacteria can be modulated,
+# including advanced concepts from synthetic biology applied
+# (such as novel sensor systems).
+#
+# The prospective graduates will understand how to use specific key
+# models for modelling metabolic pathways (e. g. flux analysis), and
+# how to change/influence the fluxome through these pathways
+# (pull/push factors).
+#
+# Through Module M8 the prospective graduates will have gained an
+# extensive insight from the field of biomolecular nanotechnology
+# and how to manipulate metabolic pathways, building upon the
+# prior practical part that focused on protein engineering. Equipped
+# with this knowledge, the prospective graduates may use ideas from
+# the aforementioned fields when developing new strategies related
+# to molecular biology, molecular medicine and molecular biotechnology.
+# =========================================================================== #
+166.647 Synthetische Biologie                                                                     #  2.0 ECTS, VO, TU   WIEN
+270027  Biomolekulare Nanotechnologie                                                             #  1.5 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+322065  Applied Bacterial Genetics - M14                                                          #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+790356  Metabolic and cell engineering (in Eng.)                                                  #  2.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU WIEN
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Module M9
+#
+# Title:  Master's thesis
+# n ECTS: 30.0
+#
+# Obligatory Prerequisites for Module M9:
+#
+#   → Module M1: Molecular Medicine and Aging
+#   → Module M2: Advanced Topics from Virology and Therapy in Virology
+#   → Module M3: Computational Concepts in Biology and Artifical Intelligence
+#   → Module M4: Selected Concepts from Immunology and (Bio)Analytical Concepts
+#   → Module M5: Protein engineering and practical aspects in Bioinformatics
+#   → Module M6: Structure and Function of Proteins and Translational Control in Eukaryotes
+#   → Module M7: Cell factories and selected topics from (applied) cell biology
+#   → Module M8: Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology and Metabolic/Cell Engineering
+#
+# Worded in a less verbose manner, all other Modules listed in this
+# Master's programme are a prerequisite for Module M9.
+#
+# Objectives for this module:
+#
+# The students will demonstrate their ability for scientific work on
+# their own through their master’s thesis, worth a total of 30.0 ECTS
+# credits.
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Biotechnology, Bioanalytics and Pharmaceutical courses
+#
+# 790360 Products and processes in biotechnology (in Eng.)                                         #  2.0 ECTS, VS,    BOKU WIEN
+# 790377 Seminar in biotechnology (in Eng.)                                                        #  2.0 ECTS, SE,    BOKU WIEN
+# 941098  Seminars in molecular biotechnology (in Eng.)                                            #  2.0 ECTS, SE,    BOKU WIEN
+# 791377  Seminar in biotechnology (in Eng.)                                                       #  2.0 ECTS, SE,    BOKU WIEN
+# 772304 Protein chemistry and protein engineering (in Eng.)                                       #  4.0 ECTS, VU,    BOKU WIEN
+# 166.156 Gentechnik und Industrielle Genomik                                                      #  3.0 ECTS, VO,    TU   WIEN
+# 166.210 Biotechnologie 2                                                                         #  3.0 ECTS, VO,    TU   WIEN
+# 301465 Current Trends in Bioanalytical Technologies                                              #  3.0 ECTS, SE,    UNI  WIEN
+# 166.605 Pharmazeutische Prozesstechnik (ab 2010/11) (Bio-) Pharmazeutische Prozesstechnologie    #  1.5 ECTS, VO,    TU   WIEN
+# 270111  Elektrophoretische und Chromatographische Trennmethoden                                  #  1.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 322065  Applied Bacterial Genetics - M14                                                         #  1.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 322082  Protein-Biotechnologie am Beispiel der Blut- und Plasmaderivate - M14                    #  1.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 166.061 Bioverfahrenstechnik                                                                     #  3.0 ECTS, LU,    TU   WIEN
+# 270147  Nucleic Acid Biotechnology                                                               #  3.0 ECTS, VO+SE, UNI WIEN
+# 940327  Oncology for biotechnologists (in Eng.)                                                  #  2.0 ECTS, VO,    BOKU WIEN
+# 791397  Protein engineering (in Eng.)                                                            #  3.0 ECTS, VO,    BOKU WIEN
+# 164.314 Instrumentelle Bioanalytik                                                               #  4.5 ECTS, VO,    TU   WIEN
+# Biotechnologie für VT                                                                            #  2.0 ECTS, LU,    TU   WIEN
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Molecular biology, Gene expression, DNA and RNA, Microbiology
+#
+# 270045  Wahlfachpraktikum: Nukleinsäureanalytik                                                  #  3.0 ECTS, UE, UNI  WIEN
+# 270073  Nukleinsäureanalytik-Genomics                                                            #  1.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 941336  Exercises in molecular biology (in Eng.)                                                 #  3.0 ECTS, UE, BOKU WIEN
+# 301652  Molekularbiologie der RNA                                                                #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+# 940323  Laboratory course in molecular biology II (in Eng.)                                      #  3.0 ECTS, UE, BOKU WIEN
+# 166.193 Mikrobiologie Laborübungen                                                               #  4.0 ECTS, UE, TU   WIEN
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Immunology and Immunobiotechnology                         (immuno tag)
+#
+# 330102 Ernährung und Epigenetik, Methoden und Epidemiologie                                      #  4.0 ECTS, SE+UE, UNI WIEN
+# 301843 Practical Course in Molecular and Cellular Immunobiology                                  # 10.0 ECTS, UE, UNI  WIEN
+# 790305 Antigene und Impfstoffe                                                                   #  3.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU WIEN
+# 270281 Immunanalytische Methoden                                                                 #  1.5 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+# 300038 The Human Microbiome                                                                      #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+# 301588 Signalling in the Immune System                                                           #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+# 790363 Immunobiology and vascular diseases (in Eng.)                                             #  2.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU WIEN
+# 791366 Infectious diseases and vaccines (in Eng.)                                                #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI  WIEN
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Molecular medicine, Therapeutic Strategies, Virology and Scientific Methods
+#
+# 500217  Funktionale Tumorgenomik (KV)                                                            #  2.0 ECTS, EK, VETMED WIEN	 	
+# 772007  The molecular mechanisms of cancer immunotherapies (in Eng.)                             #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 322052  Nukleinsäure-Therapeutika: Antisense, RNA Interferenz, CRISPR - M14                      #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 790037  Characterisation of blood stem cells as starting cells for biotechnology (in Eng.)       #  1.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU   WIEN
+# 790368  Biological therapeutics (in Eng.)                                                        #  2.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU   WIEN
+# 791364  Preclinical studies (in Eng.)                                                            #  1.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU   WIEN
+# 322056  Introduction to Nanomedicine: Nucleic acid therapy and Bioimaging - M14                  #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 322083  Zelluläre und molekulare Pharmakologie und molekulare Medizin - M14                      #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 301586  Molekulare Medizin 2                                                                     #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 163.114 Medizinische Chemie                                                                      #  3.0 ECTS, VO, TU     WIEN
+# 270052  Chemische Biologie                                                                       #              , UNI    WIEN
+# 301858  Wahlbeispiel Molekulare Medizin - Teil 1                                                 #  5.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 301859  Wahlbeispiel Molekulare Medizin - Teil 2                                                 #  5.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 940326  Pathophysiology for biotechnologists (in Eng.)                                           #  2.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU   WIEN
+# 270184  Erstellen von wissenschaftlichen Protokollen mit LaTeX                                   #  2.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Informatics, Bioinformatics and System Biology
+#
+# 301185 Structural Bioinformatics I                                                             #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 050083 Einführung in die Bioinformatik für Medizininformatik                                   #  3.0 ECTS, VU, UNI    WIEN
+# 070146 Methodological course - Tools and Techniques for Digital Humanities                     #  3.0 ECTS, KU, UNI    WIEN
+# 053521 Sequenz- und Struktur-Bioinformatik                                                     #  6.0 ECTS, VU, UNI    WIEN
+# 270086 Forschungsbeispiel aus Chem- und Bioinformatik                                          #  4.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 301578 Spezielle Themen der Bioinformatik                                                      #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 300362 Applied data analysis                                                                   # 10.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 053520 Algorithmische Bioinformatik                                                            #  6.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 300191 Bioinformatics for non-bioinformaticians - how to build and analyse a transcriptome     #  3.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 166.231 Angewandte Bioinformatik                                                               #  4.0 ECTS, UE, TU     WIEN
+# 166.229 Angewandte Bioinformatik                                                               #  3.0 ECTS, VO, TU     WIEN
+# 791391 Efficient microarray data analysis using R and FSPMA (in Eng.)                          #  1.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU   WIEN
+# 202.647 Mathematical Systems Biology                                                           #  1.5 ECTS, VO, TU     WIEN
+# 270037 Chemieinformatik                                                                        #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 322091 Bioinformatics in Natural Product Research - M14                                        #  1.0 ECTS, VU, UNI    WIEN
+# 300344 Introduction to Quantitative Biology and Systems Biology                                #  5.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 301696 Grundlagen der Systembiologie                                                           #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 270065  Praktikum zu Bioinformatischen Problemen aus Chemie und Biologie                       #  4.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 840.001 Aktuelle Themen der Medizinischen Informatik - Artificial Intelligence                 #  3.0 ECTS, VO, MEDUNI WIEN
+# 301214 Toolkit für in silico Sequenzanalysen                                                   #  3.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 269004 Computational Concepts in Biology I                                                     #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 269020 Computational Concepts in Biology II                                                    #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 270034 Praktikum zur Bioinformatik der Nukleinsäuren                                           #  4.0 ECTS, PR, UNI    WIEN
+# 270054 Bioinformatik der Nukleinsäuren                                                         #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# Basiswissen Informatik für die Bioinformatik                                                   # 10.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 791383 Bioinformatics: Selected aspects (in Eng.)                                              #  3.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU   WIEN
+# 791379 Using bioinformatics for expression profiling by next generation sequencing (in Eng.)   #  2.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU   WIEN
+# 270110 Praktikum: Analyse großer Datensätze von "omics"-typ Experimenten                       #  3.0 ECTS, PR, UNI    WIEN
+# 188.519 Programmierung von Geschäfts-Anwendungen mit Ruby on Rails                             #  3.0 ECTS, UE, TU     WIEN
+# 270164 Bioinformatische Auswertungsstrategien                                                  #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 270087 Struktur und Dynamik von Biopolymeren                                                   #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 270056 Algorithmen und Programmentwicklung für die Biologische Chemie                          #  4.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 301600 Bioinformatik-Praktikum II                                                              #  3.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 300853 UE A Strukturbiologie - Basic Practical Course in Structural Biology                    #
+# 300854 UE B Strukturbiologie - Advanced Practical Course in Structural Biology                 #
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Biochemistry, Biophysics, Structural Biology and Imaging techniues
+#
+# 301901 Introduction into 3D cryo electron microscopy                                           #  3.0 ECTS, VO+UE, UNI  WIEN
+# 270109 Biochemisches Praktikum C + Biochemische Übungen für Fortgeschrittene                   #  5.0 ECTS, UE,    UNI  WIEN
+# 752339 Protein engineering (in Eng.)                                                           #  2.0 ECTS, VU,    BOKU WIEN
+# 301159 Protein Design and Evolution                                                            #  1.0 ECTS, SE,    UNI  WIEN
+# 301271 Mikroskopie für Fortgeschrittene-Anwendung i.d.Lebenswissenschaften                     #  2.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 270041 Posttranslationale Modifikation von Proteinen                                           #  4.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 301272 Live imaging course                                                                     #  1.0 ECTS, VO+SE, UNI  WIEN
+# 301507 Struktur und Funktion der Proteine                                                      #  2.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 791356 Metabolic and cell engineering (in Eng.)                                                #  2.0 ECTS, VO,    BOKU WIEN
+# 301853 UE A Strukturbiologie                                                                   #  5.0 ECTS, UE,    UNI  WIEN
+# 270095 Enzyme - Mechanismen und Anwendungen                                                    #  1.5 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 301234 Advanced Biochemical and Biophysical Methods                                            #  3.0 ECTS, VO,    UNI  WIEN
+# 166.163 Biochemie II                                                                           #  6.0 ECTS, VO,    TU   WIEN
+# 301855 Wahlbeispiel Strukturbiologie                                                           #  5.0 ECTS, UE,    UNI  WIEN
+# 300517  Theorie und Anwendung des Konfokal-Mikroskops                                          #  3.0 ECTS, SE+UE, UNI  WIEN
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Cellbiology, Cell cultures and Cell factories
+#
+# 791378 Mechanisms of cell regulation in biotechnology practical (in Eng.)                      #  3.0 ECTS, PR, UNI    WIEN
+# 301120 Zellbiologie und molekulare Pathologie                                                  #  2.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 301417 Methoden in der Zellbiologie                                                            #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# 790351 Cell factories (in Eng.)                                                                #  4.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU   WIEN
+# 790318 Animal cell culture (in Eng.)                                                           #  2.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU   WIEN
+# 301121 Seminar in Zellbiologie                                                                 #  2.0 ECTS, SE, UNI    WIEN
+# 330011 Zell- und Molekularbiologie                                                             #  6.0 ECTS, VO, UNI    WIEN
+# Zellbiologische Techniken für Fortgeschrittene                                                 #  5.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# 301120 Übung in Molekularer Genetik u. Pathologie (Zellbiologie)                               # 10.0 ECTS, UE, UNI    WIEN
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Nano(bio)technology, synthetic biology and ultrastructure
+#
+# 802300 Biological nanosciences and nanotechnology (in Eng.)                                    #  2.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU  WIEN
+# 791355 Introduction to metabolic modelling (in Eng.)                                           #  2.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU  WIEN
+# 791325 Flow cytometry and cell sorting in biotechnology (in Eng.)                              #  3.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU  WIEN
+# 134.202 Biomembranes                                                                           #  1.5 ECTS, VO, TU    WIEN
+# 308.119 Biomaterials                                                                           #  3.0 ECTS, VO, TU    WIEN
+# 166.647 Synthetische Biologie                                                                  #  2.0 ECTS, VO, TU    WIEN
+# 804301 Synthetic bioarchitectures (in Eng.)                                                    #  4.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU  WIEN
+# 818065 Synthetische Biologie - Konstruktion des Lebendigen                                     #  3.0 ECTS, VU, BOKU  WIEN
+# 803304 Seminar in nanobiosciences and nanotechnology I (in Eng.)                               #  2.0 ECTS, SE, BOKU  WIEN
+# 803302 Methods in ultrastructure research (in Eng.)                                            #  3.0 ECTS, VO, BOKU  WIEN
+# 270027 Biomolekulare Nanotechnologie                                                           #  1.5 ECTS, VO, UNI   WIEN
+# 270151 Nanobiotechnologie und klinische Anwendungen                                            #  1.0 ECTS, SE, UNI   WIEN
+# 322056 Introduction to Nanomedicine: Nucleic acid therapy and Bioimaging - M14                 #  1.0 ECTS, VO, UNI   WIEN
+# 322073 Pharmazeutische Nanotechnologie - M7/M14                                                #  1.0 ECTS, VU, UNI   WIEN
+# 270028 Semisynthese von Proteinen                                                              #  3.0 ECTS, VO, UNI   WIEN
+# 362.111 Biophysik                                                                              #  3.0 ECTS, VO, TU    WIEN
+# =========================================================================== #
+
+# =========================================================================== #
+# === Overview over the individual modules:
+#
+#   → Modul M1:  Molecular Medicine and Aging                                               14.0 ECTS
+#   → Modul M2:  Advanced Topics from Virology and Therapy in Virology                      12.0 ECTS
+#   → Modul M3:  Computational Concepts in Biology and Artifical Intelligence                9.0 ECTS
+#   → Modul M4:  Selected Concepts from Immunology and (Bio)Analytical Concepts             15.5 ECTS  
+#   → Modul M5:  Protein engineering and practical aspects in Bioinformatics                13.0 ECTS
+#   → Modul M6:  Structure and Function of Proteins and Translational Control in Eukaryotes  7.0 ECTS  
+#   → Modul M7:  Cell factories and selected topics from (applied) cell biology             13.0 ECTS  
+#   → Modul M8:  Synthetic Biology, Nanotechnology and Metabolic/Cell Engineering            6.5 ECTS  
+#   → Modul M9:  Master's thesis                                                            30.0 ECTS
+#
+# =========================================================================== #