Plant Genetics

Profession

A geneticist is a scientist who studies the mechanisms of heredity and variability at all levels of development of living organisms. The achievements of genetics play an important role in biology, medicine, agriculture, microbiology and biotechnology. The objects of professional activity of graduates who have mastered the postgraduate program are cultivated plants (species, varieties and hybrids, genetic collections of plants), plant clones, individual cells, viruses, bacteria, fungi, DNA molecules, proteins, enzymes, biologically active substances, drugs and biological agents, technological lines for production of drugs, food and fodder, etc.

Educational Process

The program includes the following specialized courses: “Research Methodology and Experiment Design”, “Plant Genetics”, “Plant Breeding and Biotechnology”, “Molecular and Biochemical Markers”, “Genetic Foundations of Plant Immunity”.

Practice

The practice base is made up of the largest research laboratories and centers of the Russian Academy of Sciences (Moscow):

Career

For graduates, there is an opportunity for employment, exchange of experience and scientific achievements both within Russia and around the world.
Further professional activity may be related to:
— state administrative structures;
— agro-industrial complexes, agricultural holdings, agricultural firms;
— higher educational institutions, research and production associations, research institutes;
— representative offices of foreign agricultural companies;
— service for assessing agricultural raw materials, quarantine service;
— breeding stations;
— greenhouse industry;
— insurance companies;
— pharmaceutical companies and medical institutions;
— centers of molecular diagnostics.