The new track will be launched in September 2024 in the Master’s Programme ‘Cell and Molecular Biotechnology’ at the HSE Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology. Students will master modern methods of plant genetic and cellular engineering, genetic and marker selection, genome editing, proteomics, and phenomics, and acquire skills in the bioinformatic processing of plant genomic data. The educational trajectory will be implemented in collaboration with the All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology.
In recent years, agriculture has become one of the fastest-growing sectors of the Russian economy. According to the Institute for Agrarian Studies at HSE University, accelerating the implementation of innovations and the development of biotechnologies is necessary to increase the competitiveness of the industry. Therefore, there is a pressing need for training specialists in modern genetics and plant biotechnology who can develop new technologies and effectively apply their knowledge in breeding practice.
The HSE Faculty of Biology and Biotechnology is ready to meet this challenge and will open up a new track, ‘Plant Biotechnology,’ as part of the Master’s Programme ‘Cell and Molecular Biotechnology’, starting in September 2024.
