3-day course on “Applied DNA Technology”

The 3-day course organized conjointly by the University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland  (FHNW) and swissnex Lab Astana gives a technical and theoretical overview over DNA technologies and their application in various fields such as ecotoxicological studies, human disease diagnostics and putative future applications in disease therapeutics and engineering technologies. A practical laboratory course on polymorphism determination on own DNA and gene expression studies on the fish Danio rerio for ecotoxicological studies accompanies the lecture part.