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Title Thesis, internship and research projects at the Laboratory of Genetics
Group Genetics, Laboratory of
Project type thesis
Credits 36
Supervisor(s) PhD students, Postdocs and staff @Genetics.
Examiner(s) dr. HM Doekes dr.ing. JJB Keurentjes dr.ir. AJM Debets dr.ir. BA Pannebakker dr.ir. SE Schoustra E Snelders, PhD MSc J van den Heuvel prof.dr. BJ Zwaa
Contact info Thesis & Internship coordinator: Rene Boesten - thesis.gen@wur.nl
Begin date 2021/10/13
End date 2024/03/15
Description At the Laboratory of Genetics, we offer a wide variety of thesis (BSc and MSc) and research practice topics for anyone with an interest in genetics and/or evolution.

Topics range from laboratory work to modelling work to field work, and can be done in different organisms, including bacteria, fungi, plants and insects.

Our most up-to-date list of thesis topics can be found here: https://tinyurl.com/33duzek3

For more information on thesis and internships @Genetics, please go to our Brightspace site Genetics Thesis & Internship, which you can find through the Discover menu in Brightspace.


Here is a word cloud of all our thesis topics, if this contains one our search terms, have a look at the above link to find topics that interests you:

resistance
evolution
species
bacteria
populations
aphids
aspergillus
bacterial
antibiotic
biological control
fumigatus
plant
communities
laboratory
social
fitness
gene
evolutionary
genes
genetic
material
analysis
genetics
population
diversity
techniques
experiments
fungi
many
mutations
photosynthesis
selection
endosymbionts
mabisi
microbial
variation
control
decaying
plasmids
wasps
data
niger
nuclei
plants
well
across
aphid
azole
experiment
growth
molecular
natural
recombination
role
sequencing
strand
stress
toxin
yeast
bees
biological
cells
mutation
parasitoid
process
produce
rates
selective
spread
work
zambia
animals
cheater
fermented
functionality
halictus
help
insect
model
models
production
rubicundus
sexual
viruses
acid
ants
bee
conditions
dna
experimental
genome
genomic
mechanisms
product
regulation
resistant
system
affect
behaviour
competition
development
due
effects
field
functional
fungicides
fungus
fusion
human
hyphal
hypothesis
inheritance
mating
pcr
strains
workers
ageing
arabidopsis
available
breeding
characteristics
common
community
consequences
effect
environment
environments
fermentation
find
food
growing
initial
insecticides
insects
known
level
light
males
microscopy
mycelium
often
plasticity
possible
provide
samples
solitary
specific
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biocontrol
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characterize
communication
composition
crop
dynamics
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ecology
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explore
females
fluorescent
function
i.e
immortal
investigate
latitudes
maize
modelling
mutants
neurospora
north
offspring
parasitoids
pest
phages
play
propagation
range
rate
replication
research
see
sociality
template
traditionally
want
without
zinc
abiotic
acetic
active
affects
analyses
antibioticresistance
areas
arise
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brassicaceae
cause
changes
chemical
coli
complex
copy
crops
crossovers
currently
diverse
dutch
effectiveness
energy
escherichia
europe
evidence
extraction
far
female
final
fungal
greenhouses
include
including
infected
isolation
key
lactic
large
less
life
local
longer
mate
mathematical
medicinal
methods
milk
mutagenesis
nest
netherlands
parasitism
particular
persicae
pests
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predictability
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cost
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proteins
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Used skills We use a wide range of techniques, which enable you to learn a lot during your thesis, internship or research practice.
A typical project will combine laboratory techniques (e.g. PCR, sequencing), with phenotypic assays (e.g. behavioural assays, microbiological, plant or entomological assays) with statistical, bioinformatics or modelling analysis. The exact combination of techniques will depend on the specific topic you are interested in. Please see the link above for those detailed descriptions.

Here is a wordcloud of all the techniques we use in our topics. If this contains one of your search terms, have a look at the up to date topic list or our Brightspace site.

analysis
laboratory
molecular
assays
genetics
experiments
techniques
evolution
fitness
pcr
data
genomic
dna
extraction
insect
behavioural
bioinformatics
field
genotyping
lab
chlorophyll
crossing
culturing
development
isolation
microbiological
modelling
models
mutagenesis
phenotyping
population
sequencing
theoretical
tolerant
used
acid
also
analyses
ancestor
applying
aspergillus
bacteria
classical
coding
competition
computer
conceptual
course
evolutionary
experimental
fluorescence
fumigatus
gene
genome
genomics
growth
introgression
life
map
microscopy
moreover
mutant
mutants
mutation
observations
parasitism
photosynthesis
plating
possible
programming
qpcr
rearing
rna
schedules
sequence
social
statistical
stereomicroscope
stress
theory
thinking
use
without
abiotic
absorption
acetic
address
agent-based
analytical
and/or
answered
architecture
assembly
bacterial
biology
bls2
breeding
characterisation
chromatographic
chromatography
collecting
colony
compare
comparison
construct
construction
contect
counting
depend
different
differential
dissections
ecotoxicological
equations
estimation
ethogram
exchange
experiment
expression
extractions
fish
fluorescent
fluoresence
fungal
gasexchange
gc-ms
genetic
genotype
graphical
grown
handling
high-throughput
highlight
highly
hybridization
identification
including
interest
interference
invokes
involved
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lacks
lactic
large
large-scale
layer
lfuorescence
light
line
literature
macro/micro
mapping
mathematical
maybe
measurements
methods
microbes
microbial
microbiology
microsattelite
mummies
mutation/gene
mycotoxin
novo
offspring/sperm
optical
order
parameters
pca
perhaps
phenotyped
phylogeny
pigments
pipeline
plant
plots
pool
possibility
potential
proteins
protocols
quantification
relatedness
relevant
representations
resequencing
response
rnai
root
rr-blup
sampling
scoring
scripting/coding
selection
sets
simulated
simulation
simulations
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software
specific
spermathecae
statistics
strains
strawberries
study
subquestion
systemic
thin
together
treatments
understand
variety
versus
video
wasp
whole
yeast
zinc
whole genome sequencing
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