Master of Science in Biomedical Sciences - Reproductive Biotechnology

University of Guelph

Students may take an MSc degree in Biomedical Sciences with an emphasis on aspects of Reproductive Biology Developmental, Cell and Tissue Morphology and Biomedical ToxicologyPharmacology and Neuroscience. A number of choices are available for the thesis research project these may include molecular, cellular, immunological or developmental aspects of growth and differentiation, physiological, morphological or biomechanical investigations of normal function and disease processes in a variety of organs and tissues, or pharmacological mechanisms related to therapy and drug toxicology. There are two streams: a traditional two-year MSc thesis-based stream, and a one-year MBS stream that consists of course work and a research project.Research in this area includes on the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in steroidogenesis, and the normal and abonormal development of embryos, various aspects of reproductive biology including the endocrinology of domestic, laboratory and exotic species, the development of reproductive biotechnologies, such as cloning, in vitro fertilization, micromanipulation of embryos, cryopreservation of gametes and embryos and sex determination in animals.