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Master's thesis and graduation

Instructions and forms for the Master's thesis

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

Before starting the Master's thesis project, the student, the supervisor and the professor must fill and sign this separate form:

• Thesis Supervision Agreement to be filled by the student, the supervisor and the professor (rtf)

Instructions and assessment matrix for the Master's thesis:

• Writing instructions for the Master's thesis (pdf)
• Writing instructions for the Master's thesis / Dept. of Agricultural Sciences (pdf)
• Assessment matrix for the Master's thesis (pdf)
• Forms for the Master's thesis

Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Before starting the Master's thesis project, the student, the supervisor and the professor must fill and sign this separate form:

• Master's Thesis Plan to be filled by the student, the supervisor and the professor (rtf)

Instructions for the Master's thesis:

• General writing instructions for the Master's thesis (Faculty of B&E) (pdf)
• More spesific writing instructions for the Master's thesis (Div. of Genetics) (doc)
• Forms for the Master's thesis

 

Instructions and forms for graduation

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

• Forms for the Master's degree
• Graduation process

Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

• Forms for the Master's degree
• Graduation process

 

Examples of the completed MBIOT Master's theses topics

• Master's theses in Helda (open-access e-thesis)

Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry

1. Mutational analysis of splicing activation by the USSE motif in the U11/U12-specific 65K gene
2. Effects of parturition, feed energy and fibre contents to the expression of lipogenic and lipolytic genes in dairy cows
3. Pine transcriptomics - RNA-Seq data analysis of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris) seedlings subjected to a wounding experiment
4. Molecular analysis of the Heterobasidion annosum Mitogen Activated Protein Kinase (MAPK) HaPMK
5. Lipidomics for Human Bone Marrow Mesenchymal Stem Cells
6. Inhibitory effects of wood extracts on the spoilage flora of marinated poultry meat
7. Enzymatic oxidation of carbohydrates
8. Protein-protein interaction assay with split luciferase in planta
9. Role and function of nonmuscle alpha-actinin-1 and -4 in regulating distinct subcategories of actin stress fibers in mammalian cells
10. Changes in bacterial population and antimicrobial resistance during cold storage in conventional and organic raw milk
11. Effect of feeding an essential oil blend on chicken pancreatic enzyme activities
12. Whole genome assembly and gap closure of the toxic bloom-forming cyanobacterium Anabaena sp. strain 90
13. Molecular biological methods for typing Yersinia pseudotuberculosis

 

Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences

1. Feasibility and cut-off testing of Helicobacter pylori lgA and lgG enzyme-linked immunosorbent assays
2. Analysis of IL-8 Promoter Polymorphism and Anti-VEGF Therapy Response in Age-Related Macular Degeneration in the Finnish Population
3. The effects of an alkaline NaOH pretreatment and the addition of a pectinase on the downstream enzymatic hydrolysis of industrial hemp, Cannabis sativa L.
4. Ihmisen bocavirus-1:den kudospersistenssi ja seroprevalenssi
5. A population of endothelial cells reside in adult mice lung that have endothelial progenitor cell character
6. Lymphangiogenic potential of Tie1 receptor,Lymphangiogenic potential of Tie1 receptor
7. Integration of miRNA and mRNA expression with DNA copy number of Ewing sarcoma cell lines,Integration of miRNA and mRNA expression with DNA copy number of Ewing sarcoma cell lines
8. Genome analysis pipeline for next-generation sequencing
9. Translational regulation and the function of N-Bak in neuronal apoptosis
10. LRRTM-proteiiniperheen evoluutioanalyysi
11. Tumor suppressor protein p53 is required for KSHV viral lytic replication
12. Design and validation of a RT-qPCR assay reveal a BDNF-induced upregulation of Mylip/Idol in hippocampal neurons
13. Pään ja kaulan alueen syövän 11q-monistumageenien toiminnan tutkiminen
14. Role of miRNAn in diabetic cardiomyopathy
15. Clonogenic potential of mouse lung endothelial cells
16. Study of transcription factors Gfi1 and Gfi1B binding affinity to a disease related SNP
17. Gene Expression Analysis: Comparing Microarray and cDNA-AFLP Methods
18. Polyglutamine tract polymorphisms in dogs and wolves: Ataxin 2, Androgen receptor and Polymerase DNA gamma genes
19. In vivo analysis of the novel cell cycle regulators in Drosophila
20. Investigation of the Tie-angiopoietin system - receptor trafficking/translocation, heteromerization, and interaction with the extracellular matrix
21. ADC and T2 signal intensity changes in perihematomal, cortical and intrahematomal regions of interest in a rat intracerebral hemorrhage model with and without decompressive craniectomy
22. Escherichia coli Expression System for a Dicer-like Protein from Neurospora crassa RNA Silencing Pathway
23. Villityypin sekä muuttuneiden ß-tropomyosiinien tuottaminen bakuloviruksen avulla hyönteissolutuottosysteemissä käytettäviksi cap-myopatian ja nemaliinimyopatian funktionaalisissa tutkimuksissa
24. Hantaviral NSs protein
25. Novel polyomaviruses: immunology and genoprevalence in humans
26. Bartonellae in deer ked in Finland
27. PROX1: A transcription repressor involved in Wnt/ß-catenin/TCF pathway in colon cancer
28. Erilaisten tuberkuloosihoitojen vaikutus T-soluvälitteiseen immuunivasteeseen ja immunofenotyyppiseen profiiliin
29. Rituximab induced effects on gene expression and cell signalling in diffuse large B-cell lymphoma"
30. Contribution of Arginine Finger to Cooperativity in Hexameric Viral ATPase
31. Sairauslokuksen paikannus Galloway-Mowat -syndroomassa
32. Effects of mitochondrial dysfunction on somatic stem cells
33. Identification of new target genes in microsatellite instable colorectal cancer
34. Geneettisten tekijöiden vaikutus sorminivelrikon synnyssä
35. DNA-mikrosirun kehittäminen kompostinäytteiden analysointiin
36. Sähkösumutus silaanipinnoitteiden ja nanokokoisten lääkeainepartikkeleiden tuottamisessa
37. Phosphorylation of Integrin alfa-chains
38. Stable transfection of human HeLa-cells via delivery of bacteriophage Mu transposition machinery