Nutrigenetics

UMass Lowell
Graduate
Course not available for
UMass Amherst, UMass Chan Medical School
Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression by specific nutrients, hormones, and metabolites will be discussed including transcriptional, post-transcriptional, and translational mechanisms with n emphasis on disease development or prevention. Application of material will include determining how human dietary requirements are affected by gene variants and inherited biochemical characteristics. This course will enable students to link their knowledge of nutrition with the growing discipline of the effects of diet on the human genome and specific hereditary diseases.
Nutritional Science
Course Number
NUTR.5720
Section
201
Instructor Name
Fouhy, Liam
Instructor Email
Liam_Fouhy@uml.edu

Prerequisite

NUTR.5630 Vitamins and Minerals or Instructor consent

Schedule & Modality

TuTh, 5:00 PM - 6:15 PM
In-person

Enrollment Numbers

Capacity
5

How to Register

In order to register for an ICX course, students must fill out the ICX registration form.  The form must be signed by the student's advisor or graduate coordinator, by the department chair or appropriate person.  The form is sent to the host campus and is signed by the department chair and instructor of the course. If there are seats available, the student will be enrolled.  A shadow course will be created on the student’s home campus allowing the credit to be added to the student’s transcript.  The UMass registrars will ensure that proper credits are given to the student and that no charges incur from the host campus.