Master's Degree in Nutrigenomics and Personalised Nutrition

Academic year 2020-21

General information about Master's theses

The Master's Thesis (TFM) comprises the production of an original academic work specifically written for this purpose, where students must individually apply the skills acquired throughout the programme under the supervision of one or more tutors. Depending on the profiles for each curriculum, the thesis shall enable the assessment of students' professional, educational and/or initial research abilities.

The information below covers each of the stages in TFM academic and administrative management in accordance with the Agreement of the Centre for Postgraduate Studies Management Committee whereby the internal regulations for writing and assessing master's theses at the University of the Balearic Islands are approved and which came into force in the 2020-21 academic year.

Specific information about theses for the Master's Degree in Nutrigenomics and Personalised Nutrition

Regarding the project and tutor allocation procedure for the Practicum and Master's Thesis on the Master's in Nutrigenomics and Personalised Nutrition (MNNP) at the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB).

I. Preamble.

The Practicum is closely linked to the Master's Thesis (TFM). Both subjects jointly comprise the 'mandatory final module'.

This module aims to integrate students onto a a real research project so that they get used to the world of scientific research or a business structure in the area of molecular nutrition, functional foods, nutrigenomics and personalised nutrition for them to experience first-hand the world of scientific research and applied nutrition (from generating knowledge to managing and using this knowledge) in real-world settings.

II. The Projects.

Article 1. Project proposal and supervision:

  1. The proposers of projects must be aware that the work needs to be linked to the skills on the master's programme and adapt to the number of hours on the Practicum and TFM subjects (set out in the corresponding course guides).
  2. Lecturers holding a doctorate who teach at least six hours (1 ECTS) on mandatory or elective subjects on the MNNP may propose and supervise projects.
  3. A project may have two tutors. Doctors in the Nutrigenomics and Obesity Research Group at the UIB and staff at businesses, companies or research and technology centres with which there is a collaboration agreement for the MNNP may jointly supervise projects.
  4. Where the project is undertaken outside the UIB, at a business, company or research and technology centre with a collaboration agreement for the MNNP, a lecturer holding a doctorate who teaches classes on any MNNP subject (article 1.2) must jointly supervise the project.

Article 2. Offer:

  1. General proposals shall be made at the start of the academic year (before 31st October) to the MNNP management team.
  2. There is an option to make specific proposals. In this instance, the student's acceptance agreement must be submitted alongside the proposal (article 2.1).
  3. Students repeating the subject normally continue with the tutor(s) allocated from the previous academic year where they were registered on the Practicum/TFM.
  4. The proposals received by the MNNP management team and the corresponding tutors must be approved by the MNNP Academic Committee (a delegated committee of the Studies Board) during the month following submission of the proposals (before 30th November).
    The joint tutors at the businesses, companies or research and technology centres with which there is a collaboration agreement for the MNNP may remain pending. They will be named when the TFM is registered (article 6.3.a).
    Where a proposal is not approved, the reasons shall be sent to the proposer for corrections in five calendar days before reassessment by the committee.
    The MNNP Academic Committee shall ensure that the number of projects offered to MNNP students for each academic year is not higher than the number of students on the Practicum subject and that they do not have a specific or ongoing project (articles 2.2 and 2.3).
  5. The list of projects and tutors approved by the MNNP Academic Council shall be released to students on the Practicum subject via Aula Digital by the subject coordinators (before 15th December) and by e-mail to the proposers.

Article 3. Project and tutor allocation request:

Within seven calendar days from the publication of the approved list of projects and tutors, students shall request allocation of the project and tutor by filling in and uploaded the specific form in the Practicum subject on Aula Digital. Students shall indicate up to 10 projects (in order of preference) from the 'Research into Nutrigenomics and Personalised Nutrition' profile or the 'Development and Innovation in Nutrigenomics and Functional Foods' profile, as applicable.

Article 4. Project and tutor allocation procedure.

  1. The allocation of projects and tutors shall be performed in an initial round before the start of the second semester (before 31st January) and, for students who use the extended registration option, in a second round after the extended registration deadline.
  2. The MNNP Academic Committee, based on the proposals from the Practicum subject coordinators, shall allocate projects and tutors (put forward as per article 2.1) to students registered for the Practicum in accordance with the order of preference stated by students and the weighted academic record for access to master's programmes.
  3. The list of projects and tutors allocated to students by the MNNP Academic Committee shall be released to students on the Practicum subject over Aula Digital by the subject coordinators. The list shall also be sent out to tutors via e-mail. In turn, students shall be provided with tutors' contact details.
    Students shall have seven calendar days from publication of the allocation list to make any possible arguments thereon.
    At the tutor's or student's request, changes to the project may be notified to the MNNP management team with the tutor's consent. These changes must be defined when the TFM is registered (article 6.3.a).

III. Project Performance and Assessment:

Article 5. Practicum:

Students shall perform the activities set out in the subject course guide published every academic year. In turn, the course guide specifies the Practicum assessment systems.

Article 6. Master's Thesis (TFM):

  1. Students shall perform the activities stated in the subject course guide every academic year. In turn, the course guide specifies the TFM assessment systems.
  2. Every academic year, the master's management team shall notify admin services about the dates reserved for the TFM viva voce. In general, this will be the first fortnight of February and the second fortnight in July and September. In turn, the deadlines for registration and submission of the TFM shall be notified.
  3. In accordance with the specific regulations at the UIB Centre for Postgraduate Studies (https://cep.uib.es/es/alumnat/treball-de-fi-de-master/), students registered on the TFM subject shall:
    a. formalise registration of their master's thesis within the set deadline (before 15th May or 15th July, or 15th September for those with academic supervision).
    b. submit their thesis report after TFM project registration is accepted, within the set deadlines (before 10th July or 10th September, or 31st January for those with academic supervision).
  4. Exceptionally, and for justified reasons (such as a grant application to continue on to PhD programmes), the master's management team may adjust the deadlines for the TFM viva voce.

 

Defended Master's thesis

Link to the institutional repository (DSPACE)

  • Ampliación del clúster BIOIB hacia el sector Agroalimentario a partir del proyecto ‘Red de Alimentos de Calidad de la Euroregión Pirineos-Mediterránea?_?
  • Aplicación de la nutrigenética en consulta, una experiencia en Genovive
  • Búsqueda bibliográfica de un ingrediente(s) que sustituya al hidroxipropilmetilcelulosa (HPMC) en el pan sin gluten
  • Creación de contenido informativo de la relevancia de los tests genéticos destinado al perfil de cliente del programa Salud 10
  • Diseño de un test nutrigenético para predecir la respuesta a bioactivos dietéticos de potencial interés en el control de la obesidad y sus comorbilidades
  • Estudio de la programación metabólica por metilación del ADN en nutrición perinatal: estrategia y diseño óptimos y aplicación en un caso práctico
  • Identificación y análisis de las oportunidades de financiamiento para las empresas del sector agroalimentario en Baleares
  • Impacto de una dieta hiperlipídica sobre marcadores de microbiota intestinal y modulación por glicosaminoglicanos, metformina y betacaroteno
  • Las células sanguíneas como material biológico de interés en estudios nutricionales
  • miRNAs in biofluids as biomarkers of food consumption and/or diet
  • Papel de miR-200a en la obesidad y su implicación en la vía de señalización de la adiponectina
  • Polimorfismos de un solo nucleótido (SNPs), que influyen en la obesidad de hispanos y mexicanos
  • Potenciales dianas del SARS-CoV-2 para el reposicionamiento de fármacos
  • Relación entre inputs ambientales y características nutrigenéticas que pueden modular la función cognitiva. Prácticas en alimentómica
  • Research of potential urinary biomarkers related to metabolic programming of obesity in term infants - 1H-NMR based metabolomics approach
  • Sobrasada de Mallorca con Indicación Geográfica Protegida: Caracterización del producto y su consumo
  • Uso de PBMC humanas para la identificación de biomarcadores transcriptómicos de riesgo cognitivo asociado a la obesidad: papel de la disfunción mitocondrial