Presentation of the course : During the first semester of the Master's programme, students will be introduced to fundamental concepts in analytical chemistry and, more specifically, will be trained in a wide range of extraction and separation techniques applicable to complex biological matrices. A Situational Analysis Activity (SAA) will provide a link between these different disciplines and enable them to be applied under real conditions to different types of biological matrix.
Essential concepts in organic synthesis, therapeutic chemistry and polymer chemistry will also be presented.
To complement these chemistry skills, biology modules on biomolecules (diversity, cellular compartmentalisation, etc.) and statistics (uni- and bivariate statistics, PCA, clustering, classification) will be offered to students.
Finally, throughout the semester, students will carry out a personalised scientific project as part of a research team (Avignon University, CNRS, INRAE). Dedicated courses (English, bibliography, IT tools, etc.) will enable students to acquire the additional skills they need to successfully complete their professional project.

Presentation of the course : During the second semester of the Master's programme, students will continue to learn about analytical chemistry by studying in depth the spectroscopic techniques used to characterise the structure of biomolecules (IR, UV-Vis, 1D and 2D NMR, EPR and mass spectrometry).
At the same time, concepts of organic chemistry relating to the study of biomolecules (peptides, carbohydrates and nucleotides) and theoretical chemistry, enabling spectral data to be modelled, will be developed.
These chemistry lessons will be supplemented by multidisciplinary lessons in microbiology, chemical ecology and phytochemistry.
A Situation Analysis Activity (SAA) will then be dedicated to the purification and total structural characterisation of natural substances from complex biological matrices. Hemi-synthetic compounds will be developed and structure-activity relationships will be studied.
The research project initiated in the first semester will continue and may be extended as part of an internship at the end of the semester. Specific courses (English, ChemDraw training, Inkscape, etc.) will also be offered.

Presentation of the course : During the third semester of the Master's programme, students will develop advanced notions of analytical chemistry, with the aim of being able to set up a complete analytical workflow and implement the appropriate chemometrics tools to extract the relevant information. These approaches will be complemented by the use of numerical tools designed to predict and analyse the dynamic behaviour of physico-chemical systems. Additional concepts concerning the chemistry of lipids, emulsions and surfactants will also be developed.
The opening up to related sciences will be reinforced by the development of notions on metabolism and ecotoxicology. A series of lectures and seminars given by researchers from various backgrounds will be organised and followed by the students themselves throughout the semester.
A Situational Analysis Activity (SAA) will provide a link between these different disciplines and enable them to be applied in real-life conditions, via the development of a complete analytical workflow carried out on a targeted biological matrix.
Lastly, students will be able to acquire the skills needed to respond to calls for projects, skills that will be put to good use by putting together a research project in the form of a written document and an oral presentation.

Presentation of the course : For non-rotating students, the last semester will be entirely devoted to a placement in a research laboratory.
For sandwich students, this semester will consist of two long periods in companies, interspersed with a 15-day period dedicated to additional training (scientific communication, bibliographic monitoring, scientific software, data processing, etc.).