Biological and Medical Sciences
Our long-standing reputation for research excellence is underpinned by expert supervision from internationally recognised staff and comprehensive research skills training.
We offer the following research degrees:
- MSc by research
- MPhil
- PhD
- PhD by published work.
Support
You can expect:
- Supervision from top-class academics
- Membership of a structured doctoral programme
- Part-time opportunities for students based in the workplace
- Excellent facilities giving access to the latest technology
- A mixture of funded and self/ externally funded places
- Opportunities to develop teaching skills and gain a qualification.
There are also many opportunities to interact with students across a variety of disciplines and from different institutions. For example at our Research Forum series, invited speakers and final-year PhD students present research ideas. We also hold an annual research students’ symposium and research lecture given by high-profile scientists such as Dr Ben Goldacre, Professor Sir David King and Professor Lord Robert Winston.
Research Areas
You can undertake research degrees in the following areas:
- Molecular neuroscience
- Glycobiology and cancer
- Genomic instability
- Chromatin and non-coding RNAs
- Peptide transport
- Insect virology and protein expression including gene therapy using baculovirus vectors
- Cell systems modelling
- Plant cell biology including plant endomembrane system and nuclear envelope
- Bioprocess research
- Invertebrate ecology and biogeography
- Evolutionary developmental biology including the ecological and social impacts of ecotourism
- Spatial ecology and land use
- Environmental ecology
- Neuropathology
- Cell biology of trypanosomes.
Consultancies
We also offer the chance to become involved in one of our consultancies, providing services to industry in the following areas:
- Microscopy
- Environmental Information Exchange
- Pond Conservation
- Spatial Ecology and Land Use
- Bioprocess Research.
Funding
Studentships, funded by the Professor Nigel Groome studentship scheme, research councils and industry, are advertised annually by March.
