MBiolSci Medical Biosciences (Biochemistry)
Course Overview
This four-year MBiolSci in Medical Biochemistry provides a comprehensive foundation in the molecular processes of life and their critical relationship to medicine and human health. You will learn to analyze the biochemical basis of disease and explore how this knowledge drives the development of targeted therapies and emerging technologies like gene editing. The final year is dedicated to an advanced research project, honing your practical and analytical skills to prepare you for a high-level career in science or further study.
Key Program Highlights
- Focus on the molecular mechanisms of disease and the design of targeted drug therapies
- Develop advanced research skills through a dedicated fourth-year project in a specialist area
- Gain hands-on experience with emerging biotechnologies, including gene editing
- Option to spend a year in industry or study abroad between your second and third year
- Acquire highly valued transferable skills in complex problem-solving, data analysis, and scientific communication
Course Overview
This four-year MBiolSci in Medical Biochemistry provides a comprehensive foundation in the molecular processes of life and their critical relationship to medicine and human health. You will learn to analyze the biochemical basis of disease and explore how this knowledge drives the development of targeted therapies and emerging technologies like gene editing. The final year is dedicated to an advanced research project, honing your practical and analytical skills to prepare you for a high-level career in science or further study.
Key Program Highlights
- Focus on the molecular mechanisms of disease and the design of targeted drug therapies
- Develop advanced research skills through a dedicated fourth-year project in a specialist area
- Gain hands-on experience with emerging biotechnologies, including gene editing
- Option to spend a year in industry or study abroad between your second and third year
- Acquire highly valued transferable skills in complex problem-solving, data analysis, and scientific communication
Requirements
Modules
- The Molecules of Life: An Introduction to Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
- The Cell: An Introduction to Cell Biology and Microbiology
- From Individuals to Populations: An Introduction to Genetics
- Multicellular Organisation: An Introduction to Physiology, Pharmacology and Neuroscience
- Introduction to Medical Bioscience
- Biochemical Approaches to Therapeutic Development
- Research Skills 1
- Research Skills 2
- From Genes to Proteins
- Molecular Cell Biology
- Protein Structure and Function
- Genomes
- Physiology and Pharmacology
- Physiology of Excitable Cells
- Principles of Microbiology
- A Field Guide to Evolution
- Medical Microbiology
- Introduction to Python programming for Bioscientists
- Bioinformatics
- Contemporary Techniques in Biological Data Analysis
- Exercise Physiology and Pharmacology
- Genes, Development and Inheritance
- Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology
- Immunology and Eukaryotic Microbiology (with science enterprise trip)
- Behavioural Neurobiology
- Neurobiology and Animal Behaviour
- Gene Expression: Molecular Basis and Medical Relevance
- Biochemical Mechanisms of Human Disease
- Structural Biology
- Evolutionary Genetics
- Molecular and Cellular Immunology
- Human Genetics
- Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology
- Molecular and Cellular Neuroscience
- Comparative Neurobiology
- Microbial Biotechnology
- Biodiversity in Practice
- Sustainability Enterprise Partnership Project
- Experimental Research Project A
- Experimental Research Project B
- Education Research Project A
- Analytical Research Project
- Cancer Cell and Molecular Biology
- Microbial Pathogenesis and Genomics
- Human and Environmental Microbiology
- Neuroscience Futures
- Physiology, Pharmacology and Behaviour
- Cellular Physiology of the Cardiovascular System
- Introduction to Astrobiology and the Origins of Life
- Core Laboratory Techniques
- MBiolSci Research Project
