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Biosciences
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The University of Kent's School of Biosciences ranks among the most active in biological sciences in the UK, with research funding in excess of £5 million.
We have recently extended our facilities and completed a major refurbishment of our research laboratories that now house over 150 academic, research, technical and support staff devoted to research, of whom more than 90 are postgraduate students. In addition, as part of the School's ongoing commitment to postgraduate education, we are launching two new MSc courses – the first in Cancer Biology and the second in Reproductive Medicine.
Research in the School of Biosciences revolves around understanding systems and processes in the living cell. It has a strong molecular focus with leading-edge activities that are synergistic with one another and complementary to the teaching provision.
Our expertise in disciplines such as biochemistry, microbiology and biomedical science allows us to exploit technology and develop ground-breaking ideas in the fields of genetics, molecular biology, protein science and biophysics. Fields of enquiry encompass a range of molecular processes from cell division, transcription and translation through to molecular motors, molecular diagnostics and the production of biotherapeutics and bioenergy.
Support
All research students are given an e-Postgraduate Development Folder, providing information on a series of training events plus a record of attainment, which helps to log progress, keep reports, and catalogue research training and transferable skills modules. These form essential elements of a CV for subsequent job applications.
Additionally, all research students are allocated a Postgraduate Monitoring Committee (PMC).
The Committee helps you set realistic research objectives and regularly monitors your progress throughout the course.
Students on taught programmes are assigned a personal academic tutor to provide additional support in their postgraduate study.
An active department Every week, Biosciences runs departmental seminars where external guest speakers or staff, talk about recent research. In addition, the department runs FIREBio (Forum for Innovation, Research and Enterprise in Biosciences), which is a weekly informal meeting for staff, postdocs and postgraduates involving short presentations and discussions. Postgraduates can use the opportunity to present unpublished research findings and discuss them in a supportive environment.
Worldwide partnerships Staff in the School of Biosciences not only collaborate extensively with other universities in the UK (Cambridge, Cardiff, King's College London, University College London, Newcastle, Oxford, Sussex, York), but also have a wide-ranging network across the world with institutes including the Boston Biomedical Research Institute, University of Hanover, University of Moscow, Monash University Melbourne, Harvard, University of California-Davis, Université Claude Bernard – Lyon 1, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, University of Queensland, Australia, University of Utah, Texas A&M University, and the University of Braunschweig. We also collaborate with organisations such as the Marie Curie Research Institute, Cancer Research UK, National Institute for Medical Research, MRC London, GlaxoSmithKline and the European Union Framework 5 CYTONET.
The School currently receives funding from: Wellcome Trust, British Heart Foundation, National Institutes of Health (USA), BBSRC, Royal Society, the EC, Pfizer, Nuffield Foundation, The Leverhulme Trust, Association for International Cancer Research, Breast Cancer Campaign, E B Hutchinson Trust, NHS Research and Development levy, EPSRC, PHLS, Leukaemia & Lymphoma Research and Cancer Research UK.
Dynamic Publishing Culture
Biosciences staff publish regularly and widely in academic and industry journals, conference proceedings and books. Among others, they have recently contributed to: Breast Cancer Research; BMC Genomics; British Journal of Cancer; Current Opinion in Microbiology; European Journal of Cancer; The European Molecular Biology Organisation Journal; FEBS Journal; Journal of Bacteriology; Journal of Biological Chemistry; Journal of Cell Science; Journal of Clinical Microbiology; Journal of Microbiological Methods; Journal of Molecular Biology; Journal of Muscle Research and Cell Motility; Journal of Structural and Functional Genomics; Journal of Structural Biology; The Lancet; Nature; Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences in the United States of America; and Seminars in Cell and Developmental Biology.
Graduate Diploma (Taught pre-masters programme)
Kent's series of Graduate Diplomas provides a Pre-Master's route for international students – our Graduate Diplomas focus on developing your academic subject knowledge for postgraduate study, while improving your academic skills and English Language proficiency. On successful completion of the Diploma and through meeting the University's rules of progression, you are guaranteed entry onto a number of programmes within Biosciences. please email us: premasters@kent.ac.uk
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