Research in Biochemistry

Entry requirements

Upper second-class (or equivalent) degree in relevant subject (biological science, chemistry), or Masters degree in relevant subject. Also Medical graduates and applicants with post-graduate experience.

Months of entry

October

Course content

The department has 8 professors, 3 readers, 3 senior lecturers, 12 lecturers, 4 research fellows, 40 post-doctoral researchers and 40 PhD students. Research projects are available in all areas of the Department's interests; see our website.

We offer PhD supervision in areas compatible with the research interests of our academic staff including:

• Biochemistry
• Cancer and cell biology
• Cell physiology and pharmacology
• Cell signalling and G Protein-coupled receptor molecular pharmacology
• Mechanisms and principles of gene expression
• Molecular physiology of the cardiovascular system
• Single molecular approaches to understanding biological systems
• Structure, dynamics and assembly of macromolecular complexes
• Structure-based drug discovery and design
• Structure-function relationships in ion channels and receptors

Department specialisms

Structural Biology & Molecular Enzymology (Crystallography, NMR, Kinetics, Biotechnology); Molecular and Cell Biology (Cell Signalling, Cancer Cell Biology); Biochemistry of Gene Expression (Transcription, Splicing, Translation).

Information for international students

The department offers a 4-year PhD programme in which the first two years include coursework. The university has specific English language requirements.

Fees and funding

• MRC, BBSRC, Wellcome Trust, Cancer Research UK.
• Only very limited funding is generally available to non-UK nationals.

Qualification and course duration

PhD

MRes