For this module you will conduct an original project, involving experimental work, in a UCL biomedical research laboratory working in the fields of anatomy, cell and developmental biology, neuroscience or evolution. You will be supervised by a member of academic staff in the research department of Cell and Developmental Biology (CDB), although external supervisors may be permitted (if approved by the module organizer).  Contact CDB academic staff directly (see https://www.ucl.ac.uk/biosciences/cell-and-developmental-biology/group-leaders) to discuss the project opportunities. Your project may be on an offered subject/topic, or on an alternative agreed with your supervisor. Individual project supervisors may require that a particular module has been studied previously and passed at a satisfactory level. They may also specify that a current module is undertaken to complement or support the project. The project will be carried out over two terms, including the time required to write up your results in your project dissertation. You will be taking taught modules at the same time and should aim to spend the equivalent of nine weeks full time in the laboratory, or approximately the equivalent of two days per week in the lab during Terms 1 and 2. The exact timetabling of either project type is flexible and decided between student and supervisor.  Assessment is by dissertation and a short presentation.

Contacts (module organizers): Professor Timothy Arnett (t.arnett@ucl.ac.uk) and Dr Eric Lambie (e.lambie@ucl.ac.uk).

After completing this module you will have:

Gained experience in laboratory research.
	Participated in the design and implementation of experiments related to biomedical science.
	Learned to analyse experimental data.
	Learned to use relevant literature in the design, analysis and interpretation of the experimental data obtained.
	Written a clear and knowledgeable dissertation (7,500 words) as an account of the background of the area of research, the methodology used, the results obtained and discussion of the conclusions that can be drawn from the results in the context of the current knowledge available from the literature.
	Given a short presentation on your research.