An extended research project designed for Year 4 MSci Biochemistry students in the Faculty of Life Sciences. A range of project titles will be offered by SMB...

MSci Extended Research Project in Molecular Biosciences (BIOC0025)

An extended research project designed for Year 4 MSci Biochemistry students in the Faculty of Life Sciences. A range of project titles will be offered by SMB staff in areas that complement the taught material in the Molecular Biosciences degree programmes. Under supervision, students will carry out original experimental, modelling, bioinformatic or analysis work.

During the academic year the students will work full time in the laboratory. They will give a practice oral presentation in either term 1 or 2, present a poster at the undergraduate symposium, write a 5000 word paper detailing their experimental findings and then in term 3 they will be assessed by an oral examination (mirroring a PhD viva).

MOLECULAR MECHANISMS|HUMAN DISEASE|BIOTECHNOLOGY|GENETIC ENGINEERING|PROTEIN MISFOLDING|PATHOGE

Specific topics that will be covered include: cellular homeostasis and protein quality control; molecular biology in pathogen research; prokaryotic signalling;...

Molecular Mechanisms in Human Disease and Biotechnology (BIOC0015)

The social network approach to the study of project and enterprise organisations has greatly expanded over the last years both in terms of substantive focus...

Social Networks in Project and Enterprise Organisations (BCPM0049)

This module gives students an introduction to the basics of computer programming through simple material related to design and architecture. It’s...

Introduction to Programming for Architecture and Design (BARC0035)

This module gives students an introduction to the basics of computer programming through simple material related to design and architecture. It’s essentially a 101 crash course to computer science for designers, helping the students understand computational processes that will later help them with complicated design challenges. This covers the theory of computing in addition to mathematics useful to design and computer graphics in general. Students are given the opportunity to write develop a programs to achieve a set goals, with a focus on understanding the programming concepts to be applied. Live computer-based learning sessions consist of a ‘type-along’ lecture, with both students and lecturer using computers. The programming language used for the classes is C#. The tutorials are followed up by a small group tutorial. Students will learn how to write a basic computer program, and gain knowledge of core programming techniques such as loops, functions, arrays and classes.