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Programme details
Programme structure
The programme consists of a 9-month research project and two other compulsory modules. In addition, students select two optional modules from the list below. If students require additional training in specific aspects of cell biology or coding, they can choose to attend one or more tutorials from an existing series of tutorials that run every year for LMCB first-year PhD students.
Compulsory modules:
MRes Laboratory-Based Research Project in Biophysics(120 credits). Students will be given a diverse choice of projects offered by invited scientists across a wide range of UCL faculties. Each project will have two supervisors, one from the physical sciences and one from the biological sciences. Each project will be designed to address a fundamental biological problem.
Research Techniques in Cell Biology and Biophysics (15 Credits). The MRes module will combine attending seminars from visiting scientists to UCL research departments, tutorials in cutting edge research techniques, with visits to UCL’s world leading facilities for imaging, high-content screening, bioinformatics, computation, nanotechnology, and material science.
Computational Cell Biophysics (15 Credits). Research-led teaching by scientists at the forefront of the biophysics research field provide students with a conceptual and quantitative understanding of areas of physics that are relevant to biology.
Optional modules (30 credits):
Advanced Molecular Cell Biology (CELL0016, 15-Credit)
Tissue Biology (CELL0024, 15-Credit)
Interdisciplinary Cell Biology (CELL0017, 15-Credit)
Advanced Practical Cell Biology (CELL0022, 15-Credit)
Cell Signalling in Health and Disease (PHOL0008, 30-Credit)
Example research projects
Vertex modelling of lymph node dynamics during homeostasis and disease
Learning biophysical determinants of cell shape with deep neural networks
3D mechanical modelling of effects of microgravity on tissue growth and repair
Mathematical modelling of the role of calcium signalling in determining embryonic polarity
Using computer vision and machine-learning to determine 3D cell shape in complex epithelia
Potential supervisors
LMCB Group Leaders
IPLS Group Leaders
MRes Computational Cell Biology management team
Director: Yanlan Mao - LMCB Professor of Developmental Biophysics, co-Director Institute for the Physics of Living Systems
LMCB Programme tutor: Julie Pitcher - LMCB Associate Director (Education)
IPLS/Physics Programme tutor
Administrative support: Renata Adamcova - Education and Training Administrator
Marketing support: Giorgia Siriaco - Comms and Research Support Manager
