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Stream Leader
Dr Philip Lewis: philip.lewis@ucl.ac.uk
Aims
Molecular and Cell Biology concerns the biology of organisms at the cellular level. This is underpinned by knowledge of how cells work at the molecular level.
Objectives
Students who complete this stream will understand:
- the molecular structure of cells and how molecules interact
- basic and advanced genetics and genome analysis
- techniques in molecular biology and their applications
- the cellular and molecular investigation of disease
- Year 1
All Molecular and Cell Biology stream students take:
- Year 2
All Molecular and Cell Biology stream students take:
- Fundamentals of Molecular Biology (BIOL0008)
- Intermediate Cell Biology: Cell Structure and Function (CELL0009)
- Intermediate Cell Biology: Cell Signalling and Regulation (CELL0010)
and can 0 - 15 credits from:
- Immunology (INIM0005)
- Infection (INIM0007)
- The Biology of Development (BIOL0013)
- Computational Biology (BIOL0029)
- Energy and Evolution (BIOL0030)
- Introduction to Coding for Bioscience Research (Python) (BIOS0030) *
* not available for combinations with Mathematics and Statistics or History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science.
- Year 3
All Molecular and Cell Biology stream students take:
Students majoring should choose 30 - 45 credits and students minoring should choose 15 - 30 credits of the following:
- Mechanisms of Development (CELL0001)
- Cellular and Developmental Neurobiology (CELL0003)
- Dynamic Biological Systems (CELL0014)
- Advanced Molecular Cell Biology (CELL0016)
and additionally major stream students can choose 0 - 30 credits from:
- Molecular Mechanisms in Human Disease and Biotechnology (BIOC0015)
- Cancer Biology (BIOC0017)
- Introduction to Human Genetics (BIOL0010)
- Advanced Human Genetics (BIOL0021)
- Regulatory Genomics and Evolution (BIOL0025)
- Genes and Neurodegenerative Disease (BIOS0001)
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (CELL0012)
- Functional Genetics of Model Systems (CELL0013)
- Mitochondrial Biology, Bioenergetics and Metabolism in Human Disease (CELL0015)
- Biomathematics (MATH0026)
- Year 4
All Molecular and Cell Biology stream students majoring take:
- MSci Research Project in Life Sciences (BIOS0017) - MSci Research Project
Students majoring should choose 30 - 60 credits and students minoring should choose 0 - 30 credits of the following:
- Industrial Synthetic Biology (BENG0040)
- Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine (CELL0012)
- Functional Genetics of Model Systems (CELL0013)
- Research Techniques in Cell Biology (CELL0018)
- Understanding Bioinformatics Resources and Their Application (GENE0006)
- The Immunological Basis of Autoimmune Disease - From Experimental Models to Clinical Practice (INIM0011)
- Infectious Diseases in Resource Poor Settings (INIM0018)
- Immunodeficiency and Therapeutics (INIM0030)
- The Immune System, Cancer, and its Treatment (INIM0031)
- Molecular Virology (INIM0034)
The Molecular and Cell Biology stream combines with:
History, Philosophy and Social Studies of Science