Biological Sciences

On this Biological Sciences PhD course from University of East Anglia postgraduate researchers have opportunities to work at the heart of active research teams, challenging boundaries and making real advances.

The Biological Sciences PhD course from University of East Anglia key facts:

Research in the School of Biological Science (BIO) addresses four overarching themes:

• Cells and tissues

• Molecular microbiology

• Organisms and the environment

• Plant sciences

Below are some recent contributions from BIO postgraduate researchers.

• Causes and consequences of telomere lengthening in a wild vertebrate population

• Plastic male mating behaviour evolves in response to the competitive environment

• Salt stress signalling in Marchantia polymorpha

• An efficient miRNA knockout approach using CRISPR-Cas9 in Xenopus

• Fine-tuning by multiple microRNAs controls embryo myogenesis

• Cysteine controls flavin reduction during anoxic/oxic environmental transitions

• A day in the life of marine sulfonates

These examples highlight the diversity of postgraduate research in Biological Sciences at University of East Anglia. Would you like to join this vibrant research community? Working closely with an academic supervisor gives you the support to carry out your own independent research and make your own mark. We have a wealth of remarkable academics, but how do you know which team will be right for you?

Research interestsin Biological Sciences include:

• biomedicine, cancer biology, cardiovascular biology, molecular genetics, musculoskeletal biology, molecular pharmacology, developmental and stem cell biology

• biochemistry, physiology, ecology, cell and developmental biology, elemental cycle, environmental microbiology, discovery of novel antimicrobial agents

• biodiversity, conservation, behavioural ecology, evolutionary ecology, evolutionary biology, macroecology, molecular ecology, and population biology

• Plant RNA biology, synthetic biology of plants and microbes