Molecular and Cellular Biology
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UK
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University of Birmingham
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On Campus (Full Time)
1 year
Jul 2026
On Campus (Full Time) Position Details (Master's)
This Molecular and Cellular Biology degree at the University of Birmingham is designed to provide hands-on scientific training through a year of intensive instruction in fundamental and advanced techniques in molecular and cellular biology, combined with extensive research experience. In short, this MRes course will give you a ‘flying start’ to a subsequent PhD program or a career in industry-based research and development.
Career
The most frequent destination of graduates from this MRes course are PhD programs either at the University of Birmingham or elsewhere, including PhD opportunities abroad.
Equally, some graduates find that their most desirable career goal lies outside academic research, for instance in research and development of the pharmaceutical or biotech industries. Either way, the research and skills training provides a highly versatile platform for developing your future career.
Courses include:
- Flow cytometry
- Cell Manipulation, Transfection and Micro-Injection
- Mammalian cell culture
- Protein expression and purification
- Metabolomics
- NMR spectroscopy
- Chromatin immunoprecipitation screening
- Drug screening