Molecular Genetics

This Molecular Genetics degree offered at the University of Leicester will provide you with instruction in current concepts and techniques of molecular genetics as applied in modern research, together with practical experience of experimental techniques. Although the course is demanding and challenging, our students tell us that they find it exciting, stimulating and rewarding.

During this Molecular Genetics intensive experimental course offered at the University of Leicester , you will form strong working relationships with the other students and meet people from many different countries; our students make friendships that last many years.

Key facts

• The taught part of the degree is based on eight, week-long experiments that you undertake in a fully equipped laboratory dedicated to the Molecular Genetics MSc. These are not like experiments you may have done before in your degree studies; here you will perform sophisticated molecular analyses yourself from start to finish. You will receive expert guidance from academic staff throughout the experiments and they will also make you think about what you are doing and why you are doing it.
• This part of the course is organised in two large modules which also include lectures and tutorials:

• Introduction to Techniques in Molecular Genetics and Data Analysis

• Experimental Design and Application of Molecular Genetic Techniques in Research
• The research training you receive and the research project you conduct will provide a training that PhD supervisors and employers value highly when recruiting from around the world.

Courses included:

• Experimental Design and Application of Molecular Techniques to Research

• Characterising actively transducing L1 retrotransposons in humans

• DNA methylation and photoperiodism in the wasp N. vitripennis

• Third generation sequencing for complex genomes

• Effects of folic acid deficiency on genome stability in mice

• Characterisation of the PapsFIL gene in the opium poppy