Overview
Students emerge well-trained and well-rounded with outstanding skills that are internationally recognised, poised to take up posts in leading groups around the world. The Cell and Developmental Biology MPhil/PhD programme is offered by University College London (UCL).
The world-leading research groups of the department (Professor John O’Keefe was awarded the 2014 Nobel Prize) study biological questions ranging from molecule to man. These are listed below and are remarkable in their breadth and depth, from fundamental aspects of cell biology through to behaviour, and from key questions in biology to understanding mechanisms of human disease.
Careers
Many of our recent graduates have taken up postdoctoral positions, for example in the UK at UCL, Imperial College London and Manchester University; in Europe at San Raffaele Telethon Institute for Gene Therapy, Milan; and across the world at Harvard Stem Cell Institute, Boston. Some have continued their studies or taken up teaching positions; others have progressed to become principal investigators at UCL, Cambridge and New York.
Programme Structure
Research areas:- Affective disorders
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Bioinformatics and computational biology
- Biological clocks/sleep
- Calcium signalling
- Cancer cell biology
- Cell migration
- Cell signalling and signal transduction mechanisms
- Early development (e.g. fertilisation, gastrulation, embryonic induction)
- Evolution and development
- Intracellular movements: endocytosis, exocytosis, RNA, protein, lipid and organelle traffic
- Learning, memory and long-term change in the nervous system
- Left-right asymmetry
- Live cell imaging
- Mitochondrial biology
- Neural crest migration and differentiation
- Neural development and neural cell biology
- Neuroaesthetics
- Neurodegenerative disease
- Parkinson's Disease
- Pain
- Regeneration and repair
- Stem cell biology
- Systems and synthetic biology.
Key information
Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 60 months
Start dates & application deadlines
- StartingApply anytime.
- Research degrees may start at any time of the year, but typically start in September.
- Applications are accepted on a rolling basis.
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Disciplines
Microbiology Molecular Sciences View 37 other PhDs in Molecular Sciences in United KingdomAcademic requirements
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Other requirements
General requirements
- A minimum of an upper second-class UK Bachelor’s degree in an appropriate subject or an overseas qualification of an equivalent standard, or a recognised Master’s degree in an appropriate subject.
- If you are intending to apply for a time-limited visa to complete your UCL studies (e.g., Student visa, Skilled worker visa, PBS dependant visa etc.) you may be required to obtain ATAS clearance. This will be confirmed to you if you obtain an offer of a place.
Tuition Fee
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International
32100 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 32100 GBP per year during 36 months. -
National
5860 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 5860 GBP per year during 36 months.
Part-time
- UK: £2,930
- Overseas: £16,050
Living costs for London
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