Overview
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?
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Research interests in 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
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Duration
- Full-time
- 36 months
- Part-time
- 72 months
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General requirements
- The minimum academic requirement for entry to a doctoral degree is a UK upper second class undergraduate honours degree or a Master's degree, or equivalent.
- If English is not your first language or you are from a country that is not on the UKVI list of English speaking countries, you may be required to provide evidence of your proficiency in the English language.
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23500 GBP/yearTuition FeeBased on the tuition of 23500 GBP per year during 36 months.
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