Biomedical Sciences MRes

Course structure 

The Biomedical Sciences MRes is typically completed full-time in one year, but can be taken part-time over two years. The course is structured to include a significant research component which you will undertake throughout the course. In addition, a series of supporting taught modules further enrich your learning.

To be awarded the MRes, you must obtain 180 M-level credits: 40 credits from taught and subject-specific modules and 140 credits through the completion of the research project.

Areas of study 

The core MRes research project module is at the heart of the degree and equips you with a fundamental understanding of the research process across a wide and dynamic range of disciplines. Additional elements of the course provide an integrated, employment-focused, research training programme for students wishing to develop their research skills in biomedical sciences.

Core modules

• Research project
• Evaluating Research in Biosciences 

Options (choose three)

Choose one from:

• Applied Nucleic Acid Biochemistry
• Applied Protein Biochemistry

Plus two from (or second from above list):

• Clinical Microbiology in the Post-antimicrobial Era 
• Microbiology, Ecotoxicology and Environmental Remediation 
• Real Time Techniques for In Vitro and In Vivo Monitoring 
• Cancer: Bench to Bedside 
• Regenerative Medicine and Medical Devices 
• Oxidative Stress and Human Disease
• Ageing: Pathology and Prevention 
• Controversies in Science 
• Understanding Age-related CNS Disorders 
• Omics for Diseases: Theory, Practice and Applications

Staff profile

Dr Angela Sheerin, course leader

"After joining the University of Brighton as a Research Fellow in 2000, I fostered a deep interest in ageing and senescence. This has since influenced my research in the fields of impact of senescence on ageing disorders, cerebral amyloid angiopathy (CAA), ophthalmology, micro-organisms and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).

"I am currently involved in looking into a number of themes, including ageing as a risk factor for COPD and CAA and the effects that senescent cells may contribute to the disease.

"My PhD is in molecular gerontology and I lecture in the areas of molecular biology, pathobiology, medical genetics, endocrinology and biochemistry. I am an enthusiastic lecturer who likes to use new and modern technologies to teach students, and believe hands-on practical experience is highly beneficial to a training bioscientist."

Facilities 

Our specialist facilities include:

• separate dedicated primary and cell line culture facilities
• dedicated molecular biology lab with access to qPCR equipment and dark room facility
• a specialist image analysis suite with electron microscopes, a confocal microscope, atomic force microscopes, and other general light and fluorescent imaging equipment
• a genomics / proteomics facility for analysis of genes and proteins using microarray platforms
• teaching labs equipped with instruments for biomedical sciences
• chemistry labs with modern synthetic and analytical chemistry equipment, high-performance liquid and gas chromatography, atomic emission, UV/Vis and IR spectroscopy
• nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) and mass spectrometry
• environmental research facilities.

Click to view a virtual tour of some of our biosciences facilities.

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Course fees

Scholarships, bursaries and loans

We offer a range of scholarships for postgraduate students. Bursaries and loans may also be available to you.

Find out more about postgraduate fees and funding.

What's included

You may have to pay additional costs during your studies. The cost of optional activities is not included in your tuition fee and you will need to meet this cost in addition to your fees. A summary of the costs that you may be expected to pay, and what is included in your fees, while studying a course in the School of Pharmacy and Biomolecular Sciences are listed here.

• All students are provided with a laboratory coat, safety glasses and log book.
• A budget to cover laboratory consumables and equipment for your final year project is included in the fees for all students.
• Access to key subject journals and subject specific databases is provided, as well as a site licence for industry-standard chemical drawing software.
• Essential instruction booklets (laboratory handbooks) are provided, as is project poster printing and thesis binding. However, you should budget for books, printing and stationery for personal study.
• The school provides some financial support for social activities via the student societies and holds a free annual graduation party.
• Optional placements and day trips may include additional costs but this will vary depending on location of the placement.
• For our ecology and conservation courses there are compulsory field trips for which you should budget up to £200. There are also optional field trips for which you may choose to budget up to £2,700. You may also need to buy appropriate clothing for outdoor use.
• DBS checks for MPharm students are included in the fee.
• Costs for MPharm placement travel is reimbursed up to a specified amount depending on location of placement.

You can chat with our enquiries team through the Stay in touch panel at the end of this page if you require further information. Or check our finance pages for advice about funding and scholarships, as well as more information about fees and advice on international and island fee-paying status.

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The fees listed here are for full-time courses beginning in the academic year 2021–22.

Further tuition fees are payable for each subsequent year of study and are subject to an annual increase of no more than 5% or RPI (whichever is the greater). The annual increase for UK students, who are subject to regulated fees, will increase no more than the statutory maximum fee.

You can find out more about our fees in the university's student contract and tuition fee policy (pdf).

The tuition fee you have to pay depends on a number of factors including the kind of course you take, and whether you study full-time or part-time. If you are studying part-time you will normally be charged on a pro rata basis depending on the number of modules you take.

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