Topic: The Biology Behind Disease
Cancer Biology for PGR Students
This module provides a comprehensive overview of the fundamental principles of carcinogenesis, highlighting how normal control processes are bypassed during tumour formation. The pathogenic mechanisms to be discussed will range from genomic alterations in key gene families, to epigenetic mechanisms…
Stem Cells – An Introduction to Regenerative Medicine
This module aims to incorporate a balanced understanding of the biological, legal, ethical and societal issues surrounding stem cells and an awareness of the major research areas. The basic biological characteristics and behaviour of human embryonic, adult and cancer stem…
Molecular Neuroimmunology
This course focuses on the interaction between the immune and nervous systems at molecular, cellular and systems levels. It provides an overview of current and developing concepts in neuroimmunology from both neuroscience and immunology perspectives. It aims to familiarise students…
Molecular and Cellular Immunology
This module provides an oversight of the processes which mediate the immune systems response to pathogens. Thus it delves into the molecular mechanisms underlying the innate and adaptive immune responses, including the roles of B cells and T cells including…
NanoMedicine and Medicinal Chemistry
This module explores the new area of nanomedicine that is the application of nanomaterials in the research, diagnosis and therapeutics of disease. This is a multi-disciplinary field with inputs from physicists, chemists and biologists and likely to be a major…