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Biomedical Research
Imperial College London
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| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 5,660 - ≈ € 30,400 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | London / United Kingdom | ||
| Duration: | 12 months | Start Date: | October |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of Imperial College London
The course provides a broad training in research and prepares students for a career in biomedical research. The emphasis is on a research-orientated approach and comprises both theoretical and practical elements.
The course embraces cutting edge developments in the field and, by way of two mini research projects, students will experience some of the most technologically advanced approaches currently being applied to biomedical research. On completion you will have acquired an understanding of modern molecular and cell science through both theory and practical exposure. You will also have demonstrated practical dexterity in the commonly employed and more advanced practical techniques of biomedical science.
You will perform novel laboratory-based research, accumulate experimental findings and exercise critical scientific thought in the interpretation of those findings. The course will provide you with the theoretical and practical skills necessary to obtain employment in modern biomedical science laboratories, and the written, oral and IT communication skills to facilitate further study or employment.
Contents
The course will comprise an induction period, a student fair to introduce research areas and fundamental techniques, two research projects each of five months duration, a grant writing exercise, weekly journal discussion seminars, research seminars from invited speakers and training in research methods.
Research projects
Each student will complete two twenty-week projects during the year, designed to give practical experience of laboratory research. The experience gained will help in developing and focussing research skills in modern biomedical research laboratories. Each project will be written up and formally evaluated. Students will be free to choose either unrelated or related projects. The two chosen projects will be undertaken in different laboratories ensuring exposure to different research environments.
Participating research groups include Biomolecular Medicine, Molecular and Cellular Medicine and Biological Nanoscience. These departments comprise internationally recognised research groups operating at the very forefront of biomedical science.
Department of Biomolecular Medicine
Led by Professor Jeremy Nicholson, covers a range of interdisciplinary research themes in:
* biochemistry
* toxicology
* carcinogenesis
* disease aetiology
* functional genomics
* xenobiotic metabolism
* environmental issues, particularly exploiting NMR-based Metabonomics.
Department of Molecular and Cellular Medicine section
Led by Professor Miguel Seabra, has research interests covering:
* membrane traffic and signaling
* lipid rafts
* matrix biology
* adhesion molecules
* cystic fibrosis
* gene manipulation and therapy
* ocular genetics
* vascular development
Department of Biological Nanoscience
Headed by Professor Mike Ferenczi are interested in:
* muscle fibre contraction
* polarized Total Internal Reflection Fluorescence microscopy to study structural changes in single molecules
* Fluorescence Life-time Imaging Microscopy to study nucleotide binding in muscle
* muscle physiology
* molecular motors
* proteoglycan biology
* diabetes
* heart disease
* obesity
* the integrated physiology of cardiovascular systems
* transcriptional regulation of smooth muscle endothelium.
Upon completion of project 1, students will write-up their research as a report and additionally present it as a poster, as would be required at a scientific meeting.
Upon completion of project 2, students will write-up their research as a report in the form of a concise scientific paper and additionally present their work as an oral presentation, as would be required at a scientific meeting.
IELTS
You are normally required to take an English Proficiency Test.
Most European Universities recognise the IELTS test.
Take testRequirements
Applications are welcomed from candidates with a degree in an appropriate science subject. Candidates are expected to hold a good Honours degree (upper second class or above) from a UK university or an equivalent qualification if obtained outside the UK.
ENGLISH LANGUAGE REQUIREMENTS:
To obtain maximum benefit from studies at Imperial College all students must have a good command of the English Language. College therefore requires applicants to have taken an English Language test and achieved an acceptable grade or score before admission can be confirmed. The College Senate has approved the tests set out below. Please note that the scores or grades indicated are the minimum levels generally acceptable to the College. Departments have the discretion to prescribe higher requirements either for specific courses of study or in specific cases where there are serious doubts as to the abilities of individual students to undertake proposed programmes of study.
Students must make arrangements to take the appropriate test well in advance of the start of their course. Places will not be confirmed and students will not be allowed to register until confirmation of an acceptable result has been received as set out below.
* A first degree taught in English within the following countries: Australia, Canada, Ireland, Guyana, New Zealand, South Africa, United Kingdom, United States of America, West Indies.
* Candidates whose first degree was not taught in English but who have then successfully completed a one-year MSc (or equivalent) course at a UK university.
* A grade of not less than C in English Language in GCSE, IGCSE, GCE `O´ Level or equivalent.
* A grade of not less than C in the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE).
* A pass in the University Test of English for Speakers of Other Languages (UETESOL).
* British Council IELTS Test
A score of not less than 6.5 including a score of 5.0 or better in the written and spoken English elements of the academic test.
* TOEFL
A score of not less than 90 overall in the internet-based test (iBT), to include 24 in Writing and 20 in Speaking; or 600 in the paper-based test (PBT), or 250 in the computer-based test (CBT), both to include a minimum score of 4.5 in the written English.
Please note: Imperial College's Institution Code for TOEFL is 0891.
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Bachelor's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
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