Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Unit Index 2011/12 |
| Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Biology & Biochemistry in 2011/12. Follow the links to view individual unit descriptions. Units are sorted by level and then by period slot. To find a specific unit code or title please use your browser's find on page function. |
| BB10001 | Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) | 3 Credits |
| BB10012 | Ecology & evolution 1 | 6 Credits |
| BB10147 | Human & animal physiology | 6 Credits |
| BB10002 | Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) | 3 Credits |
| BB10006 | Cell & molecular biology | 6 Credits |
| BB10186 | Proteins: purification and characterisation | 6 Credits |
| BB10205 |
Ecology & evolution 2 |
6 Credits |
| BB20075 | Professional training placement | 60 Credits |
| BB20013 | Directed studies 1 | 3 Credits |
| BB20020 | Protein structure | 6 Credits |
| BB20023 | DNA (making, breaking & disease) | 6 Credits |
| BB20024 | The dynamic cell 1 | 6 Credits |
| BB20030 | Plant physiology & biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB20032 | Plant symbiosis & pathology | 6 Credits |
| BB20040 | Concepts in evolution | 6 Credits |
| BB20110 | DNA (making, breaking & disease) [for Natural Scientists] | 6 Credits |
| BB20144 | Techniques in cell biology | 6 Credits |
| BB20149 | Molecular genetics of vertebrate development | 6 Credits |
| BB20152 | Practice of science | 6 Credits |
| BB20202 | Microbial cells and genomes | 6 Credits |
| BB20014 | Directed studies 2 | 3 Credits |
| BB20015 | Biochemical problems & bioinformatics | 6 Credits |
| BB20025 | Practical molecular biology | 6 Credits |
| BB20027 | Infection and immunity | 6 Credits |
| BB20028 | Cellular neurobiology | 6 Credits |
| BB20031 | Plant biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB20153 | Data interpretation | 6 Credits |
| BB20154 | Introduction to functional genomics | 6 Credits |
| BB20160 | The dynamic cell 2 | 6 Credits |
| BB20173 | Behaviour & ecology | 6 Credits |
| BB20203 | Microbial interactions with their host and environments | 6 Credits |
| BB30115 | Professional Training Placement (MBiol) |
48 Credits |
| BB30042 | Final year project A | 12 Credits |
| BB30044 | Molecular & medical neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| BB30063 | Vaccines and other health interventions | 6 Credits |
| BB30072 | Biology as a world view | 6 Credits |
| BB30123 | Biological ethics | 6 Credits |
| BB30129 | Sensory and signalling networks in plants | 6 Credits |
| BB30162 | Protein synthesis, folding and turnover | 6 Credits |
| BB30163 | Final year project B | 12 Credits |
| BB30168 | International field course: experimental field ecology | 6 Credits |
| BB30042 | Final year project A | 12 Credits |
| BB30050 | Biochemical problems | 6 Credits |
| BB30051 | Laboratory project | 12 Credits |
| BB30052 | Scientific communication | 6 Credits |
| BB30053 | Professional training in Biochemistry 2 | 30 Credits |
| BB30067 | Advanced developmental genetics | 6 Credits |
| BB30091 | Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology | 6 Credits |
| BB30131 | Evolution in deep time | 6 Credits |
| BB30138 | Plant-microorganism interactions | 6 Credits |
| BB30161 | Systems and developmental neurobiology | 6 Credits |
| BB30163 | Final year project B | 12 Credits |
| BB30169 | Concepts in systems biology | 6 Credits |
| BB30204 |
Clinical and translational medicine |
6 Credits |
| BB40095 | Integrated biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB40111 | Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40114 | Critical reading in molecular & cellular biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40122 | Integrated molecular & cellular biology | 6 Credits |
| BB50143 | Critical research analysis skills | 12 Credits |
| BB50197 | Critical review of literature | 6 Credits |
| BB50198 | Research training & support skills | 12 Credits |
| BB50199 | Research project | 30 Credits |
| BB40076 | Research project (MBiochem) | 18 Credits |
| BB40078 | Entrepreneurial biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB40082 | Frontiers of neuroscience | 6 Credits |
| BB40083 | Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB40102 | Molecular mechanisms of disease | 6 Credits |
| BB40124 | Human developmental disorders | 6 Credits |
| BB40125 | Plant reproductive biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40128 | The evolution of genetic systems | 6 Credits |
| BB40130 | Research project (MBiol) | 18 Credits |
| BB40134 | Molecular phylogenetics and evolution | 6 Credits |
| BB40184 | Cell biology of metastasis | 6 Credits |
| BB40187 | Topics in environmental virology | 6 Credits |
| BB40188 | Protein synthesis, folding and turnover | 6 Credits |
| BB40189 | Microbial pathogenicity | 6 Credits |
| BB40191 | Sensory and signalling networks in plants | 6 Credits |
| BB50165 | Biology/biochemistry for mathematical biologists | 6 Credits |
| BB50174 | Industrial biotechnology and enterprise | 12 Credits |
| BB50175 | Research training skills | 12 Credits |
| ZZ40005 | Director of Studies approved units (Biology & Biochemistry) | 6 Credits |
| BB40048 | Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems | 6 Credits |
| BB40076 | Research project (MBiochem) | 18 Credits |
| BB40084 | Cellular biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB40085 | Medical biochemistry | 6 Credits |
| BB40109 | Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine | 6 Credits |
| BB40117 | Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature | 6 Credits |
| BB40118 | Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation | 6 Credits |
| BB40130 | Research project (MBiol) | 18 Credits |
| BB40133 | Plant responses to abiotic stress | 6 Credits |
| BB40139 | Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes | 6 Credits |
| BB40140 | Plant biotechnology & the environment | 6 Credits |
| BB40141 | Molecular biology of microbial adaptation | 6 Credits |
| BB40164 | Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration | 6 Credits |
| BB40185 | Synthetic biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40190 | Advanced developmental genetics | 6 Credits |
| BB40192 | Evolution in deep time | 6 Credits |
| BB40194 | Plant-microorganism interactions | 6 Credits |
| BB40195 | Conservation biology | 6 Credits |
| BB40196 | Systems and developmental neurobiology | 6 Credits |
| BB50181 | Professional industrial training placement | 30 Credits |
| BB50204 | Clinical and translational medicine | 6 Credits |
| ZZ40006 | Director of Studies approved units (Biology & Biochemistry) | 6 Credits |
| BB50176 | Enabling biotechnologies | 3 Credits |
| BB50177 | Approaches to biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB50178 | Food and pharmaceutical biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB50179 | Industrial and environmental biotechnology | 6 Credits |
| BB50180 | Principles of management | 9 Credits |
Certificate (FHEQ level 4) level units (e.g. units coded BB1*) 