Postgraduate Research
Cardiff School of Biosciences has a wide range of three and four year postgraduate research programmes as well as a one year MRes in Bioscience course.
Research activity in the School spans the range of biology from whole (eco) systems to molecular biology and protein structure and postgraduate projects are undertaken in one of the six research groups: Biodiversity and Ecological Processes, Connective Tissue Biology, Genetics, Microbiology, Molecular Cell Biology and Neuroscience.
All current postgraduate programmes are listed below:
3 & 4 Year Studentships
The School has a number of PhD Studentship positions available for 2010.
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ARC Biomechanics
The Arthritis Research Campaign has selected Cardiff University to become its prestigious UK centre of excellence in biomechanics and bioengineering. The ARC and Cardiff University are committing £10M to apply cutting-edge expertise in engineering, bioscience, genetics and imaging to arthritis research in this new Centre. The centre actively promotes interdisciplinary training using PhD and Discipline Hopping schemes, interdisciplinary workshops and meetings.
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Cancer Research UK 4 year non clinical and clinical PhD studentships
The Cardiff University Cancer Research UK Centre is offering clinical and non-clinical PhD studentships in both basic and translational cancer research. The CR-UK training programme is designed to equip individuals with the combination of basic science and clinical knowledge that is essential for international quality modern cancer research.
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MRC Capacity Building studentships
The Cardiff School of Biosciences and associated departments offer an exceptional research environments with world-class facilities for all areas of stem cell science.
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4-Year Wellcome Trust PhD in Integrative Neuroscience
Cardiff Neuroscience Centre (CNC) is a virtual Centre of Excellence for Neuroscience research. This is an umbrella organisation that draws together neuroscience expertise from across Cardiff University and the Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust.
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Master of Research (MRes) in Biosciences
The Master of Research (MRes) in Biosciences is a one-year programme designed to provide a valuable postgraduate qualification that enables individuals who wish to improve their research skills to undertake a research project in the laboratory of an internationally renowned scientist.
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