New Master of Science by Research degrees in the School of Life Sciences

The School of Life Sciences at Kingston University is pleased to announce the availability of a number of full or part-time MSc by Research projects in the subject areas listed below.

The School is part of a dynamic Faculty with a keen research focus and much of the School's multidisciplinary research takes place within the Biomedical and Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Group (BPSRG). The BPSRG engages actively in interdisciplinary collaborative research, and has established excellent relationships with many national and international research groups and industrial partners.

The School has invested heavily in the development of its laboratories and equipment for bioscience teaching and research, and has access to a number of core specialist instrumentation laboratories. The duration of the MSc by Research is one calendar year full-time or two calendar years part-time. The tuition fees for the 2011-12 academic year are £3700 (pro rata for part time students) for UK or EU students and £11000 for other overseas students, plus a bench fee of £2000. To apply, please contact the named person below associated with your area of general interest to discuss your proposed project.

Area Contact
Biochemistry/Bioinformatic Dr Gary Forster-Wilkins (G.Forster-Wilkins@kingston.ac.uk)
Cancer Biology/Cancer Therapeutic Dr Helmout Modjtahedi (H.Modjtahedi@kingston.ac.uk)
Chemical Biology/Natural products: Prof Declan Naughton (D.Naughton@kingston.ac.uk)
Clinical Chemistry/Haematology: Mr Paul Waller (Paul.Waller@kingston.ac.uk)
Diabetes/ Pancreatic Disease Dr Natasha Hill (N.Hill@kingston.ac.uk)
Invertebrate Ecology Dr Richard Cook (R.Cook@kingston.ac.uk)
Microbiology Dr Mark Fielder (M.Fielder@kingston.ac.uk)
Molecular Genetics / Biotechnology Dr Lori Snyder (L.Snyder@kingston.ac.uk)
Molecular Parasitology /Cell Biology Dr Tony Walker (T.Walker@kingston.ac.uk)
Molecular Microbiology Prof Andrey Karlyshev (A.Karlyshev@kingston.ac.uk)
Nutrition
Dr Elizabeth Opara (E.Opara@kingston.ac.uk)
Oncology/DNA Damage and Repair/Genetics Dr Lucy Jones (L.Jones@kingston.ac.uk)
Public Health/Food Safety/Functional Foods Prof Andrea Petroczi (A.Petroczi@kingston.ac.uk)
Sports and Exercise Science Dr Owen Spendiff (O.Spendiff@kingston.ac.uk)