Molecular Medicine MRes

Our MRes Molecular Medicine will help you to develop the key skills you will need for a research career, and allow you to put these into practice when you develop and conduct your own research project. Studying a masters degree in Molecular Medicine at Derby will: Develop you into a confident, independent researcher by teaching you essential research skills. Enable you to plan, execute, and evaluate your own biological research. Give you a stand-alone research qualification or bridge the gap between an undergraduate degree and PhD. Allow you to study full-time or part-time to support your other commitments. Provide you with the opportunity to conduct a substantial research project within your field of interest and under expert supervision. We have specialised laboratory facilities available for your research projects. Our facilities will help develop lab skills required for lab projects and laboratory experiments. These include a molecular laboratory housing qPCR and DGGE equipment, an imaging suite, human cell culture facility, a dedicated microbiology laboratory, and an analytical suite housing GCMS, HPLC, AAS, UV-Vis, IC as well as a scanning electron microscope and transmission microscope. We have also recently secured £850k of capital funding to establish a new Omics facility. This ultra-modern, innovative research facility will provide training in the new and emerging fields of genomics, transcriptomics and proteomics.We have strong connections with the Royal Derby Hospital and other health care providers. This gives you the opportunity to collaborate your research project with a range of organisations including the Royal Derby Hospital. This will allow you to network with professionals, enhance your career prospects and develop research that makes a real impact.

Applicants are normally required to hold an undergraduate degree (typically 2:1 or higher, 2:2 will be considered) in biology, human biology, biomedical health or a related subject. If you have professional experience in human health, you may also be considered as eligible for this course.