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Department of Biology & Biochemistry, Programme Catalogue 2010/11


USBB-ANM02: MBiochem (hons) Biochemistry

Leading to the award of MASTER OF BIOCHEMISTRY

Mode of attendance: Thin Sandwich

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Year 1

Not available in 2010/11


Year 2

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Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
BB20018 Enzymology 6 Credits
BB20020 Physical biochemistry & proteins 6 Credits
BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BB20024 The dynamic cell 1 6 Credits
BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 2

Compulsory Units
BB20016 Professional training in Biochemistry 1 [Enhanced Placement] 15 Credits
BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
BB20096 Biochemical problems & bioinformatics [For MBiochemistry students] 3 Credits
BB20097 Protein purification [For MBiochemistry students] 3 Credits
BB20099 Cellular neurobiology [For MBiochemistry students] 3 Credits

Year 3

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Semester 1: Part 2 Stage 3

Compulsory Units
BB30044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 Credits
BB30045 Cell membranes 6 Credits
BB30046 Proteins & immunochemistry 6 Credits
BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits

Semester 2: Part 2 Stage 4

Compulsory Units
BB30053 Professional training in Biochemistry 2 30 Credits

Year 4

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  • This year of this programme of study does not currently fall within the NFAAR


Academic Year

Compulsory Units
BB40095 Integrated biochemistry 6 Credits

Semester 1

Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must take BB40076 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00002 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40076 Research project (MBiochem) 18 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Seminar Units: Students taking BB40076 in Semester 1 should choose nothing from this list but must take two units from the equivalent list in Semester 2.
AA00001 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40081 Biochemical ethics 6 Credits
BB40082 Frontiers of neuroscience 6 Credits
BB40083 Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
BB40088 Bioinformatics 6 Credits
BB40102 Molecular mechanisms of disease 6 Credits
BB40184 Cell biology of metastasis 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB40078 Entrepreneurial biotechnology 6 Credits
BB40125 Plant reproductive biology 6 Credits
BB40134 Molecular evolution and phylogenetics 6 Credits
BB40170 Vertebrate developmental biology 6 Credits

Semester 2

Optional Units: Select between 0 and 1 Unit(s) from the following list:
Students must take BB40076 in either Semester 1 or Semester 2.
AA00012 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40076 Research project (MBiochem) 18 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 0 and 2 Unit(s) from the following list:
Seminar Units: Students taking BB40076 in Semester 2 should choose nothing from this list but must take two units from the equivalent list in Semester 1.
AA00011 Choose nothing from this list of options 0 Credits
BB40084 Cellular biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40085 Medical biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40109 Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
BB40118 Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation 6 Credits
BB40141 Molecular biology of microbial adaptation 6 Credits
BB40164 Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration 6 Credits
BB40185 Synthetic biology 6 Credits
Optional Units: Select between 1 and 3 Unit(s) from the following list:
BB40048 Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems 6 Credits
BB40139 Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes 6 Credits
PA40157 The molecular biology and treatment of cancer 6 Credits
PA40163 Trends in molecular signalling 6 Credits
PA40252 Stem cell biology 6 Credits