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Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Biology & Biochemistry in 2006/07. 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.
Academic Year BB10157 Biodiversity 12 Credits
Semester 1 BB10001 Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) 3 Credits
Semester 1 BB10003 Biochemistry 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB10005 Cell biology 1 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB10008 Introduction to biodiversity 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB10012 Ecology & evolution 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB10089 Biochemistry 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB10120 Biochemistry 1 [NS] 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB10147 Human & animal physiology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB10002 Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) 3 Credits
Semester 2 BB10004 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB10006 Cell & molecular biology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB10007 Genetics 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB10011 The biosphere 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB10121 Biochemistry 2 [NS] 6 Credits
Academic Year BB20075 Professional training placement 60 Credits
Semester 1 BB20013 Directed studies 1 3 Credits
Semester 1 BB20018 Enzymology A 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20020 Physical biochemistry & proteins 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20024 Cell signalling 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20029 Insect biology 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20032 Plant symbiosis & pathology 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20040 Concepts in evolution 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20110 DNA (making, breaking & disease) [NS] 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20144 Techniques in cell biology 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20149 Molecular genetics of vertebrate development 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB20152 Practice of science 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20014 Directed studies 2 3 Credits
Semester 2 BB20015 Biochemical problems & bioinformatics
6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20016 Professional training in Biochemistry 1 30 Credits
Semester 2 BB20021 Protein purification 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20027 Infection and immunity 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20028 Cellular neurobiology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20031 Plant biotechnology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20033 Bacteriology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20034 Virology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20041 Field course 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20058 Microbial genetics 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20096 Biochemical problems & bioinformatics 3 Credits
Semester 2 BB20097 Protein purification [For MBiochemistry students] 3 Credits
Semester 2 BB20099 Cellular neurobiology [For MBiochemistry students] 3 Credits
Semester 2 BB20153 Data interpretation 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20154 Introduction to functional genomics 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB20160 The dynamic cell 6 Credits
Academic Year BB30115 Professional Training Placement (MBiol) 60 Credits
Semester 1 BB30042 Investigative project 12 Credits
Semester 1 BB30043 Biological data interpretation 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30045 Cell membranes 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30046 Proteins & immunochemistry 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30059 Insect-microbe interactions 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30063 Microbial pathogenicity 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30071 Topics in environmental plant virology 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30072 Biology as a world view 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30123 Biological ethics 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30129 Sensory and signalling networks in plants 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30132 Sexual conflict 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30155 Developing entrepreneurial skills in biological science 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB30163 Laboratory project 12 Credits
Semester 2 BB30042 Investigative project 12 Credits
Semester 2 BB30050 Biochemical problems 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30051 Laboratory project 12 Credits
Semester 2 BB30052 Scientific communication 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30053 Professional training in Biochemistry 2 30 Credits
Semester 2 BB30067 Advanced developmental genetics 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30091 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30108 Life, environment & people 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30131 Evolution in deep time 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30138 Plant-microorganism interactions 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30156 Conservation biology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30161 Systems and developmental neurobiology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB30163 Laboratory project 12 Credits
Academic Year BB40111 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
Academic Year BB40112 Data interpretation in biology 6 Credits
Academic Year BB40113 Critical reading in biology 6 Credits
Academic Year BB40114 Critical reading in molecular & cellular biology 6 Credits
Academic Year BB40122 Integrated molecular & cellular biology 6 Credits
Academic Year BB40135 Research training 0 Credits
Academic Year BB40137 Integrated biology 6 Credits
Academic Year BB50143 Literature review and research proposal 12 Credits
Academic Year BB50158 Key literature review and research proposal 12 Credits
Academic Year BB50159 Research training 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40076 Research project (MBiochem) 18 Credits
Semester 1 BB40078 Biotechnology 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40081 Biochemical ethics 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40082 Frontiers of neuroscience 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40083 Enzymes in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40088 Bioinformatics 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40095 Integrated biochemistry 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40102 Molecular mechanisms of disease 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40106 Plant-animal interactions 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40124 Human developmental disorders 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40125 Plant reproductive biology 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40128 The evolution of genetic systems 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB40130 Research project (MBiol) 18 Credits
Semester 1 BB40145 Microbial cell growth & proliferation 6 Credits
Semester 1 BB50142 Lab project 1 24 Credits
Semester 2 BB40048 Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40076 Research project (MBiochem) 18 Credits
Semester 2 BB40084 Cellular biochemistry 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40085 Medical biochemistry 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40086 Molecular immunology 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40095 Integrated biochemistry 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40109 Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40117 Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40118 Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40130 Research project (MBiol) 18 Credits
Semester 2 BB40133 Plant responses to abiotic stress 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40134 Molecular evolution and phylogenetics 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40139 Microbial communication & development 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40140 Plant biotechnology & the environment 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB40141 Molecular biology of microbial adaptation 6 Credits
Semester 2 BB50146 Lab project 2 24 Credits
Certificate level units (e.g. BB1*)