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Department of Biology & Biochemistry
Unit Index 2008/09

Below is a list of units offered by the Department of Biology & Biochemistry in 2008/09. 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.

Certificate level units (e.g. units coded BB1*)
Intermediate level units (e.g. units coded BB2*)
Honours level units (e.g. units coded BB3*)
Masters level units (e.g. units coded BB4* or BB5*)



Level: Certificate


Academic Year

BB10157 Biodiversity 12 Credits
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Semester 1

BB10001 Skills & techniques 1 (basic laboratory & communication skills) 3 Credits
BB10003 Biochemistry 1 6 Credits
BB10005 Cell biology 1 6 Credits
BB10008 Introduction to biodiversity 6 Credits
BB10012 Ecology & evolution 6 Credits
BB10089 Biochemistry 6 Credits
BB10120 Biochemistry 1 6 Credits
BB10171 Introduction to chemistry 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB10002 Skills & techniques 2 (quantitative skills) 3 Credits
BB10004 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
BB10006 Cell & molecular biology 6 Credits
BB10007 Genetics 6 Credits
BB10011 The biosphere 6 Credits
BB10121 Biochemistry 2 6 Credits
BB10147 Human & animal physiology 6 Credits
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Level: Intermediate


Academic Year

BB20075 Professional training placement 60 Credits
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Semester 1

BB20013 Directed studies 1 3 Credits
BB20018 Enzymology A 6 Credits
BB20020 Physical biochemistry & proteins 6 Credits
BB20023 DNA (making, breaking & disease) 6 Credits
BB20024 The dynamic cell 1 6 Credits
BB20029 Insect biology 6 Credits
BB20030 Plant physiology & biochemistry 6 Credits
BB20032 Plant symbiosis & pathology 6 Credits
BB20040 Concepts in evolution 6 Credits
BB20058 Microbial genetics 6 Credits
BB20110 DNA (making, breaking & disease) [NS] 6 Credits
BB20144 Techniques in cell biology 6 Credits
BB20149 Molecular genetics of vertebrate development 6 Credits
BB20152 Practice of science 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB20014 Directed studies 2 3 Credits
BB20015 Biochemical problems & bioinformatics 6 Credits
BB20016 Professional training in Biochemistry 1 30 Credits
BB20021 Protein purification 6 Credits
BB20025 Practical molecular biology 6 Credits
BB20027 Infection and immunity 6 Credits
BB20028 Cellular neurobiology 6 Credits
BB20031 Plant biotechnology 6 Credits
BB20033 Bacteriology 6 Credits
BB20034 Virology 6 Credits
BB20041 Field course 6 Credits
BB20096 Biochemical problems & bioinformatics 3 Credits
BB20097 Protein purification [For MBiochemistry students] 3 Credits
BB20099 Cellular neurobiology [For MBiochemistry students] 3 Credits
BB20153 Data interpretation 6 Credits
BB20154 Introduction to functional genomics 6 Credits
BB20160 The dynamic cell 2 6 Credits
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Level: Honours


Academic Year

BB30115 Professional Training Placement (MBiol) 60 Credits
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Semester 1

BB30042 Investigative project 12 Credits
BB30044 Molecular & medical neuroscience 6 Credits
BB30045 Cell membranes 6 Credits
BB30046 Proteins & immunochemistry 6 Credits
BB30055 Genes & genomes 6 Credits
BB30059 Insect-microbe interactions 6 Credits
BB30063 Microbial pathogenicity 6 Credits
BB30071 Topics in environmental plant virology 6 Credits
BB30072 Biology as a world view 6 Credits
BB30123 Biological ethics 6 Credits
BB30129 Sensory and signalling networks in plants 6 Credits
BB30132 Sexual conflict 6 Credits
BB30162 Protein synthesis, folding and turnover 6 Credits
BB30163 Laboratory project 12 Credits
BB30167 Genomes 6 Credits
BB30168 International field course: experimental field ecology 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB30042 Investigative project 12 Credits
BB30050 Biochemical problems 6 Credits
BB30051 Laboratory project 12 Credits
BB30052 Scientific communication 6 Credits
BB30053 Professional training in Biochemistry 2 30 Credits
BB30067 Advanced developmental genetics 6 Credits
BB30091 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
BB30108 Life, environment & people 6 Credits
BB30131 Evolution in deep time 6 Credits
BB30138 Plant-microorganism interactions 6 Credits
BB30156 Conservation biology 6 Credits
BB30161 Systems and developmental neurobiology 6 Credits
BB30163 Laboratory project 12 Credits
BB30169 Concepts in systems biology 6 Credits
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Level: Masters


Academic Year

BB40095 Integrated biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40111 Data interpretation in molecular & cell biology 6 Credits
BB40112 Data interpretation in biology 6 Credits
BB40113 Critical reading in biology 6 Credits
BB40114 Critical reading in molecular & cellular biology 6 Credits
BB40122 Integrated molecular & cellular biology 6 Credits
BB40137 Integrated biology 6 Credits
BB50143 Literature review and research proposal 12 Credits
BB50158 Key literature review and research proposal 12 Credits
BB50159 Research training 6 Credits
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Semester 1

BB40076 Research project (MBiochem) 18 Credits
BB40078 Entrepreneurial biotechnology 6 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
BB40106 Plant-animal interactions 6 Credits
BB40124 Human developmental disorders 6 Credits
BB40125 Plant reproductive biology 6 Credits
BB40128 The evolution of genetic systems 6 Credits
BB40130 Research project (MBiol) 18 Credits
BB40134 Molecular evolution and phylogenetics 6 Credits
BB40170 Vertebrate developmental biology 6 Credits
BB50142 Lab project 1 24 Credits
BB50165 Biology/biochemistry for mathematical biologists 6 Credits
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Semester 2

BB40048 Enzymes: mechanisms, evolution and control in integrated biological systems 6 Credits
BB40076 Research project (MBiochem) 18 Credits
BB40084 Cellular biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40085 Medical biochemistry 6 Credits
BB40086 Molecular immunology 6 Credits
BB40109 Structural biology in biotechnology & medicine 6 Credits
BB40117 Microbial evolution - from the laboratory to nature 6 Credits
BB40118 Current topics in gene regulation and cell differentiation 6 Credits
BB40130 Research project (MBiol) 18 Credits
BB40133 Plant responses to abiotic stress 6 Credits
BB40139 Pathogenesis and immune evasion by microbes 6 Credits
BB40140 Plant biotechnology & the environment 6 Credits
BB40141 Molecular biology of microbial adaptation 6 Credits
BB40164 Modern methods of researching neurodegeneration 6 Credits
BB50146 Lab project 2 24 Credits
BB50166 Field course 6 Credits
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