Students have the unique opportunity to participate in a research-intensive course, via a combination of taught modules and an in-depth research project, utilizing the facilities of the National Horizons Centre (NHC). During the project students will be part of the research community at the NHC and participate in research activities including the SHLS and PGR Research Talks.
The teaching team includes members of the bioscience research who are working on understanding diseases in humans and other species to translate this knowledge into ways to improve the outcome of patients.
The University uses state-of-the-art technology to address current clinical needs including understanding host-pathogen interactions, infectious diseases, bladder weakness, cancer, Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, respiratory and other important diseases in order to improve diagnosis, prognosis and treatment options.
Facilities within the National Horizons Centre enable students to engage with a range of advance and innovative research themes including:
- comprehensive genomic, proteomic, metabolomics data acquisition, processing and modelling capability with internationally competitive instrumentation, software and technical support
- studies of disease pathways including biomarker discovery, treatment monitoring, development of diagnostics and screening, supported by bioinformatics modelling and development of predictive models
- biopharmaceutical research including product characterization, metabolism and drug interaction studies
- protein structure/function studies including aggregation, modification, activation and inhibition
