prospectus

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for Biotechnologists and
Bioengineers; Cancer Research
in Focus; Cancer Therapeutics:
From the Laboratory to the Clinic
Infectious Diseases MSc
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/361
Location: Canterbury
This MSc programme is for
students who wish to gain an
advanced education and training
in the biological sciences within
the context of a range of human
diseases that affect a significant
proportion of the global
population.
The programme provides training
in the practical, academic and
research skills that are used
in academia and industry. It
culminates with a research project
under the supervision of expert
staff who are currently conducting
research on disease-causing
microorganisms.
Course content
• Advances in Parasitology
• Bacterial Pathogens
• Fungi as Human Pathogens
• Practical and Applied Research
Skills for Advanced Biologists
• Science @ Work
• Viral Pathogens
• Project/Dissertation
Reproductive Medicine:
Science and Ethics MSc
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/228
Location: Canterbury
This programme is for those
who wish to gain an advanced
education and training within the
context of a medical issue that
affects one in six couples wishing
to start a family.
The MSc is taught by worldleading
academics at the
University of Kent and leading
industry practitioners from
The Bridge Centre, London.
This programme provides you
with a deep and broad overview
of the modern practice of
reproductive medicine.
This programme is of interest to
prospective researchers, clinical
embryologists, clinical scientists
or individuals simply interested
in reproductive medicine.
Course content
• The IVF World
• Practical and Applied Research
Skills for Advanced Biologists
• Reproduction and the
Beginnings of Life
• Science @ Work
• The Science of Reproductive
Medicine
• Project/Dissertation
Related taught programme
Science, Communication and
Society MSc
See p214.
Research programmes
For the most up-to-date information,
see website details below.
Biochemistry MSc, MPhil,
PhD
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/229
Cell Biology MSc, MPhil, PhD
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/285
Computational Biology MSc,
MPhil, PhD
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/1202
Genetics MSc, MPhil, PhD
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/286
Microbiology MSc, MPhil, PhD
www.kent.ac.uk/pg/287
You can select topics for the MSc,
MPhil or PhD from any of our
research areas (see p54).
We also offer a conventional
MSc programme by research
and dissertation, in which you
undertake a single, focused,
research project from day
one, and attend only certain
components of our transferable
skills modules. We assign a
STAFF PROFILE
Michelle Garrett
Professor of Cancer
Therapeutics
Michelle Garrett was appointed
Chair of Cancer Therapeutics in
September 2014.
She studied at Leeds and The
Institute of Cancer Research
(ICR), London before moving
to the US to undertake postdoctoral
studies at Yale.
Michelle worked for Onyx
Pharmaceuticals in California,
involved in the development of
cancer drugs targeting the cell
division cycle. Returning to the
ICR in 1999, she became team
leader in the Cancer Research
UK Cancer Therapeutics Unit,
with her research specialising in
the discovery and development
of novel small molecule
therapeutics for the treatment of
cancer. She became a Reader in
Cancer Therapeutics and Head
of Biology for the Unit. Michelle
currently has two cancer drugs
in the clinic.