MSc/PgDip Analytical Bioscience and Drug Design

Part-time study available
International students can apply

Teaching is by lectures to provide thorough grounding in the techniques of biomolecule characterisation and drug design.

Practical sessions and workshops demonstrate techniques and methods used in biomolecule characterisation and drug design, and provide a structured opportunity for you to practice techniques and methods in analytical biosciences and drug design.

Guided reading will recommend texts, key articles and other materials in advance of, or following, lecture classes.

Guest expert seminars, from industry professionals and academics, will provide illustrative cases of the practical application of tools and techniques in analytical biosciences and drug design.

The research project will enable you to practice the application of appropriate, and selected, bioscientific techniques in an academic or industrial context, and demonstrate research methodologies and skills appropriate to and valuable with biomolecule characterisation and drug design.

You will be supervised by expert staff who are actively engaged in international research programmes.

Assessment

The assessment breakdown by module is:

Spectroscopy and Spectrometry (15 credits)

(a) Coursework (2 workshop reports) 50%
(b) Exam (2 hours) 50%

Research Methods (15 credits)

(a) Exam (2 hours) 50%
(b) Oral Presentation of literature review 25%
(c) Workshop (Introduction to Reaxys) 25%

Structural Bioinformatics, Proteomics and Microarrays (15 credits)

(a) Coursework (2 workshop reports) 50%
(b) Exam (2 hours) 50%

Drug Discovery, Design and Development (15 credits)

(a) Coursework (2 workshop reports 50%
(b) Exam 50%

Separation Science (15 credits)

(a) Coursework (2 workshop reports) 50%
((b) Exam (2 hours) 50%

Identification of Important Natural Products (15 credits)

(a) Coursework (2 workshop reports) 50%
(b) Exam (2 hours) 50%

Advanced Mass Spectrometry (15 credits)

(a) Coursework (2 workshop reports) 50%
(b) Exam (2 hours) 50%

Anticancer Drugs and Chemotherapy (15 credits)

(a) Coursework (2 workshop reports) 50%
(b) Exam (2 hours) 50%

Research Project/Dissertation (60 credits)

(a) Oral presentation of research project work 25%
(b) Assessment of laboratory work 25%
(c) Dissertation 50%

Staff Profile

Dr John Hadfield (Course Leader)

Expertise: Design and synthesis of anticancer drugs.

Seek profile

Key publications include:

Hadfield, J A and Wallace, T and Edwards, D and Ducki, S 2011, 'Tubulin-binding dibenz[c,e]oxepines as colchinol analogues for targeting tumour vasculature', Organic and Biomolecular Chemistry, 9, pp.219-231.

R. H. Bisby, S. W. Botchway, J. A. Hadfield, A. T. McGown, A. W. Parker and K. M Scherer. Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging of E Combretastatin Uptake and Distribution in Mammalian Cells. Eur. J. Cancer., 2012, 48, 1896- 903.

Dr Ian Podmore

(Senior Lecturer in Analytical Bioscience)