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Biological Photography and Imaging
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Our spotlight UG
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Welcome to the School of Life Sciences
Our vision is to develop inspirational leaders of education, research and commercial innovation within a supportive and professional environment at the forefront of research in the Life Sciences for human and planet health.
Subject specialisms
Our research expertise and foundation, undergraduate and postgraduate courses span:
- biology (ecosystems, cellular and molecular)
- zoology
- biochemistry
- biofuels
- genetics
- bioinformatics
- imaging
- microbiology
- drug discovery and pharmacology
- physiology
- neuroscience
- sports science
- anatomy
Research excellence
This informs our teaching and is at the heart of everything we do. We aspire to generate knowledge and understanding, challenge convention and deliver positive change to the world and its people through delivering transformative team-based research in:
- Blueprint of Life
- Biodiversity and Climate Change
- Engineering Biology for Sustainable Life
- Infection and Microbes
- Molecules to Drugs
- Biomaterials for Health
- Healthy Ageing
100% of UoA24 (Sport and Exercise Sciences, Leisure and Tourism) and 84% of the UoA5 (Biological Sciences) research submitted to REF2021 was judged to be ‘world-leading’ (4*), or ‘internationally excellent’ (3*).
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