Imperial College London
South Kensington, London, UK
Full-time Study

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Chemical Biology is an emerging discipline that sits at the interface of traditional chemistry and biology, drawing on the tools and ideas of modern Physical Sciences and applying them to the solution of biological problems at the molecular level.

This is a discipline that is perfectly poised to address the next great challenge in biological science – to understand how gene products are used in and interact with the cellular environment.

The research element provides physical scientists with the ability to bridge disparate fields and gain the confidence to grapple with biomolecular research in a multidisciplinary environment.

The programme is run by the Institute of Chemical Biology’s Doctoral Training Centre.

You can apply for a one-year stand-alone MRes course or a four-year programme (one year MRes followed by a three-year PhD).

Study programme

The MRes consists of a nine-month interdisciplinary research project, taught modules in advanced cell biology and biochemistry, practical laboratory experience of biomolecular techniques, specialist lectures in transferable skills and group discussion sessions.

In term one, you choose a research project after discussion with academic staff during the first two weeks of the course. Each research project has at least one physical and one life sciences supervisor. Under their guidance, you write a literature report and research proposal for submission at the end of term.

You attend Journal Club, which is an assessed transferable skills module that aims to develop presentation skills, whilst encouraging scientific debate, and providing the opportunity to broaden scientific knowledge.

In term three, you will continue to work on your research project, to be written up as a thesis. You will also present your research findings at a one-day MRes Conference held at the beginning of September, which counts towards your overall assessment.

Careers
Our MRes in Chemical Biology trains you in translational multidisciplinary research through a bespoke training and research programme.

You will graduate with an in-depth understanding of product development pipelines across a variety of sectors, acquired through first-hand experience of multi-disciplinary translational research and early stage commercialisation.

This enables you to become leaders of technology innovation and translation in the life science, personal care and agri-science industries.

Tuition fees and funding
The level of tuition fees you pay is based on your fee status, which we assess based on UK government legislation.

For more information on the funding opportunities that are available, please visit our Fees and Funding website.

Entry requirements
We welcome students from all over the world and consider all applicants on an individual basis.

Our minimum requirement is at least a 2.1 UK honours degree in chemistry, physics, mathematics, biophysics, biochemistry or bioengineering.

Additionally, at least 50% of the degree must be made up of physical science content.

How To Apply

Please apply by completing and submitting the online Imperial College Postgraduate application form. The program you should select when completing the online application is under ‘Department of Chemistry’ and the course name is ‘MRes Chemical Biology: Multidisciplinary Physical Scientists for Next-Generation Biological, Biomedical and Pharmaceutical R&D’.

All Postgraduate applications must be submitted online, please click here to apply.

Contacts
For further details of the course please consult the links to the documents above. If these do not answer your query, please email the MRes chemistry admins at chemres@imperial.ac.uk

The course directors for this MRes are Dr Rudiger Woscholski and Dr Laura Barter.