Bioprocessing and Biotherapeutics Msc

You develop comprehensive knowledge and understanding of biosciences, expertise and skills in relation to biochemistry, manufacturing principles and laboratory practice required by the biotechnologies sector within an industrial context of biological products.

Delivered at our Middlesbrough campus, within our new state-of-the-art Bios facility, featuring high-quality, leading-edge labs.

These facilities allow you to engage with a range of advance and innovative research themes including:

• Provision of a 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
• Use of advanced cellular imaging capabilities, including live cell imaging, using light, confocal and Raman microscopy approaches incorporating fluorescence resonance energy transfer and fluorescence lifetime imaging. This enables the study of conformational changes, drug interactions with living cells, molecular interactions and tissue characterisation, among other topics.