Course summary

Work alongside students and staff who are at the forefront of research into the full breadth of bioscience. Course description Our Biosciences MRes at Sheffield is aimed at those with a strong motivation to pursue a career in research. The course provides you with opportunities to pursue in-depth research and further develop your scientific skills within a world leading, research-focused School of Biosciences. You’ll be embedded within a lab with academics from one of our Research Clusters: Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology Molecular Biology: Biochemistry to Disease Molecular and Cellular Biology Plants, Photosynthesis and Soils. Our research spans the full breadth of biology from cells and genes, to human biology to biodiversity and climate change. Our world-class research will underpin your training whether you are interested in biotechnology, plant biology, photosynthesis, sustainable agriculture, stem cell biology, disease (cancer, ageing, covid), antibiotic and antimicrobial resistance, cell, human, molecular, population and evolutionary genetics, microbiology, conservation biology, biodiversity, or sustainability. You can investigate research opportunities by looking at our research foci and teams in our five different research clusters. Please note that not all supervisors/research labs are available each year; also note that emeritus professors/staff are not available to supervise projects. You may contact the school for further details. Your research experience This research-focused course allows you to spend a full academic year embedded in one of our research groups, working alongside our staff, PhD students, and post-doctoral researchers who are at the forefront of their research field. Throughout your course, you’ll develop your research skills, giving you the opportunity to contribute new knowledge in your chosen area. In addition to the research, you’ll receive bespoke training in data analysis and visualisation and in science communication. Previous students have conducted lab or fieldwork in our outstanding labs in Sheffield, with UK industrial partners and even abroad.