Work at the forefront of biosciences, using biotechnology to help tackle the world's biggest challenges in health, food biosecurity and environmental sustainability. Biosciences research has a huge impact on helping people live longer and healthier lives. With the World Economic Forum identifying healthcare as one of the top 10 Global Challenges for 2030, there is a growing demand for specialists in this field. This course provides you with a broad understanding of the molecular basis of biological systems, with a focus on how biotechnology can improve human health and disease, food biosecurity and sustainable biotechnologies. A rapidly advancing area, biotechnology harnesses the core principles of bioengineering to generate controlled processes or products related to the biopharmaceutical, industrial, healthcare, food or agro-industries. It covers a broad range of subjects from biochemistry, genetic and metabolic engineering, molecular cell biology, structural biology, systems and synthetic biology. Areas of study could include the application of biotechnology in metabolic engineering, biopharmaceuticals, biomedicine, biocatalysis and algal biotechnologies in the production of biofuels or animal/industrial feedstocks. <br>You'll be based within the Medical and Industrial Biotechnology research group where you'll work with researchers who collaborate with the Centre for Sustainable Technologies, Centre for Nanoscience and Nanotechnology and the Centre for Therapeutic Innovation.