In addition, each candidate will be required to choose one Specialised Field of Study. A total of 18 credit units should be selected in the chosen Specialised Field of Study.
Course Code | Courses | Credit Units |
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SBMS7701 | Block A1: Molecular neuroscience (Developmental Neurobiology)
|
6 |
SBMS7704 | Block A2: Molecular Neuroscience (Technological advances in understanding neurological disorders)
|
6 |
SBMS7705 | Block A3: Molecular Neuroscience (Frontiers in neuroscience)
|
6 |
SBMS7702 | Block B1: Cell Biology (Molecular regulation of cell adhesion, migration and proliferation)
|
6 |
SBMS7706 | Block B2: Cell Biology (Recent advances in stem cell biology and single cell technology)
|
6 |
SBMS7707 | Block B3: Cell Biology (T-cell immunity and RNA therapeutics)
|
6 |
SBMS7703 | Block C1: Cancer Biology (Carcinogenesis)
|
6 |
SBMS7708 | Block C2: Cancer Biology (Technological advances in cancer treatment)
|
6 |
SBMS7709 | Block C3: Cancer Biology (Frontiers in cancer science)
|
6 |
On completion of these courses, students will be able to:
Literature review
Poster preparation and presentation
Essay writing and poster presentation
Course Code | Courses | Credit Units |
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SBMS7801 | Advanced biochemistry: Signal transduction, biomodulators, enzyme kinetics, catalytic mechanisms, protein chemistry, post-translational modification of proteins |
6 |
SBMS7802 | Biomedical sciences seminar: Present and attend seminars, criticise, think, write and talk about biochemical sciences, organise mini-conferences, technical reviews, research proposals, communication skills, personal and career development |
6 |
SBMS7803 | Molecular biology of the gene: Eukaryotic gene regulation, control of gene expression, transcription factors, DNA-protein interaction |
6 |
SBMS7804 | Practical bioinformatics: (Advice to Applications: candidates choosing this Specialised Course should have molecular biology background.) Gene identification Information searching and retrieval: Entrez and SRS Internet resources: DNA and protein sequence databases Patterns, Motifs and Profiles analysis Phylogenetic analysis Sequence alignment: multiple sequence alignment Sequence database searching: FASTA, BLAST, Smith-Waterman, algorithm and parameters Simple sequence analysis |
6 |
On completion of these courses, students will be able to:
Lectures, Tutorials, Essay writing and Literature review
In-course assessment and Final examination