MSc Journal Club (PG) - BIOE97031
Aims
The journal club helps students to develop two key skills: to read research papers and to develop critical thinking.
Role
Course Leader
Engineering in Cancer Therapy - BIOE97057
Aims
This module explains the basic physics of ionising radiation as safely implemented in radiotherapy, provides an overview of the range of applications in the treatment of patients with ionising radiation and, highlights and models the biological processes involved the interactions of ionising radiation and tissue
Role
Lecturer
Image Processing (PG) - BIOE97091
Aims
This module will provide students with a substantial introduction to digital image processing relevant to image analysis. It will also provide students with appreciation of aspects of computation in interpreting or “parsing” images, as well as introducing students to some of the biomedical, clinical and research applications of image processing and computer vision
Role
Lecturer
Synthetic Biology - LIFE96035
Aims
Background & Aims: The advent of the molecular biology age in the 1970s was brought about by the ability to construct recombinant DNA molecules. This has completely revolutionised biology and enabled the development of ‘synthetic biology’, where new gene arrangements can be constructed and evaluated. This has been tremendously successful, leading to a wide range of biotechnological applications. However, the engineering of useful synthetic biological systems is still undertaken on an individual ad hoc basis, which is expensive and inefficient. Synthetic biology as a discipline is now attempting to apply the principles of engineering and develop foundation technologies that make the design and construction of engineered biological systems easier, facilitating future development in biotechnology. This course will explore the challenges, problems and approaches to engineering biological systems.
Role
Lecturer