Research in Biosciences

Our research addresses global challenges to the health and wellbeing of people, animals, plants and the environment.

Our multi-disciplinary research themes

Biosystems and Environmental Change

Understanding human impacts on wildlife, environments and ecosystems
Structural and Molecular Cell Biology

Investigating cellular function to benefit human health
Microbiology

Understanding microbes and antimicrobial resistance
Plant Science and Food Security

Mitigating the global food security crisis

Areas of underpinning expertise

Computational biology

Mass spectrometry

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