You will gain a broad understanding of molecular plant sciences before specialising in a specific area. You ll study the biology of plants at the molecular level. You will focus on topics including mechanisms of microbial pathogenicity, cell and molecular biology of pollen-stigma recognition, signalling in flowering plants and genomics and gene networks. You ll have access to facilities including a GM glasshouse and tissue culture for plant and mammalian cells.

You ll study the molecular and cellular biology of microorganisms such as bacteria, viruses, fungi and yeasts. These include gene expression and regulation, gene transfer, genome structure, epidemiology, cell communication pathogenicity and virulence factors.