Protein-based drugs, such as antibodies, are extremely effective for the treatment of a number of diseases including diabetes and cancer. These complex molecules are usually … Read more
Tag: biotechnology
Kent students win funding to undertake research projects at East Malling Research (NIAB-EMR)
Two second year undergraduate students will be spending their summer working on projects related to plant pathology Carla Finn and Minty Gray will be spending … Read more
A Think Kent “Discovers” documentary with Prof. Colin Robinson
The research documentary provides an insight into PCV2: Virus to Vaccine 15 million pigs are produced annually in Thailand, with the pork industry a key … Read more
Anti-tumour drugs from soil bacteria
Dr Simon Moore, Lecturer at the School of Biosciences, is awarded Wellcome Trust funding to research how to unlock toxic antitumour drugs from soil bacteria. … Read more
Biotechnology and Business MSc – now that’s a smart idea!
The new programme is a collaboration between the School of Biosciences and Kent Business School and brings together their considerable expertise in a new and … Read more
Growing Kent and Medway
The School of Biosciences at the University of Kent, are part of the £18m bid led by East Malling Research (NIAB-EMR), termed Growing Kent & … Read more
Collaborative PhDs at Kent: Not Just About Laboratory Skills
A spotlight on life as a current Biosciences PhD student, Natalie Talbot During my PhD I have worked in partnership with the University of Kent … Read more
Meet Alumni Christopher Smith
Christopher Smith graduated with an MSc Biotechnology and Bioengineering in 2018. He is now working as a Research Associate at Evox Therapeutics Why did you … Read more
Hands-on experience of genome editing
Genome editing is a revolutionary area of modern science. For many of our MSc students, gaining experience of these emerging techniques is one of the … Read more
University recognised in UK’s Best Breakthroughs list
Research from the University has been named as one of the UK’s 100 Best Breakthroughs of the last century for its significant impact on people’s … Read more