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POSTGRADUATE | Honours in Molecular and Cell Biology (MCB4002W)


Course co-ordinator:

Dr Colleen O'Ryan
Email: colleen.oryan@uct.ac.za
Phone: +27 21 650 4257
Room: 405)

Application procedure
Course outline

The Honours course in
Molecular & Cell Biology integrates
the disciplines of Biochemistry, Genetics
and Microbiology. Students receive training
in a range of molecular biological techniques
in a stimulating research environment.
Research projects are offered in the
following six areas of biology:




Human Health
 
• Medical Microbiology (Shez Reid and Val Abratt)
• Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV (Zenda Woodman, Janet Hapgood)
 
• Vaccine Development (Ed Rybicki)
• Circadian Rhythms (Laura Roden)
• Neurobiology (Nicola Illing)
• Drug Discovery
     -Antibiotics (Paul Meyers)
     -Novel Contraceptives (Janet Hapgood)
     -Anti-malarial compounds (Trevor Sewell)


 

 
Marine Biotechnology
 
• Abalone Immunology (Vernon Coyne)
• Pathogen and Stress Response in Seaweed (Vernon Coyne)
• Probiotics (Vernon Coyne)
 
Microbiology
 

• Anaerobic bacteria (Val Abratt, Shez Reid)
• Amino Acid production (Shez Reid)
• Probiotics (Shez Reid, Val Abratt, Vernon Coyne)
• Antibiotic producing bacteria (Paul Meyers)
• Biofuels (Shez Reid)
 


Molecular Evolution
 
• Conservation Genetics (Colleen O’Ryan)
• Evolution of Development (Nicola Illing, Laura Roden)
• Antibiotic-producing bacteria diversity (Paul Meyers)
 
Plant Molecular Biology
 
• Desiccation tolerance in plants (Jill Farrant, Suhail Rafudeen, Nicola Illing)
• Circadian Rhythms (Laura Roden)
• Bioremediation (Robert Ingle)
• Plant pathogen defence (Robert Ingle)
 
Virology
 
• Vaccine development (Ed Rybicki)
• Plant viruses (Ed Rybicki)
• HIV (Janet Hapgood, Zenda Woodman)
Human health Marine biotechnology Microbiology Molecular evolution Plant molecular biology Virology