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School of Life Sciences

School of Life Sciences. Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School. The School of Life Sciences. largest School in the University > Annual research income > £10M ~60 Faculty ~140 Research Fellows and Technicians >1000 Students 8th in UK for Biological Sciences 11th in UK for Chemistry.

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School of Life Sciences

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  1. School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

  2. The School of Life Sciences • largest School in the University • > Annual research income > £10M • ~60 Faculty • ~140 Research Fellows and Technicians • >1000 Students • 8th in UK for Biological Sciences • 11th in UK for Chemistry

  3. Sir Paul Nurse FRS b 1949 Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2001 Sir Harry Kroto FRS b 1939 Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1996 John Maynard Smith FRS 1920-2004 Crafoord Prize 1999 Kyoto Prize 2001 standing on the shoulders of giants ... Sir John Cornforth FRS b 1917 Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1975

  4. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chemistry Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Neuroscience Genome Damage and Stability School of Life Sciences

  5. Cell building in honey bees is “the most wonderful of all known instincts” Charles Darwin Origin of Species

  6. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Chemistry Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Neuroscience Genome Damage and Stability School of Life Sciences

  7. Evolution, Behaviour and Environment Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Genome Damage and Stability Neuroscience Chemistry Prof. Geoff Cloke FRS Prof. Guy Richardson FRS Prof. Simon Morley Prof. Jeremy Field Prof. Keith Caldecott Research Subject Groups

  8. Genome Damage and Stability Centre Prof Tony Carr Director

  9. what do our‘Students’study ? • Biochemistry (40-50) • Biochemistry BSc • Biochemistry (with a sandwich year) BSc • Biosciences (with a Foundation Year) BSc • Biology (60-70) • Biology BSc • Biomedical Sciences (90-100) • Biomedical Science BSc • (sandwich year available) • Chemistry (40-50) • Chemistry BSc • Chemistry MChem • Chemistry (with a sandwich year) MChem • Ecology and Conservation (20-30) • Ecology and Conservation BSc • Neuroscience (60-70) • Neuroscience BSc • Medical Neuroscience BSc • Neuroscience with Cognitive Neuroscience BSc

  10. MSc Courses and Convenors • Genetic Manipulation and Molecular Cell Biology Dr Neil Crickmore • Developmental Cell Biology Dr Neil Crickmore • Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience Dr Camilla Tornoe & • Prof George Kemenes

  11. Future developments and some issues MChem with Medicinal Chemistry Ecology and Environment BSc Prof Simon Ward Tropical Rainforest MSc Cancer Cell Biology MSc Future of MScs? 4-Year Degrees? Dr Mika Peck

  12. School of Life Sciences, John Maynard Smith (JMS) Building, Room 3B12a University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, BN1 9QG T: 01273 678057 | F: 01273 877586 E lifesci@sussex.ac.uk

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