Biochemistry (with an industrial placement year) BSc (Hons)

• Academic Skills in Life Sciences
• Human Physiology
• Introduction to Organic Chemistry
• Molecular Biology

• Biological Chemistry
• Cell Biology
• Introduction to Metabolism and Pharmacology
• Research Methods in Biochemistry

• Cell Regulation and Cancer
• Genetics and Genomics
• Principles of Neuroscience
• Structural Basis of Biological Function

• Applications of Organic and Bioinorganic Chemistry
• Clinical Biochemistry
• Combating Disease
• Experimental Biochemistry

You can apply to spend your third year in an industrial laboratory (typically a pharmaceutical or biotechnology company) or a research institute before returning to Sussex for your final year.

Recent students have gone on placements at:

• Oroboros Instruments
• GSK (GlaxoSmithKline)
• Pfizer.

During your placement you work on a research project and write a dissertation. You are usually paid by the host laboratory during the placement year.

Year 3 at sussex

• Cell Signalling and its Applications in Therapeutics and Disease
• Immunology in Health and Disease
• Life Sciences Year 3 Research Project (Experimental)
• Life Sciences Year 3 Research Project (Literature)
• Molecular Genetics
• Neuronal Transduction and Transmission
• Regulating the Transcriptome

• Bio-organic Chemistry
• Genome Stability, Genetic Diseases and Cancer
• Genomics and Bioinformatics
• Innovation in Bioscience and Medicine
• Molecular Pharmacology
• Neuronal Plasticity and Gene Regulation
• Post Transcriptional Control of Gene Expression
• Protein Form and Function