Chat with MRes Cancer Sciences

Book a 10 minute chat for the opportunity to chat one-on-one with Dr Elena Odintsova and ask any questions you have about studying MRes Cancer Sciences at Birmingham. Please make sure you arrive on time for your chosen slot.

The MRes in Cancer Sciences is a one year, full-time programme comprising three taught modules and an extended laboratory-based research project. This programme is specifically designed to offer postgraduate training to students interested in a career in cancer research, particularly those wishing to pursue a PhD.

Examining the entire range of cancer research from our fundamental understanding of cancer pathogenesis through to the development of highly targeted novel therapies, the programme is designed to provide life and biomedical science graduates with an in-depth understanding of cancer research through focussed taught modules and an extended laboratory-based research project. We explore how modern cutting-edge techniques and big data analysis have led to our understanding of how cancer is driven at the genetic and epigenetic level, and how the tumour microenvironment impacts cancer development and treatment. We also examine how new successful therapeutic approaches have been used in patients and how they have impacted outcomes. The extended research project makes use of many of these research techniques, providing intensive training in modern laboratory-based cancer research.

Learn more about the MRes in Cancer Sciences.