The global challenges facing man are our new frontier waiting to be crossed. The solution to problems such as human and environmental health, food security, energy production and ageing will be found in the life sciences.
The Institute for Life Sciences represents a University-wide multidisciplinary collaboration drawing together expertise in science and engineering, with a shared goal to apply scientific discovery to the grand challenges of the day. The Institute's mission is to facilitate fusions of expertise in education and research from a range of disciplines, in order to broaden scientific opportunities.
The IfLS is structured around four cornerstones:
Bioengineering
Bioengineering features Hybrid Biodevices; Imaging in the Nanodomain; Information Processing; Structured Substrates
Biomedicine
Biomedicine features Applied Neuroscience; Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHAD); Translational Immunology
Bioscience
Bioscience features Biofilms and Microbial Communities; Ecosystem Services; Molecular Crystallography; Protein Networks
Education and Training
Education and training supplements the existing high quality reserach led undergraduate teaching of life science subjects within the University.
