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

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

School of Life Sciences

Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS

Head of School

Page 2: School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

The School of Life Scienceslargest 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

Page 3: School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

standing on the shoulders of giants ...

Sir John Cornforth FRS

b 1917Nobel Prize for

Chemistry 1975

John Maynard Smith FRS

1920-2004Crafoord Prize 1999

Kyoto Prize 2001

Sir Harry Kroto FRSb 1939

Nobel Prize for Chemistry 1996

Sir Paul Nurse FRSb 1949

Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine 2001

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School of Life Sciences

Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyChemistry

Evolution, Behaviour and EnvironmentNeuroscience

Genome Damage and Stability

Page 5: School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

Cell building in honey bees is “the most wonderful of all

known instincts”

Charles DarwinOrigin of Species

Page 6: School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

School of Life Sciences

Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyChemistry

Evolution, Behaviour and EnvironmentNeuroscience

Genome Damage and Stability

Page 7: School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

Research Subject GroupsChemistryChemistry

Prof. Geoff Cloke FRSProf. Geoff Cloke FRSProf. Geoff Cloke FRSProf. Geoff Cloke FRS

Evolution,Behaviour

and Environment

Evolution,Behaviour

and Environment

Prof. Jeremy FieldProf. Jeremy FieldProf. Jeremy FieldProf. Jeremy Field

Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology

Biochemistry and Molecular

Biology

Prof. Simon MorleyProf. Simon MorleyProf. Simon MorleyProf. Simon Morley

NeuroscienceNeuroscience

Prof. Guy Richardson FRSProf. Guy Richardson FRSProf. Guy Richardson FRSProf. Guy Richardson FRS

Genome Damageand Stability

Genome Damageand Stability

Prof. Keith CaldecottProf. Keith CaldecottProf. Keith CaldecottProf. Keith Caldecott

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Genome Damage and Stability Centre

Prof Tony CarrDirector

Page 9: School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

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

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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

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Future developments and some issues

MChem with Medicinal Chemistry

Tropical Rainforest MSc

Ecology and Environment BSc

Cancer Cell Biology MSc

Future of MScs?

4-Year Degrees?

Prof Simon Ward

Dr Mika Peck

Page 12: School of Life Sciences Prof. Laurence Pearl FRS Head of School

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 [email protected]