Cancer Biology University of Essex

Overview

As a Cancer Biology research student at University of Essex , you work at the heart of our internationally acknowledged, well-resourced and well-connected research community. We offer world-class supervision and training opportunities, and encourage you to engage with other researchers, professionals, practitioners, and research users, where possible - such as using the generous funding from Proficio to attend conferences and training courses.

Key facts

You will be allocated a supervisor who will guide you through the different stages of your research degree. In some cases, you may have joint supervision by two members of our staff.

The support provided by your supervisor is a key feature of your research student experience, and you will have regular one-to-one meetings to discuss progress on your research. Initially, your supervisor will help you develop your research topic and plan.

Twice a year, you will have a supervisory board meeting, which provides a more formal opportunity to discuss your progress and agree your plans for the next six months.

Your technical and intellectual development will be enhanced by becoming part of a research group and participating in School Seminars.

Specialist facilities

Our School provides a comprehensive range of facilities for molecular medicine research:

• fully automated laboratories with robotic liquid handling systems and equipment for cell culture, molecular biology and gene editing

• high-performance computing cluster with 368 CPUs, 5.4 Tb of RAM and 700 Tb of storage for analyses of large biological data sets

• advanced bioimaging suite to visualise and process images of biological processes in real time

• X-ray crystallography and macromolecular interactions facilities for the biophysical characterisation of proteins and other macromolecules

• advanced bioimaging suite to visualise and analyse images of biological processes in real time

• a range of facilities for cell and microbial culture

• next-generation sequence analysis facilities

A dedicated study room allows all our postgraduate research students to have access to a desk and a computer outside of the research laboratories. This provides a focal point for our postgraduates, facilitating reading and writing as well as good communication and a sense of community.