The School of Biology is one of the leading schools of its kind in the UK, recognised internationally for world-class research and excellence in teaching. In the Research Exercise 2008:
- 90 per cent of our research was considered to be of international standard or better
- 50 per cent was judged to be internationally excellent or world-leading
Research interests in the School are wide-ranging, spanning:
- animal behaviour
- developmental biology
- evolutionary genetics
- human genetics
- microbiology and genome dynamics
- molecular biology
- parasitology
- population biology
- toxicology
The School's wide-ranging research interests are delivered largely through the:
- Centre for the Environment
- Centre for Genetics and Genomics
- Institute of Infection, Immunity and Inflammation
- Institute of Neuroscience