Students study various experimental approaches and learn to criticise assumptions made by the great experimenters while investigating the milestones of scientific discovery. During the experimental component of the course students learn to apply this knowledge. Some experiments carried out during the course are closely modelled on certain classic studies that significantly advanced scientific knowledge. Others are related to the current research interests of departmental staff, and may never have been carried out before. Cell Pathology is offered as an option in the third year of the Science, Medical Science and Liberal Studies degrees.
Students attend a combination of small group tutorials and practical classes.
The course emphasises mechanisms of acute and chronic inflammation, immunology, pathology of smooth muscle and cancer metastasis. You will usually cover the following types of experimental technique in the course. Students find cell pathology interesting if they are contemplating a career in biomedical research. Cell pathology is the study of disease by the techniques of modern cell biology. The aim is to understand how cellular and molecular mechanisms interact during disease processes.