Department of Biomendical Science

Prospective undergraduates

An understanding of contemporary biology combined with key transferable skills will open the door to a variety of different career options.

Study here at Biomedical Science
How to apply

Postgraduate study

Give yourself an advantage by gaining an MSc or PhD from one of the UK's leading bioscience departments.

Latest PhD studentships
MSc taught courses

Research excellence

We are at the forefront of international research into stem cell biology, regenerative medicine, molecular and cellular basis of disease. In the recent Research Assessment Exercise we were ranked in third place in the UK for research in Biological Sciences.

Research themes
Recent publications

High quality teaching

We have an outstanding reputation for the quality and breadth of expertise in biological teaching and were awarded 24/24 in the latest Teaching Quality Assessment (TQA) carried out by the Quality Assurance Agency for Higher Education.

Current BSc and MSc students
Careers, summer vacation and placement opportunities

Research centres

We are proud to incorporate two internationally renowned research centres within the department.

The MRC Centre for Developmental and Biomedical Genetics (CDBG)

The Centre for Stem Cell Biology (CSCB)

Information for Staff

Information for Staff As part of the Faculty of Science, we are an active and expanding department with over 250 academic, support and research staff members.

About the department
Staff Handbook (UoS members only)
BMS Calendar of Events

News

Latest PhD Studentships

Modelling axial polarity in the developing zebrafish ear

The project is fully funded by a four-year interdisciplinary studentship from the BBSRC. Application deadline: Open call.

Supervisor: Dr Tanya Whitfield. More about this project.

Identifying the pathways and cellular machinery required for constitutive secretion

Supervisor: Dr Andrew Peden

Application deadline: 17 February 2012. More about this Project.

Studentship opportunities in the Centre for Membrane Interactions and Dynamics

We are delighted to announce new PhD opportunities in the recently established Centre for Membrane Interactions and Dynamics (CMIAD). Application deadline: 17 February 2012. More about these projects.

Three fully funded PhD studentships are available to start in October 2012.

The studentships are attached to a network of researchers interested in the adaptive responses to stress. Graduates in biological science, biomedical science, chemical biology or psychology are invited to apply. Application deadline: 17 February 2012. More about these projects.

Molecular mechanism of Lowe Syndrome

Supervisor: Dr. Kai Erdmann. Application deadline: 17 February 2012. More about this project.

Using Drosophila as a model for JAK/STAT mediated cancer

Supervisor: Dr Martin Zeidler. Deadline: Open call. More about this project.

Top 50 in the world for Life Sciences

Life Sciences at the University of Sheffield have been ranked 37th in the world. Read more on the Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2011/12.

The University of Sheffield named University of the Year

The University of Sheffield has been named University of the Year in the 2011 Times Higher Education Awards. Read more.

British Science Festival 2011

BMS level 2 undergraduate Natalie Shek recently attended the British Science Festival held in Bradford. Read more.