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Postgraduate study

Postgraduate life at IMCSB

What do our students think of studying at the Institute? Here is a short video on PG life, the Institute environment and Glasgow.

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Study with us

We offer a number of postgraduate taught courses in addition to PhD projects.

Impact in 60 seconds

Our students produce short videos explaining their research in 60 seconds as part of the the MVLS Impact in 60 seconds Competition.

Research

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About us

We carry out fundamental and translational life science research impacting health and food security.

Research

We are a multidisciplinary centre aimed at driving both basic and applied research from the molecule level to whole organisms and systems.

BioImaging

Information on the Confocal Fluorescence Systems, Fluorescence and Bioluminescence Plate Readers, & Epifluorescence (widefield) Systems.

Early career researchers

Information on how we support our Early Career Researchers with links to the LKAS Funding Scheme and other internal funding opportunities.

Publications

Browse a list of recent publications from our research staff and students

Explore

Spotlight

In the spotlight! Special features on our staff, students and external visitors. We shine the spotlight on them to hear about their work, interests, hobbies and our external visitors share their experience of Glasgow.

Campus development: building our future

£1 billion is being invested in University of Glasgow's estate over a ten year period to expand our world class campus and facilities.

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Podcasts

From external speakers to early career researchers, our podcasts cover a range of topics from research to juggling life with academia.

Athena SWAN

In 2016 the Institute gained an Athena SWAN Bronze Award, in recognition of commitment to tackling gender inequality in higher education.

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Seminars

Institute external seminar and internal seminar series for students and postdocs.

Online learning

Information for new staff, current staff and students

Information on Health & Safety, policies and procedures for current staff, students and visitors.

News & events

  • 01 Jun

    Neil Bulleid Award

    Congratulations to Prof. Neil Bulleid, who has been awarded renewal of a prestigious Wellcome Trust Investigator Award!
  • 01 Jun

    Covid19 testers Thankyou

    We thank all our testers at the Lighthouse Lab who are testing for COVID-19 every day.
  • 01 Jun

    Julia Dunlop Certificate

    Congratulations to Julia Dunlop, from Prof. Kostas Tokatlidis' lab, for receiving training in GCLP!
  • 01 Jun

    Mike Blatt funding success

    Prof. Mike Blatt and Prof. John Christie have secured £865,948 from BBSRC for “Engineering the GORK K+ channel to enhance stomatal kinetics”.
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All staff

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Communications and social media

We are always looking for new ways to engage people in our work - find out how to connect with us through social media.

Public engagement

Our researchers, support staff and postgraduates are involved with the Institute's engagement activities; communicating with the public at events such as Science Festival and visiting schools.