Current Graduate Opportunities


Systems Biology as a career choice


Systems Biology is a rapidly growing field with a bright future. The BBSRC has invested a total of £40 million in six Systems Biology Centres at University of Nottingham, Newcastle University, Imperial College London, University of Manchester, University of Edinburgh and University of Oxford. Click here for the BBSRC Systems Biology Centres webpage.


Science magazine (2006) ran a feature on careers in this field.

Careers in Systems Biology by Anne Forde.

Working the Systems by Jim Kling.

From Molecular Systems to Systems Biology by Elizabeth Palin.


Nature produced a Systems Biology Podcast (2007) about the future and achievements of the field.

"Has systems biology lived up to its promise? What has been achieved and what is holding the field back? Where is systems biology going and what is needed to make it happen? Four experts from the US and Europe discuss the systems biology landscape in a round-table debate, and students and postdocs share their motivations and expectations about a career in systems biology. The podcast was produced with support from Applied Precision, in association with the Nature Cell Biology and Nature Reviews Molecular Cell Biology joint Focus on Systems Biology: A User's Guide." Click here for the podcast.


The official opening of the Centre for Plant Integrative Biology (CPIB) based at the University of Nottingham was opened officially on the 2nd July 2007. In this podcast Professor Charlie Hodgman discusses the setting up and aims of CPIB.


CPIB is based at the University of Nottingham's Sutton Bonnington campus and aims to create a virtual root which will serve as an exemplar for using Integrative Systems Biology. Systems biology means revolutionising the way bioscientists think and work by enabling multidisciplinary research combining theory, computer modelling and experiments.


CPIB brings together Biologists, Engineers, Mathematicians and Computer Scientists to generate new data, biological resources and virtual models of plant roots that will aid understanding of how they grow and develop. Click here for the podcast.


Masters Courses for 2009/2010


We currently run 2 masters courses. The MSc in Integrative Systems Biology and MRes in Advanced Genomic and Proteomic Sciences. For more details on the content of these courses please see the Teaching page.


There are places available on the MSc and MRes courses for the academic year 2009/2010. The MSc and MRes are highly desirable courses so apply soon if you wish to gain a place. If you would like to apply please email the course director.