Business opportunities
Birkbeck, Crystallography
| Contract research and consultancy |
There are opportunities for business to access the expertise and technology available including contract research and consultancy. If your business has a project that would benefit from contract research, or if you would like to discuss any of the opportunities for business further you should contact Chris Thomas in the Birkbeck Business Relations Unit (BRU). The BRU gives organisations of all types a single point of access to the range of services available at Birkbeck. Members of the department have expertise in the following research areas:
- Bacterial pathogenesis
- Membrane proteins
- DNA replication and repair
- Signal transduction
- Cytoskeleton and cell shape
- Amyloid fibrils
- Molecular chaperones
- Viral infectivity
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| Cooperative Awards in Science and Engineering (CASE) studentships |
We are keen to work with industrial partners and have been awarded CASE studentships by the BBSRC. BBSRC seeks to encourage links in the provision of research training between academic
institutions and industry to enable students to experience different research environments. CASE awards are doctoral studentships which provide research training in a partnership
between an eligible academic institution and a cooperating company. Students spend part of
their training period working within the company, and are jointly supervised by an academic
and a company supervisor.
The CASE cooperating body must be a company registered and trading in the UK with a UK research and/or manufacturing base. The placement is for a minimum of 3 months and could be for one month a year. As a measure of its interest and commitment, the company partner on CASE awards must
contribute to the training of the student. Further details are available here.
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| Joint research grants |
Business partners may participate in joint research grants. Businesses should contact Chris Thomas in the Birkbeck Business Relations Unit in the first instance. |
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| Training |
Distance learning courses
Four distance learning qualifications are available. Assessmentfor these advanced certificates is carried out using the internet. Further details about the distance learning courses is available here.
The BCB Introduction to bioinformatics course
The week-long I2B course runs twice yearly in July and December and features an introduction to major areas of bioinformatics: protein structure prediction and modeling, sequence analysis, microarray analysis and genomics.
A new protein course for business
A new course is currently being developed that will provide training for attendees from business. Further details are to be announced. |
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