MSc Natural Products Discovery

The Natural Products Discovery MSc course offered by Liverpool John Moores University equips students with valuable skills and knowledge in natural products research, including isolation techniques, biological evaluation, and analytical methods. This full-time, one-year programme allows students to gain expertise in the discovery, development, and commercialization of drugs from natural sources.Course Content: The course delivers training on how natural products can be isolated, characterized, and bioassayed, includes modules on medicinal chemistry, synthetic organic chemistry, biotechnology, and cell biology, and makes use of a model undergraduate research project to assist students in getting familiar with practical lab work. Key Modules: The subsequent modules are covered during this course: Postgraduate Research Methods, Research Project, Medicinal Chemistry, Advanced Biochemistry, and Research Techniques in Pharmacology. Accreditations: Information not provided.Future Careers: Graduates from this program can pursue diverse career paths in academia, pharmaceutical industry, scientific writing, regulatory affairs, intellectual property law, and drug discovery. The course also provides excellent research training for those wishing to continue their studies towards a PhD. For more information on this course, please visit the official course page.