Applied Sciences Research Specialties
The School of Applied Sciences has a number of research strengths and expertise within the three key disciplines of Biosciences, Chemical Sciences and Physical Sciences.
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Research Publications
Key research disciplines and strengths
Biosciences
- Biotechnology and Microbiology
- Molecular Biology
- Virology
- Molecular Pathogenesis and Vaccines
- Mycology
- Vaccines
- Plant Biotechnology
- Bioprocessing
- Bioinformatics
- Microarrays
- Industrial Microbiology
- Biofilm formation by coagulase-negative staphylococci
- Mastitis in dairy cows caused by Streptococcus uberis
- Microbial Safety of biosolids by analysis of a range of pathogens and indicators
- Environmental Sustainability
- Aquaculture
- Biofuels
- Bioremediation
- Ecotoxicology
- Geophysics
- Marine Biomedical Sciences and Health
- Marine Ecology and Environmental Science
- Water Pollution and Soil Environment
- Food Science and Nutrition
- Probiotics, Prebiotics and Symbiotic functional foods
- Nutrition (Obesity, Platelet function, choose health, vitamin D)
- Nonthermal processing technologies
- Impact of sustainability on food production and health
- Glass transition in food and biopolymers
- Structural properties of biopolymer co-gels.
Chemical Sciences
- Advanced Technologies
- Advanced Materials
- Genetic Engineering
- Plant Science
- Agricultural Technologies
- Biomaterials
- Industrial science and technology
- Composites and Polymers
- Alumina Technology
- Molecular and Analytical Sciences
- Nanotechnology and Nanosciences
- Nanomaterials
- Nanocharacterisation
- Catalysis
- X Ray
- FTIR Spectroscopy
Physical Sciences
- Theoretical Molecular Science
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Chemical and Quantum Physics
- Theoretical Nanotechnology