Associate Professor Andrew Brown's laboratory investigates the complex repetoire of signals that help to balance cholesterol levels in our cells.
Objectives of an Honours Program
The Honours program is intended to enable and advance the abilities of students in critical thinking and analysis, creative development of novel ideas and the expression of those ideas in laboratory work, and in writing and oral presentation.
Specific objectives include:
- To expand the student's knowledge in selected areas of biotechnology and biomolecular sciences and to encourage a critical appraisal of research literature.
- To develop the student's level of competence in:
- application of a wide range of contemporary techniques in the field
- general principles and techniques required in specialised research areas within biotechnology and biomolecular sciences - To foster interest in some of the broader issues implicit in science and technology
These objectives are achieved by:
- introductory skills workshop, tutorials and seminars
- Honours project of an experimental nature, carried out under the supervision of an academic staff member
- discipline-specific activities