Bioinformatics PhD

University of West London

Our bioinformatics doctoral research prepares our graduates as high-calibre scientists with expertise in bioinformatics.Our doctoral training in bioinformatics offers the opportunity to analyse biological data including DNA sequence fragments through high-performance computing to bring to light novel and previously unknown mechanisms in human, animal and plant health.Genomes, biomes and microbiomes investigations are revolutionising the way we think about healthcare, agriculture, animal and plant breeding. It is providing us with a far more detailed understanding of what causes illness and infectious disease, and it underpins the development of new interventions that would have been unthinkable even a decade ago.Over the next 10 years the UK government intends to create the most advanced genomic healthcare system in the world, underpinned by the latest scientific advances, to deliver better health outcomes at lower cost.This ambition has placed a demand for high calibre scientist, with expertise in bioinformatics, trained to lead discoveries and innovations in health and industry using complex biology, statistics and computing.