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MPhil in Functional Biopolymers for Food and Health

University of Leeds

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  • Qualification

    MPhil - Master of Philosophy

  • Location

    Leeds, Main

  • Study mode

    Full time

  • Start date

    DEC

  • Duration

    2 Years

Course summary

Our research investigates the entire value-added chain for functional biopolymers (polysaccharides, proteins and polynucleotides), from their extraction, purification, chemical and enzymatic modification, and full structural characterization, to the development of novel structures in foods, cosmetics, as well as advanced biomaterials for therapeutics and biosensing devices. Many of these biopolymers occur in food processing waste streams, hence, we are highly interested in collaborating closely with the food and biotech industry. These materials play many roles in foods, and the clarification of the relationship between their structural aspects and their biological functions, is one of the major drivers of our research.We are investigating how biopolymers can be used as building blocks of high-value bioinspired ''soft'' materials that harness their self-assembling capacity to engineer emulsified oil droplets, multilayer systems, hydrogel networks, nano and micro fibres. These structures can shuttle and deliver nutrients, bioactive compounds and probiotics in the gut their properties can also be tweaked to prevent the digestibility of fat or to replace saliva in older people. Biopolymers also comprise dietary fibre and underpin its prominent role in health. They mediate mouthfeel, lubrication, intestinal motility, bile salts recycling, and serve as fermentable substrates for the microbiota (i.e. as prebiotics), among other functions that are yet to be fully understood. Our aim is to create a blueprint to conceive and design novel functional foods.

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£ 29,250per year

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University information

University of Leeds

University of Leeds

University of Leeds

  • University League Table

    21st

  • Campus address

    University of Leeds, Woodhouse Lane, Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, England

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Subject rankings

  • Subject ranking

    Business & Management Stu

    14th out of 123

    8th out of 36 3

  • Entry standards

    / Max 217
    157 72%

    20th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    83.0 83%

    17th

    1

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    3.02 75%

    86th

    2

  • Entry standards

    / Max 210
    153 73%

    7th

  • Graduate prospects

    / Max 100
    84.0 84%

    12th

    2

  • Student satisfaction

    / Max 4
    2.98 74%

    31st

    9

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