UCL Faculty of Life Sciences
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The UCL Faculty of Life Sciences is one of the 10 constituent faculties of University College London
(UCL). The Faculty forms part of the UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, together with the Faculty of Brain Sciences, the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Population Health Sciences.
There are currently six Nobel Prize
winners amongst the Faculty's alumni and current and former staff.
The current Dean is Professor Mary Collins.
The Faculty is closely involved with the following research centres and institutes:
University College London
University College London is a public research university located in London, United Kingdom and the oldest and largest constituent college of the federal University of London...
(UCL). The Faculty forms part of the UCL School of Life and Medical Sciences, together with the Faculty of Brain Sciences, the Faculty of Medical Sciences and the Faculty of Population Health Sciences.
There are currently six Nobel Prize
Nobel Prize
The Nobel Prizes are annual international awards bestowed by Scandinavian committees in recognition of cultural and scientific advances. The will of the Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel, the inventor of dynamite, established the prizes in 1895...
winners amongst the Faculty's alumni and current and former staff.
The current Dean is Professor Mary Collins.
Departments
The Faculty currently comprises the following departments, divisions and institutes:- UCL Division of Biosciences
- UCL Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology
- UCL Research Department of Genetics, Evolution and Environment
- UCL Research Department of Neuroscience, Physiology and Pharmacology
- UCL Research Department of Structural and Molecular Biology
- UCL Division of Psychology & Language Sciences
- UCL Research Department of Clinical, Educational and Health Psychology
- UCL Research Department of Cognitive, Perceptual & Brain Sciences
- UCL Research Department of Developmental Science
- UCL Research Department of Language and Communication
- UCL Research Department of Linguistics
- UCL Research Department of Speech Hearing and Phonetic Sciences
Research centres and institutes
- Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit
- UCL Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
- The Institute of Hepatology
- UCL Interaction Centre
- Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology
- UCLH/UCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research CentreUCLH/UCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research CentreThe UCLH/UCL Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre is a biomedical research centre based in London, United Kingdom. It is a partnership between University College London Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust , University College London and the National Institute for Health Research and is one of five...
- UCL Centre for the History of Medicine