how will you define cellular and molecular biology the body is made up of building blocks otherwise known as cells these are basic units of life the cell is surrounded by a membrane and contains a whole lot of molecules which are involved in determining how the cell behaves many cells together form collections of cells which create tissues and these tissues form the organs the human body is made up of many different organs cellular and molecular biology is the study of the processes happening in individual cells and understanding what the different molecules in the cells are doing if we understand how cells function individually and interact with each other then we can understand how the whole body or whole organism workswhat is the scope for research in this fieldthere is a lot of scope for research it could be at a university other tertiary institute specialised research institute hospital government laboratory or a private laboratorywhich industries will be benefited the most with the advancement in this fieldindustries that will benefit the most will be the health industry and the environmental industries governments will benefit too as they can implement new strategies as a result of researchwhat are the newer growth areas or emerging career prospects in cellular and molecular biologynewer growth areas in cellular and molecular biology will include developmental biology understanding how a single embryonic cell can turn into a multicellular organism with many different types of cells important new areas are disease in particular the genetic basis of diseases and the cell biology of diseases including neurological disorders such as alzheimers disease parkinsons disease cancer and infectious diseases such as malaria heart disease and diabetes cellular and molecular biology includes the study of plants and other animals in this context the study is applicable to treating pollution or bioremediations and understanding how plants and animals adapt to stress such as caused by lack of waterhow will deakin university help a student in achieving his career goals in this field deakin provides courses which cover all aspects of training in cellular and molecular biology starting with basic theory at the firstyear level and then more advanced concepts in the second and third year this is a part of the undergraduate programme with practical classes to illustrate important skills then the honours yearexperimentbased is specialised practical training in techniques that are used in cellular and molecular biology under the guidance of an experienced supervisor where you learn how to design and carry out experiments analyse and communicate next is the ph d for advanced training in the threeyear postgraduate programme to become a highlytrained scientistwhat are the courses offered to the international students how are deakins courses rated globallythe courses offered to international