Biological sciences within government encompasses an array of disciplines dedicated to the understanding of life and its interconnected processes. In this section, you can explore unique skill sets within government such as biochemistry and genetics to microbiology and biosecurity.
201 – Biochemistry and cell biology
This sub-group covers biochemistry or the chemistry of living organisms. It includes bioinformatics, cell biology and membrane biology.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Food Standards Agency (FSA)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
202 – Bioinformatics and computational biology
This sub-group covers bioinformatics and computational biology.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
203 – Ecology
This sub-group covers ecology other than its environmental applications.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Education (DfE)
– Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
204 – Evolutionary biology
This sub-group covers evolutionary biology, including biogeography and adaptation.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
205 – Genetics
This sub-group covers genetics and heredity.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Food Standards Agency (FSA)
– Home Office (HO)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
206 – Industrial Biotechnology
This sub-group covers industrial biotechnology.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
207 – Microbiology
This sub-group covers microbiology, including bacteriology, parasitology and virology.
Departments
Food Standards Agency (FSA)
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Home Office (HO)
– Intellectual Property Office (IPO)
– Office of the Chief Scientific Adviser (OCSA)
– UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
208 – Plant biology
This sub-group covers plant biology. It includes plant pathology other than that associated with plant protection procedures used in agriculture and horticulture and phycology, including algae and marine grasses.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Home Office (HO)
209 – Zoology
This sub-group covers zoology.
Departments
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Home Office (HO)
210 – Other biological sciences
This sub-group covers biological sciences not elsewhere classified. It includes forensic biology and global change biology.
Departments
UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA)
Case studies to follow for these departments/agencies:
– Department for Business and Trade (DBT)
– Department for Education (DfE)
– Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (DSTL)
– Ministry of Defence – Science (MOD)