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UK/EU Studentship Vacancies

We are very pleased to be able to offer the following PhD Research Studentships.  Click on the links in the table below to find out more information about the project or if you would like to apply.  These Studentships are also being advertised on Findaphd.com. 

These Studentships are funded by the UK Research Councils, charities and industry.  Certain eligibility conditions apply, therefore, these studentships are only available to UK/EU citizens ordinarily resident in the UK.  Also note that, in the case of some PhD Studentships, the application process is competitive, and applicants who are shortlisted will go forward for interview by the School Postgraduate Recruitment Panel.

We provide a stimulating environment for training postgraduate research students using cutting-edge technology, training in transferable skills and a supportive team of supervisors and research colleagues.  You will be joining a vibrant community of career researchers working on novel ideas with all the support and facilities that a world-class, research-led University can provide.  We would like to meet you if you are interested in starting a career as a research scientist and becoming part of our team.  UK students who have achieved, or expect to achieve, a first or upper-second-class honours degree in biochemistry, neuroscience, pharmacy or other relevant degree are eligible to apply for these fully-funded Studentships.

PhD Studentships 2012

Project Title	Supervisors	Email	Closing Date
Evaluation of cognitive changes in a rodent model of schizophrenia	Professor Kevin Fone and Dr Paula Moran	Kevin Fone	Open until filled
Identification and characterisation of the novel P2Y14 purine receptor in the coronary vasculature	Dr Vera Ralevic and Dr William Dunn	Vera Ralevic	Filled
Engineering lantibiotic-inspired chimeric antimicrobials	Dr Boyan Bonev	Boyan Bonev	Filled
The molecular pharmacology of dopamine D2 receptors: probing agonist efficacy	Professor Stephen Hill/Dr David Hall (GSK)	Stephen Hill	Filled
High performance computational studies of antibiotic peptides	Dr Boyan Bonev and Professor Jonathan Hirst	Boyan Bonev	Filled
Pharmacological targeting of the endogenous ligands for TRPV1: a novel therapeutic approach to analgesia	Professor Victoria Chapman and Dr Gareth Hathway	Victoria Chapman	Filled
Cellular communication in blood vessels - how do they do it?	Dr William Dunn and Dr Vera Ralevic	William Dunn	Filled
Functions and interactions of unanchored polyubiquitin chains	Dr Rob Layfield and Dr Neil Oldham	Rob Layfield	Filled
Reversing cardiovascular toxicity of anti-VEGF cancer treatment	Dr Jeanette Woolard, Dr Tomas Bellamy and Professor Stephen Hill	Jeanette Woolard	Filled
Hypoxia and cardiac muscle – the role of metabolic orchestration	Dr Mark Cole and Professor Paul Greenhaff	Mark Cole	Filled
At the interface of immunity and neurology: exploring the role of interferons and STAT transcription factors in demyelinating diseases of the CNS	Professor Uwe Vinkemeier and Professor Cris Constantinescu	Uwe Vinkemeier	Filled
A misexpression screen to identify genes that promote or inhibit tumour progression in a living epithelium	Dr Marios Georgiou and Dr Peter Jones	Marios Georgiou	Filled
Detangling recovery in stroke	Dr Rebecca Trueman and Professor Kevin Fone	Kevin Fone	Filled
Phosphorylation of a key regulator of mitosis	Drs Claire Friel, Sally Wheatley and Alistair Hume	Claire Friel	Filled
Lipidomic analysis of synovial fluid: identification of bioactive lipids associated with osteoarthritic pain	Professors Victoria Chapman, Michael Doherty and David Barrett	Victoria Chapman	Filled
CRISPR/Cas immunity in bacteria: biochemical and genetic analysis of core Cas proteins in bacterial pathogens	Dr Ed Bolt and Dr Ronald Chalmers	Ed Bolt	Filled
Development of novel stable isotopic approaches to measure protein and lipid metabolism in humans in response to exercise and nutritional intervention	Dr Ken Smith and Dr Phil Atherton, Professor Paul Greenhaff, Professor Ian Macdonald	Ken Smith or Phil Atherton	Open until filled