Doctoral Training Partnership in Bioscience
Four-year BBSRC funded PhD studentships
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There is currently a rolling deadline until Friday 20 July for the 7 remaining places in Biorenewables and Bioenergy.
Four-year BBSRC funded PhD studentships available:
The University of Nottingham, in collaboration with Rothamsted Research (Rres), has devised an innovative integrated four-year Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) that will provide PhD students with world-class training programme in Bioscience. This programme is supported by nearly £6m from the BBSRC (Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council) and thirty-eight studentships are available in the first year.
About the Programme
This DTP will deliver a wide range of skills development targeted to prepare students for a successful research career, and will generate a community for the exchange of ideas and experiences within and across student cohorts.
In addition to their research project, all students will enlist on a common programme of training for the first six months of PhD study, split equally into high-level modular training and laboratory rotations, and take part in a three month professional internship placement.
A number of schools will be involved in the delivery of this Doctoral Training Partnership Programme;
Research Training
All DTP students will participate in a programme of researcher development based on the Researcher Development Framework (RDF). DTP students will enlist on a common programme of training for the first six months of PhD study, split equally into high-level modular training and laboratory rotations. The programme will offer a range of opportunities for students to develop skills such as communication, team-working, leadership, IT skills through training and a range of student-led, supported projects in areas such as public engagement and entrepreneurship.
Professional Internship (PIP)
The PIP will be in the form of a three month placement not directly related to the PhD project. It will offer DTP students experience in one of a number of career sectors including: teaching, policy-making, media and industry.
Research Project
We are keen that students gain early experience in the laboratory and in varied laboratory environments, preferably crossing disciplines. Early in the programme, potential project supervisors (from Nottingham & RRes) will showcase their research, to enable students to choose three laboratory rotations, each of which will last for 6 weeks. This will enable students to make an experience-based decision about the research programme they will pursue for their PhD studies, and to engage with potential supervisors in devising the research plan.
The DTP programme focuses on three main areas of research;
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Global Food Security
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Industrial Biotechnology and Bioenergy
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Molecules, cells and organisms
Projects may include:
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Sustainable production of platform chemicals, monomers, materials and therapeutics from bio-based raw materials
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Synthetic biology to design new biocatalysts for production of fuels and chemicals
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Directed evolution: new enzymes for chemicals manufacturing
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Biocatalytic reaction engineering
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Bioreactors and scaffolds for stem cells and tissue engineering
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Control of eukaryotic and prokaryotic gene expression
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Protein folding and structural analysis by NMR spectroscopy, X-ray crystallography, and other biophysical tools
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Mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication in prokaryotes and eukaryotes
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Intracellular signalling cascades
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Reducing water and resource use
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Enhancing food and fuel output and quality
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Delivering ecosystem services
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Reducing greenhouse gas emissions
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Mechanistic enzymology and inhibitor design and evaluation
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Protein engineering for bioimaging and stem cell scaffolds
Watch the presentation video to find out more about this programme
DTP in Bioscience Presentation Video
Apply for funding
Visit: www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/BiosciencesDTPfunding to download the application forms and apply for funding.
The BBSRC DTC Information Event
This information event was held on 1 February 2012 in our new Engineering and Science Learning Centre and showcased current research and how this Doctoral Training Partnership programme will benefit you in terms of funding, support, practical learning and the facilities that will be available throughout your PhD.
To find out more about the launch event, please visit www.nottingham.ac.uk/graduateschool/BiosciencesDTPEvent