Studentships
PhD studentships to start 2012
Shared Funding Scheme
European Research Council
BBSRC BRIC Award
Title: A nascent peptide-ribosome interaction that allows viral protein synthesis Ref CB069
Supervisor: Dr Jeremy Brown
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr J Brown
Title: Genes Required for the Response to Reactive Oxygen Species and their Role in Lifespan Ref CB072
Supervisor: Prof Brian Morgan
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Prof B Morgan
Title: Regulation of gene expression through coupling of transcription and translation Ref CB073
Supervisor: Dr Nikolay Zenkin
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr N Zenkin
Title: Biological Function of a Ubiquitous RNA Ligase Ref CB077
Supervisor: Prof Kenn Gerdes
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Prof K Gerdes
Shared Funding Scheme 3 Year PhD
Title: Novel inhibators of transcription and mechanisms of their action Ref CB062
Supervisor: Dr N Zenkin
Sponsor: Shared Funding Scheme 3 Year PhD
Contact for further details: Dr N Zenkin
Title: PhD studentship to study the origin and diversification of eukaryotes using statistical phylogenetics Ref CB063
Supervisor: Prof M Embley
Sponsor: EU 3 Year PhD
Contact for further details: Prof M Embley
Title: Simplified in-process detection of protein higher order structure and aggregation Ref CB081
Supervisor: Prof J Lakey & Dr P Levison
Sponsor: BBSRC BRIC Award
Contact for further details: Prof J Lakey
Further particulars
Studentships Filled
Title: Correcting your mistakes: how do human mitochondria ensure the quality of newly made proteins?
Supervisor: Prof R Lightowlers
Sponsor: BBSRC
Contact for further details: Prof R Lightowlers
Further particulars
Title: Recurrent Urinary Tract Infection: oestrogen and the epithelial defences of the urinary tract
Supervisor: Dr J Hall
Sponsor: MRC MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr J Hall
Title: Understanding the mechansims underlying age-associated declines in resistance to infection
Supervisor: Dr Elizabeth Veal
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr E Veal
Title: Local microenvironment control of epithelial ion transport and innate defence: role in the pathogenesis of chronic airways disease
Supervisor: Dr M Gray
Sponsor: MRC MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr M Gray
Title: The link between the developmental disorder Treacher Collins syndrome and the regulation of the tumour suppressor p53
Supervisor: Dr Nick Watkins
Sponsor: BBSRC 3 Year PhD
Contact for further details: Dr N Watkins
Title: Understanding the molecular mechanisms by which complex glycansare metabolized in the human microbiota
Supervisor: Prof Harry Gilbert
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Prof H Gilbert
Title: Bacterial Cell Wall Synthesis and Degradation
Supervisor: Prof W Vollmer
Sponsor: MRC 3 Year PhD
Contact for further details: Prof W Vollmer
Title: Structural studies of biofilm-associated proteins from human pathogens
Supervisor: Dr Paula Salgado
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP Mres/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr P Salgado
Title: Molecular mechanisms of bacterial persistance
Supervisor: Prof Kenn Gerdes
Sponsor: BBSRC MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Prof K Gerdes
Title: The Regulation of Heterochromation by Bromodomain AAA-ATPases
Supervisor: Dr Simon Whitehall
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr S Whitehall
Title: Alu repeats, cancer and genetic disease
Supervisor: Dr Nick Watkins
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr N Watkins
Title: How to kill non-growing bacterial pathogens
Supervisor: Dr L Hamoen
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr L Hamoen
Title: Investigating the roles of a novel mRNA quality control enzyme in gene expression and telomere maintenance
Supervisor: Dr C Schneider
Sponsor: Ruth & Lionel Jacobson Trust MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Dr C Schneider
Title: Nutrient modulation of gut inflamnatory responses to microbial challenges
Supervisor: Prof J Hesketh
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP MRes/PhD Studentship
Contact for further details: Prof J Hesketh
Title: Investigating copper homeostasis in a human fungal pathogen
Supervisor: Prof C Dennison
Sponsor: John William Luccock & Ernest Jeffcock
Contact for further details: Prof C Dennison
