Studentships


All our funded PhD studentships for 2013/14 have been filled.

Studentships Filled

Title: To Investigate the Evolution of Endosymbioses between Anaerobic Ciliate Protozoa and Archaebacteria
Supervisor: Prof Martin Embley & Dr Genoveva Esteban
Sponsor: ERC 3 year studentship

Title: Comparative study of cyclin B regulation in meiotic and mitotic cell division
Supervisor: Dr Suzanne Madgwick
Sponsor: Luccock and Jeffcock Research 4 year integrated PhD

Title: Transport, translation and telomeres
Supervisor: Prof David Lydall
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP 4 year integrated PhD

Title: Developing new biomaterials for diagnostics and cell culture by combining engineered proteins with novel glass surfaces
Supervisor: Prof J Lakey
Sponsor: BBSRC CASE 4 year integrated PhD

Title: The role of superoxide in DNA damage signalling
Supervisor: Dr Julian Rutherford
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP 4 year integrated PhD

Title: Recruitment condensin to replication origins in Bacillus subtilis
Supervisor: Prof Jeff Errington
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP 4 year inegrated PhD

Title: Resistance to copper toxicity in Staphylococcus aureus
Supervisor: Dr Kevin Waldron
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP 4 year integrated PhD

Title: Telomeres and the DNA damage response
Supervisor: Prof D Lydall
Sponsor: EU sponsored CodeAge Joint Training and Research Network

Title: Understanding carbohydrate uptake by members of the human gut microbiota
Supervisor: Prof Bert Van Den Berg
Sponsor: Faculty

Title: The influence of sirtuin-controlled circadian rhythmicity and diet on likespan in honeybees
Supervisor: Prof Dianne Ford
Sponsor: BBSRC DTP 4 year integrated PhD