Phd fellowship @ University of Edinburgh ,College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Study Subject: Investigation into functional heterogeneity in rat embryonic stem cells

Funding Eligibility: All candidates should have or expect to have a minimum of an appropriate upper 2nd class degree. To qualify for full funding students must be UK or EU citizens who have been resident in the UK for 3 years prior to commencement.

Contact: Dr T Burdon, Telephone Number: +44(0)131 242 6460

Address Postgraduate Office: College of Medicine & Vet. Medicine,The University of Edinburgh Chancellor's Building
49 Little France Crescent
Edinburgh EH16 4SB
Scotland
UK Department Head Professor : J Savill, Vice Principal & Head of College

Deadline: 31 January 2011

Others Project in this University:

Application Deadline: 14 January 2011

Dr C Abbott, Dr A Sims The role of microRNAs in cellular stress from motor neuron disease to cancer

Centre for Molecular Medicine

Application Deadline: 21 January 2011

Dr C Abbott Translation elongation factors- from motor neuron degeneration to cancer

Application Deadline: 15 December 2010

Prof P J Brophy Molecular and cell biology of axon-glia interactions in health and disease

Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

Dr T Burdon Investigation into functional heterogeneity in rat embryonic stem cells

Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

Dr M Clinton Title: A sexually-dimorphic micro-RNA and cell autonomous sex identity (CASI)

Centre for Integrative Physiology

Application Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Dr M Cousin Control of activity-dependent bulk endocytosis by signalling cascades

Centre for Infectious Diseases

Application Deadline: 05 January 2011

Dr B Dalziel Gene expression profiling of VZV infected neurones : mechanisms of induction of Post Herpetic Neuralgia

Centre for Integrative Physiology

Application Deadline: 05 January 2011

Dr J Davies, Dr J West Synthetic pattern formation: a synthetic biological pattern generator based the Turing mechanism.

Application Deadline: Applications accepted all year round

Dr M Daw, Prof M J Shipston Selective control of cortical interneuron populations

Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

Dr X Donadeu Comparative characterisation of induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) and mesenchymal stromal cells (MSCs) as sources for in vitro derivation of musculoskeletal tissues for regenerative veterinary medicine

Application Deadline: 14 January 2011

Dr J Dorin, Dr E Patton Linking immunity and melanocytes: Using zebrafish and mouse to dissect ß-defensin function

Application Deadline: 14 January 2011

Dr K Evans Identifying and Investigating Functional Variants for Bipolar Disorder

Centre for Molecular Medicine

Application Deadline: 21 January 2011

Dr K Evans Investigation of a Mutation for Bipolar Disorder

Cancer Research Centre

Application Deadline: 21 January 2011

Dr D Faratian Characterizing the impact of the metastatic tissue microenvironment upon ovarian cancer phenotype & pharmacological response

Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

Dr C Farquharson Do resident tissue macrophages direct bone cell differentiation and matrix mineralisation?

Application Deadline: 15 December 2010

Dr G Findlater Examining the mechanical effects of osteoporosis on joints and bone modelling.

Centre for Infectious Diseases

Application Deadline: 05 January 2011

Dr R Fitzgerald, Prof I Morrison Molecular pathogenesis of highly pathogenic Staphylococcus aureus

Centre for Integrative Physiology

Application Deadline: 15 December 2010

Prof T Gillingwater Designing novel therapeutic strategies for the childhood motor neurone disease, spinal muscular atrophy.

Application Deadline: 14 January 2011

Dr C Haley, Dr P Thomson Exploring the potential of genome-wide association data to reveal the “Missing” heritability in complex disease

Application Deadline: 10 January 2011

Dr J Hall, Dr M Holmes Childhood stress and risk for psychiatric illness

Application Deadline: 10 January 2011

Dr J Hall, Prof I Deary Neuroticism, brain structure and physical health

Application Deadline: 15 December 2010

Dr F Kristmundsdottir Developing 3D volume rendering of CT scanned whole bodies to produce interactive software for the teaching of anatomy.

Centre for Population Health Sciences

Application Deadline: 14 January 2011

Dr J Lawton Caring for a child with type 1 diabetes: a qualitative investigation of parents’ experiences and views

Application Deadline: 14 January 2011

Dr J Lawton Positive experiences of undertaking self-monitoring of blood glucose amongst patients with type 2 diabetes: a qualitative investigation

Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

Dr N A Mabbott Determining the effects of prion infection on lymphoid tissue microarchitecture

Application Deadline: 31 January 2011

Dr G McLachlan Derivation of lung epithelial cell types for therapeutic application by differentiation of induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells

Cancer Research Centre

Application Deadline: 21 January 2011

Prof D Melton DNA repair protein ERCC1/XPF as a novel therapeutic target in melanoma

Centre for Molecular Medicine

Application Deadline: 10 January 2011

Dr J K Millar, Dr A McIntosh Studying the molecular consequences of the t(1:11) ‘DISC’ translocation using neural stem cell lines derived from family members

Application Deadline: 21 January 2011

Dr E Nimmo, Prof J Satsangi Investigations of the effects of cigarettes and NOD2 status on DNA methylation levels in Crohn’s disease patients

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This research project has funding attached. Applications for this project are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full department and project details for further information.

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Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding. Applications for this project are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full department and project details for further information.

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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This research project has funding attached. Funding for this project is available to citizens of a number of European countries (including the UK). In most cases this will include all EU nationals. However full funding may not be available to all applicants and you should read the full department and project details for further information.

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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding. The funding is available to citizens of a number of European countries (including the UK). In most cases this will include all EU nationals. However full funding may not be available to all applicants and you should read the full department and project details for further information.

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Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

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Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

This research project is one of a number of projects at this institution. It is in competition for funding with one or more of these projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be awarded the funding. The funding is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

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Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

This supervisor does not yet know if funding is available for this project, or they intend to apply for external funding once a suitable candidate is selected. Applications are welcome - please see project details for further information.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

If you have the correct qualifications and access to your own funding, either from your home country or your own finances, your application to work with this supervisor will be considered.

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PhD Funding Key- Research Programmes

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

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Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. It is available citizens of a number of European countries (including the UK). In most cases this will include all EU nationals. However full funding may not be available to all applicants and you should read the full programme details for further information.

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Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)

Some or all of the PhD opportunities in this programme have funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

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Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

This programme is waiting to hear about funding for the next session, or external funding will be applied for once a suitable candidate is selected. Applications are welcome - please see programme details for further information.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

If you have the correct qualifications and access to your own funding, either from your home country or your own finances, your application will be considered.

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PhD Funding Key- 4 Year PhD Programmes

Funded 4 Year PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)

This 4 year PhD programme has funding attached. Applications for this programme are welcome from suitably qualified candidates worldwide. Funding may only be available to a limited set of nationalities and you should read the full programme details for further information.

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Funded 4 Year PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only)

This 4 year PhD programme has funding attached. It is available citizens of a number of European countries (including the UK). In most cases this will include all EU nationals. However full funding may not be available to all applicants and you should read the full programme details for further information.

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Funded 4 Year PhD Programme (UK Students Only)

This 4 year PhD programme has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some programmes, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves, may have more stringent restrictions.