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4 September,  2010



University of York, Department of Biology PhD Studentships

The Department of Biology is currently offering fully funded PhD studentships to UK and other EU (subject to residency requirements) candidates for the PhD projects.

For more information about our studentships please visit our website:

www.york.ac.uk/depts/biol/gsp/prospective/phd/welcome.htm

Details of our most recent Open Day : 13 January 2010 can be seen at:

www.york.ac.uk/depts/biol/gsp/prospective/openday/thank_you.html

The Biology Department at the University of York - one of the UK's leading university biological sciences departments for both research and teaching. With over 60 academic staff, we cover the spectrum of contemporary biological sciences from molecular aspects of cancer to field ecology.  Traditional boundaries which fragment the subject of biology are absent, and as a result a number of highly productive interdisciplinary collaborations have emerged.  The labs provide 10,000m2 of research space, as well as the Structural Biology Laboratory of the Department of Chemistry. The Technology Facility offers access to over £7M worth of state-of-the-art equipment.

The most recent external review of our research - the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise - placed York equal first among broad spectrum bioscience departments in the UK for quality that was judged to be world-leading in terms of originality, significance and rigour.

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Our Research Projects - Click on a project title to view the full project details:

Dr G H ThomasIdentification of bacterial transporters for hydroxyalkylcysteines: a novel target for reducing axillary malodour
Dr D BarillaTargeting a bacterial mitotic spindle to combat antibiotic resistance
Dr C G BaumannEnsemble and Single-Molecule Transcription Assays Using Novel Fluorescent Nucleotide Probes
Dr C G BaumannSingle-molecule investigations of antibacterial colicins
Prof N BruceExploring the molecular biology of gold uptake in plants
Prof N BruceEngineering explosives degrading enzymes
Dr LSD CavesDynamics of biomolecular association processes
Dr S ChawlaRegulation of Elk-1 transcriptional activity by calcineurin
Dr J P J ChongDNA replication in Methanococcus maripaludis
Dr M CollinsEggs is eggs: making shell fragments visible in the archaeological record
Dr D CoverleyAnalysis of Ciz1 splice variant expression
Dr D CoverleyExpression and function of Ciz1
Dr A DoddHow does the circadian clock improve stress tolerance in plants?
Dr A DoddHow do plant cells generate calcium signals?
Dr C DythamModelling ageing, senescence and dispersal in a spatially-explicit, individual-based simulation
Dr C DythamModelling the impacts of climate change on species ranges
Dr C J H ElliottGenetic control of aging
Dr C J H ElliottParkinson's disease modelled in Drosophila?
Dr C J H ElliottNeural activity in the control of growth
Dr G EvansThe role of neuronal Src kinases in neuroblastoma differentiation
Dr G EvansRegulation of neuronal membrane trafficking by Mint1
Dr G EvansThe role of N-Src kinases in neuronal differentiation
Dr J FerrariThe evolution of host use in a generalist arthropod
Dr J FerrariEcological speciation in the pea aphid
Dr D FranksModelling the Sampling of Animal Social Networks
Dr P G GeneverDetermining mitochondrial DNA deletions in mesenchymal stem cells to optimise therapies for the ageing skeleton.
Prof I A GrahamDefining the role of the ABI4 transcription factor in the sugar regulated control of storage oil breakdown in Arabidopsis
Prof I A GrahamProducing Oil in Biomass
Dr T Helgason
Prof J P W Young		Developing mitochondrial markers for AMF diversity studies
Dr J K Hill
Dr S Penfield		Climate warming and its effects on phenological synchrony between herbivores and their host plants.
Dr A Hodge
Prof A H Fitter		Interactions among arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi and bacteria in nutrient cyclin
Dr A HodgeFriend or Foe? Can plants tell the difference between their own and other plant roots?
Prof M S HofreiterPopulation genetics of Pleistocene carnivores
Dr H V IsaacsIdentification and characterization of genes regulated by Cdx transcription factors
Dr H V IsaacsFunctional characterisation of targets of the FGF signalling pathway
Dr A KatzourakisEvolutionary biology of mammalian retroviruses
Prof P M KayeEffector and regulatory function of NK cells in experimental leishmaniasis
Prof C KleanthousStructure-function relations of a redox regulated transcriptional repressor
Prof C KleanthousStructural biochemistry and physiology of the axonal guidance protein Scribbler from Drosophila
Prof C KleanthousHow does pmf drive the bacterial Tol assembly?
Prof H M O LeyserRobustness and plasticity in shoot branching control
Dr F J M MaathuisArsenic resistance and plant membrane transport
Dr P MayhewExplaining insect richness using supertrees
Dr J MoirWhat’s life really like for the mucosal pathogen Neisseria meningitidis? Gene function in microbial communities in vivo
Dr A P MountfordThe role of schistosome molecules in stimulating the innate immune response
Dr S PenfieldHow do plants sense temperature?
Dr J PottsStructural and functional studies of fibronectin-binding proteins
Dr M E PownallHSPGs and cell migration
Dr P PryorPathogen manipulation of intracellular membrane trafficking
Dr K RedekerFeedback loops and agricultural plant response to climate change. What do they suggest for land use choices?
Dr EJH RobinsonThe benefits of distributed nesting to a highly invasive pest
Dr M SchultzeMolecular characterisation of plant mutants defective mycorrhiza formation
Dr N SignoretChemokine receptors and activation of monocytes
Prof J SouthgateNon-genotoxic carcinogenesis and epigenetic deregulation in human bladder epithelial cells
Dr S SweeneyStructural biochemistry and physiology of the axonal guidance protein Scribbler from Drosophila
Prof C ThomasEstimating global diversity (project co-supervised by Dr Olivier Missa).
Dr G H ThomasUtilisation of host derived sialic acids by bacterial pathogens
Prof C ThomasThe potential for long-distance colonisation to enable species to respond to climate change
Dr D UngarGlycosylation enzyme sorting in the Golgi apparatus
Dr D UngarHow does cell surface glycosylation promote cancer metastasis?
Dr M van der WoudeHow to kill a biofilm: role of population heterogeneity
Dr M van der WoudeDefining molecular rules that govern epigenetic gene regulation in bacteria
Dr R WaitesGenes required for leaf shape variation
Prof J P W YoungMolecular ecology and genomics of rhizobia