St. George’s, University of London is delighted to offer 10 fully funded PhD studentships in the areas of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences.

Closing Date: Monday 26th March 2012

Recognised globally for the quality of its biomedical and clinical research, St George’s is home to six research centres located within three academic divisions. Each academic division and the joint faculty contains talented researchers conducting a wide range of basic, clinical, translational and practice-based research. St George's has a number of cutting edge facilities to assist researchers and students within the University and St George's Healthcare NHS Trust.

The University shares a campus with St. George’s Hospital, one of the UK’s busiest hospitals, serving a community of over one million people in the capital; a community that is nationally representative and relevant to the research of medicine and biological sciences in their broadest sense.

St George’s is now offering both fully funded (3 year) PhD Studentships across the Divisions of Biomedical Sciences and Clinical Sciences, in addition to (4 year) Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTAs) in the Division of Biomedical Sciences.
The Studentships and GTAs are available to start in September 2012. A total of 7 studentships and 3 GTAs will be funded. All studentships will provide a stipend (at or above RCUK rates) and full PhD tuition fees (at UK/EU rate).

Interested candidates are invited to look at the details of the projects available by following the links below and to identify the project(s) which best suits their interests and research experience to date.

Candidates would normally be expected to apply for the single project that best fits their experience and skills, but where there are several relevant project titles listed, interested candidates may submit an application for a maximum of two projects. (In the event that a candidate wishes to apply for two projects, they may nominate two titles from the list of 3 year studentships, two of the GTA projects, or one of each).

Please visit the SGUL web site for further information, entry requirements and the application process.

The closing date for receipt of all applications (both for the PhD studentships and the GTAs) is 1700 (GMT) on Monday 26th March 2012.

Available 3 year PhD Studentship Projects - Click on a project title to view the full project details:

Dr A Albert	New therapeutic targets for coronary artery disease: Activation mechanisms of TRPC ion channels
Dr R Allen Prof J Ma	Optimising the innate immune functions of antibodies
Prof D Bennett Dr S-H Kim	Multiple melanoma, prognostic markers and cell senescence
Prof D Bennett Dr T Shaw	Therapeutic targeting of histone acetylation in scars
Dr J Cartwright Dr I Dumitriu	The role of decidual macrophages in early pregnancy and the pathology of pre-eclampsia.
Dr G Cockerill Dr E Torsney	Evaluating the role of circulating progenitor cells on abdominal aortic aneurysms.
Dr I Greenwood Dr V Ho	The role of orphan G protein-coupled receptors in the vascular actions of cannabinoids and related lipid signalling molecules
Dr M Harhun Dr I A Greenwood	Mechanisms of adrenergic and purinergic regulation of vascular smooth muscle from human resistance arteries
Prof JC Kaski Dr I Dumitriu	The role of regulatory B cells in atherosclerosis: human and murine studies.
Prof S Krishna Dr H M Staines	Studies on the mechanism of action of artemisinins
Prof P Mortimer Dr S Mansour	Immune Studies in Primary Lymphoedema.
Dr A Nohturfft Prof P Butcher	Reprogramming of human host cells by mycobacteria – a cell biology approach
Dr R Reljic Prof D Macallan	Generation and characterisation of the IL-4 variant IL-4delta2, with potentials against tuberculosis
Dr F Valderrama Prof G Whitley	Role of ERM proteins in prostate cancer progression in a human 3D culture model

Available 4 year Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Projects - Click on a project title to view the full project details:

Dr A Albert	New therapeutic targets for cardiovascular disease: Novel G-protein-coupled receptors in blood vessels
Dr R Allen	Functional roles of Leukocyte Ig-like Receptors (LILR) in HIV infection
Dr J Cartwright Prof G Whitley	Cellular interactions at the maternal-fetal interface
Prof S Goodbourn	Evasion of Innate Immunity by paramyxoviruses
Dr I Greenwood Dr A Albert	Role of Kv7 potassium channels cAMP-mediated vasodilatation of blood vessels.
Dr I Greenwood Dr V Ho	Changes in the vascular endocannabinoid system with ageing
Dr Y Jamshidi	Getting to the heart of personalized medicine
Dr S-H Kim Prof N Brown	The role of WDR11 in development of reproductive system and its clinical implications for human hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism
Dr T Shaw Prof D Bennett	Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms of Tissue Repair in Skin and Ovary

St. George’s, University of London is delighted to offer 10 fully funded PhD studentships in the areas of Biomedical and Clinical Sciences.

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