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I am a medically qualified scientist (MD/PhD) working at the interface between bacterial genomics, bioinformatics and pathogenesis and with a research group benefitting from research council funding. Current interests focus on genome sequencing as a tool for studying the epidemiology and evolution of bacterial pathogens and on the structure, function and evolution of bacterial protein secretion systems. Applications are welcome in both areas. Applicants keen to pursue a genomics project should provide evidence of an aptitude in bioinformatics.
http://pathogenomics.bham.ac.uk/staff/mpallen.html
The School of Biosciences has a number of UK Research Council (e.g. BBSRC, NERC) PhD studentships available for entry in 2014. Fully-funded Research Council studentships are normally only available to UK nationals (or EU nationals resident in the UK) but part-funded studentships may be available to EU applicants resident outside of the UK. The deadline for applications for Research Council Studentships is 31st January 2014.
Each year we also have a number of fully-funded Darwin Trust Scholarships. These are provided by the Darwin Trust of Edinburgh and are for non-UK students wishing to undertake a PhD in the general area of Molecular Microbiology. The deadline for this scheme is 31st January 2014.
The University of Birmingham also has an annual 'Doctoral Researcher Elite Scholarship Scheme' which aims to recruit the very best overseas PhD students to Birmingham - more details on this scheme can be found at http://www.graduateschool.bham.ac.uk/rsa/researchcouncils/drelite.shtml
Funding Notes:
Research Council Studentships are available for UK applicants. EU applicants resident in the UK may also be eligible. Non-UK students interested in molecular microbiology may apply for a Darwin Trust Scholarship. The deadline for applications for Research Council and Darwin Trust studentships is 31st January 2014.
We have a thriving community of International PhD students and encourage applications at any time from students of any nationality either able to fund their own studies or who wish to apply for their own funding (e.g. Commonwealth Scholarship Council, Islamic Development Bank).
For further information on funding see http://www.birmingham.ac.uk/schools/biosciences/courses/postgraduate/phd.aspx
References:
Lewis T, Loman NJ, Bingle L, Jumaa P, Weinstock GM, Mortiboy D, Pallen MJ (2010) Use of high-throughput whole-genome sequencing to dissect the epidemiology of Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from a hospital outbreak. J Hospital Infection 76 (In press).
Loman NJ, Snyder LA, Linton JD, Langdon R, Lawson AJ, Weinstock GM, Wren BW, Pallen MJ. (2009) Genome sequence of the emerging pathogen Helicobacter canadensis. J Bacteriol. 191: 5566-7.
Snyder LA, Loman NJ, Fütterer K, Pallen MJ. (2009) Bacterial flagellar diversity and evolution: seek simplicity and distrust it? Trends Microbiol. 17:1-5.
Chaudhuri RR, Loman NJ, Snyder LA, Bailey CM, Stekel DJ, Pallen MJ (2008). xBASE2: a comprehensive resource for comparative bacterial genomics. Nucleic Acids Res 36(Database issue):D543-6.
Pallen MJ, Wren BW. (2007) Bacterial pathogenomics. Nature. 449:835-42
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Tobe T, Beatson SA, Taniguchi H, Abe H, Bailey CM, Fivian A, Younis R, Matthews S, Marches O, Frankel G, Hayashi T, Pallen MJ. (2006) An extensive repertoire of type III secretion effectors in Escherichia coli O157 and the role of lambdoid phages in their dissemination. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 103(40):14941-6.
http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1107643?query=featured_home