About the Project
Applications are invited from self-funded full time applicant's to carry out a PhD project within the Plant Endomembrane Group at Oxford Brookes on protein interactions at the plant ER Golgi interface and on the function of plant Golgi associated proteins. In vacuolate plant cells Golgi stacks are anchored to the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) and traffic over the ER in an actin mediated fashion. It is proposed that a number of tethering proteins are involved in this interaction and we have identified a number of candidates. The project will involve the characterisation of putative tethering factors, production of fluorescent protein constructs and transformed plants, plus confocal and electron microscopy.
This project is suitable for students with a first class honours degree or master’s degree in biology, cell and molecular biology or biochemistry.
All application's should be made via UKPASS ( https://pgapp.ukpass.ac.uk/ukpasspgapp/login.jsp ) . The UKASS code for Department of Biological and Medical Sciences is 9866
Supporting documentation which should be supplied at time of making an application.
The following should either be e-mailed to [Email Address Removed] or posted to The Research Administrator, Research Office, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Room S106, Headington Campus, Gipsy Lane, Oxford, United Kingdom OX3 0BP. Please ensure when submitting documentation that you state the these have been submitted in respect of an application relating to the advertised self-funded research project- title of project 'Protein interactions at the plant ER-Golgi interface'.
(1) Written evidence of funding of three years University fees and Department Bench fees. Either a government sponsorship letter or six months recent bank statements in the applicant's name showing the name and address of bank where account is held.
(2) Copies of your degree certificate/s plus transcripts/scores which must be in English.
(3) If applicable copy of your IELTS test score certificate which must not be older than 2 years. Plus a photocopy of your passport including passport number.
(4) Your CV
(5) Contact details including e-mail addresses of a minimum of two academic referees. If application is from an overseas applicant then you must have known both of your referees for at least 3 years. At least one must also be an academic from your country of origin.
web site information http://www.brookes.ac.uk/plant_endomembrane
contact: [Email Address Removed]
Professor Chris Hawes
Department of Biological and Medical Sciences
Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
Oxford Brookes University
Headington Campus
Gipsy Lane
Oxford
United Kingdom OX3 0BP
Please ensure that you state the title of this project on your application form and state that it was located on FindAPhD.
Funding Notes
Must supply when making application evidence of ability to fund three years University fees and Department bench fees. University fees for the Academic Year 2014/2015 for international applicant's are £13700 and for UK/EU £3966. University fees rise by approximately 4% each year. Department of Biological & Medical Sciences bench fees are £6000 per academic year.
Overseas applicant's must supply
IELTS (BritishCouncil) Test:
(Minimum score level 6 in each of the four areas of reading, writing, listening and speaking with overall minimum score 6.5-7.0) issued within the last 2 years or degree certificate from UK university awarded in last 2 years.
References
Schoberer, J., Runions, J., Steinkellner, H., Strasser, R., Hawes, C. & Osterrieder, A. (2010). Sequential depletion and acquisition of proteins during Golgi stack disassembly and reformation. Traffic 11, 1429-1444.
Osterrieder, A., Carvalho, C.M., Latijnhouwers, M., Johansen, J.N., Stubbs, S., Botchway, S. & Hawes, C. (2009). Fluorescence lifetime imaging of interactions between Golgi tethering factors and small GTPases in plants. Traffic 10, 1034-1046.
Sparkes, I.A., Ketelaar, T., De Ruijter, N.C.A. & Hawes, C. (2009). Grab a Golgi: Laser trapping of Golgi bodies reveals in vivo interactions with the endoplasmic reticulum. Traffic 10, 567-571.