candida PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Determination of how killer pathogenic fungi evade human innate immune defences

Newcastle University
MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Prof J Quinn, Dr S Johnston

Application Deadline: 21 January 2019

More people die from fungal infections than from malaria, tuberculosis, or ‘superbugs’ such as MRSA. Candida species are an important group of human fungal pathogens causing over 400,000 life threatening infections per year.

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Engineering drug sensitivity to screen for new classes of antibiotics for the emerging, drug resistant fungal pathogen Candida auris

University College London
The London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo)

Dr B Panaretou

Application Deadline: 11 January 2019

This is a 4-year CASE studentship based at King’s College London and the laboratories of the Industrial partner, Public Health England in Salisbury.

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Elucidating the pathobiology of Candida albicans

University of Birmingham
School of Biosciences

Dr R Hall

Applications accepted all year round

The Hall lab is interested in understanding the biology and virulence factors of fungal pathogens. Our research largely focuses on the opportunistic fungal pathogen Candida albicans, which causes a range of infections from superficial mucosal infections (i.e.

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Targeting stress activated MAPK pathways in eukaryotic pathogens

Newcastle University
Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences

Prof J Quinn

Application Deadline: 11 January 2019

Candida albicans is a major fungal pathogen of humans causing over 400,000 deaths per annum. Systemic Candida infections are difficult to treat as current anti-fungal drugs are limited and cause undesirable side-effects.

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Point-of-care diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infections using innovative molecular biosensors.

Royal Holloway, University of London
School of Biological Sciences

Dr J Tovar

Applications accepted all year round

Human fungal infections have emerged as one of the most pressing global health problems in recent years.

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Fungi: their interactions, virulence mechanisms and identification of novel antifungal compounds

University of Birmingham
School of Biosciences

Research Group: BBSRC MIBTP

Dr R Hall

Application Deadline: 6 January 2019

Fungi are a major cause of infection worldwide with the following species being the most prevalent in human infections Candida, Aspergillus and Cryptococcus.

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4 Year Wellcome Trust PhD Programame: Interaction of fungal pathogens with the innate immune system

University of Dundee
School of Life Sciences

Dr S Arthur

Application Deadline: 14 December 2018

Systemic fungal infections represent a significant clinical problem which remain hard to treat and are associated high mortality rates.

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