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carbohydrate PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
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The influence of a low carbohydrate high fat diet on exercise and performance
Current and long standing nutrition guidance in the UK and most other countries advocate that carbohydrates are essential for the maintenance of health and especially for any individual engaging in regular physical activity or sport performance. Read more
Optimising carbohydrate intake for performance and health in endurance athletes
Loughborough University is a top-ten rated university in England for research intensity (REF, 2014) and an outstanding 66% of the work of Loughborough’s academic staff who were eligible to be submitted to the REF was judged as ‘world-leading’ or ‘internationally excellent’, compared to a national average figure of 43%. Read more
Engineering carbohydrate-active enzymes to enable continuous-flow biocatalysis.
To overcome the biggest health challenges facing society, we must learn how our cells operate at a fundamental level. Read more
Wrapping virus-like particles in polymer films using protein-carbohydrate interactions
Research Group:
School of Chemistry
Polymer films are widely used as barriers to protect objects from their environments or improve their performance.? What if tiny nano- or micron-sized objects could also be wrapped in thin layers of polymer films? Would they also gain benefits from their inclusion in wrappers in the same ways as macroscopic objects do? These questions lead to tantalising possibilities. Read more
Self-funded project: Uncovering the biological roles of recently discovered carbohydrate-active enzymes in green microalgae.
Photosynthetic microalgae are microbes that have colonized every habitat on Earth, and are paramount in fueling the global ocean biological carbon pump. Read more
Synthesis of small molecule probes for muscular dystrophy-associated enzymes
Background. Most proteins sitting at the surface of our cells are modified with a diversity of complex carbohydrate structures, or glycans. Read more
Synthesis of complex oligosaccharides as tools for plant biology
The Institute of Organic Chemistry at BOKU is seeking applications for the position of a Research Associate (PhD-student) in the Pfrengle group. Read more
Exploring bacterial enzymes as new targets for treating infectious disease
The Ferrier Institute has established a world-class reputation in nature-inspired synthetic carbohydrate chemistry and analysis and has extended its expertise into the areas of synthetic and chemical biology, chemical immunology, and natural product isolation. Read more
In silico glycosylation of AlphaFold protein structural models.
Background. The recent release of the AlphaFold Protein Structure Database by DeepMind and EMBL-EBI has made available to the scientific community highly accurate structural predictions for 20,000 human proteins and those from 20 other biologically relevant organisms. Read more
A ’sweet’ new strategy for tackling superbugs: using chemical enzymology for the discovery and inhibition of glycosyl transferases in multi-drug resistant bacteria
A PhD position is available in the lab of Dr Martin Fascione and Prof Gavin Thomas to work on an ERC Consolidator Grant funded chemical glycobiology project focussed on the discovery and inhibition of novel glycosyl transferase enzymes active on rare pseudaminic acid sugars (1, 2, 3) present on bacterial surfaces. Read more
A ’sweet’ new strategy for tackling superbugs: using chemical glycobiology for the discovery and inhibition of glycosyl hydrolases in multi-drug resistant bacteria
A PhD position is available in the lab of Dr Martin Fascione to work on an ERC Consolidator Grant funded chemical glycobiology project focussed on the discovery and inhibition of novel glycosyl hydrolase enzymes active on rare pseudaminic acid sugars (1, 2, 3) present on bacterial surfaces. Read more
Glycobiology of human gut microbes
Research interests/description of main research theme. The Crouch Lab is looking for enthusiastic PhD students interested in the glycobiology of human gut microbes, including pathogens. Read more
Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency - Engineering and Evolution of Light-Harvesting Complexes via Synthetic Biology
Applications will be reviewed until a suitable candidate is appointed. Photosynthesis is the ultimate source of food and energy for almost all forms of life. Read more
Developing new cancer therapeutic agents from foodstuff: characterizing galectin interaction with novel inhibitors
Applications will be reviewed until a suitable candidate is appointed. Galectins are a family of carbohydrate-binding proteins that are commonly over-expressed by many types of cancers such as colorectal, lung, breast, prostate cancer and melanoma. Read more
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Covalent Recruitment of Polymer Therapeutics
This project is available through the MIBTP programme. The successful applicant will join the MIBTP cohort and will take part in all of the training offered by the programme. Read more
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