flies PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Neural basis underlying mating decisions in fruit flies

University of Birmingham
School of Biosciences

Dr C Rezaval

Applications accepted all year round

Mate choice is an essential behavioural process with profound consequences in evolution. How do animals choose with whom to mate? How do they evaluate the features of a potential mate to maximise their reproductive success?.

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*IAPETUS* Gene expression and sexual selection in sex role reversed flies

University of St Andrews
School of Biology

Research Group: Centre for Biological Diversity

Prof MG Ritchie

Application Deadline: 18 January 2019

Empid flies (commonly known as dance flies) are exceptional in displaying elaborate sexually selected morphologies and behaviours in females.

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Development of an invertebrate model of alternating hemiplegia of childhood

University of Leeds
Faculty of Biological Sciences

Research Group: School of Biomedical Sciences

Dr S Clapcote, Dr A Bretman, Prof R E Isaac, Dr D I Lewis

Application Deadline: 31 January 2019

Heterozygous mutations in ATP1A3, encoding the Na+,K+-ATPase (NKA) alpha3 subunit, are identified as the cause of a phenotypic continuum of ATP1A3-related…

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Control of tissue growth and cancer by the Hippo pathway

Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre
Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, University of Melbourne

Dr K. Harvey, Dr C Poon

Applications accepted all year round

A new frontier in biomedical research will involve watching individual proteins work in real time, in living organs. Traditionally, researchers have drawn conclusions about gene function using indirect techniques that only allow us to infer what a gene normally does, without actually watching it work.

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A chemical sensor to detect active metabolites linked to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry

Dr A Hudson, Prof F Giorgini

Application Deadline: 21 January 2019

Kynurenine is an intermediate in the pathway that converts the amino acid, tryptophan, to the redox enzyme, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+/NADH) - an essential molecule of life.

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Fluorescence-based sensing of active metabolites linked to the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disorders

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry

Dr A Hudson, Prof F Giorgini

Application Deadline: 21 January 2019

Kynurenine is an intermediate in the pathway that converts the amino acid, tryptophan, to the redox enzyme, nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NAD+/NADH) - an essential molecule of life.

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Evolutionary Conflict Over Maternal Diet

University of Oxford
Department of Zoology

Dr J Perry, Dr S Wigby

Application Deadline: 25 January 2019

A key assumption in animal nutrition is that, when given a choice, individuals will choose optimal diets that maximize their reproduction and lifespan.

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PhD in Psychological Medicine & Clinical Neurosciences - Analysing the mechanisms underlying dystonia pathogenesis through characterisation of a Drosophila melanogaster model of Myoclonus Dystonia

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Medicine

Dr K Peall, Dr O Peters

Application Deadline: 27 February 2019

ackground. Dystonia is one of the most common movement disorders, affecting ~1% of the population worldwide. Well recognised forms include writer’s cramp, although more severe forms are frequently observed.

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Bowel and Cancer Research funded PhD studentship: A Novel Genetic System to Study Tumour Heterogeneity and Clonal Competition in Gastrointestinal Tract Cancers

Queen Mary University of London
Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Research Group: Barts Cancer Institute

Dr P Ribeiro, Dr S McDonald

Application Deadline: 20 January 2019

A graduate with an interest in biology, genetics and their application for the study of the basic mechanisms of cancer, with or is expecting at least an upper second class honours degree in Biology, Genetics or a revelant subject area, is required for this project aimed at developing a novel genetic system to study tumour heterogeneity and clonal competition in gastrointestinal cancers.

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China Scholarship Council PhD Programme: Biological and molecular mechanisms underlying a new syndromic form of X-linked intellectual disability

University of Dundee
School of Life Sciences

Dr D M F Van Aalten

Application Deadline: 11 February 2019

Intellectual disability (ID) and concomitant developmental delay are severe neurodevelopmental conditions which affect approximately 1% of the world population.

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