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We have 38 fly PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
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Unravelling neurodevelopmental disease mechanisms of developmental delay: Additional sex combs as a model for ASXL-related disorders in the fly
Drosophila melanogaster is a fruit fly species that has been used in research for many years and are a successful model due to their superlative genetics, vast array of tools, a simple genome that is easy to alter, and the fact that 75% of human disease genes have a recognisable orthologue within flies. Read more
The role of calcium signalling in regulating of tumour cell behaviour
Metastasis is the major cause of mortality in human cancers, yet we know relatively little of the fundamental biology that underlies the important transition to invasive malignancy. Read more
Fly Tipping in Scotland – from lie in dirt to safer end of engineered life – an assessment of existing policies to enable sustainability (VC23042)
The PhD studentship will assess the impact of the fly-tipping as a global phenomenon focused on a Scottish case study, mapping and comparing costs as well as implementation approaches based on the experiences of the 32 Scottish local authorities. Read more
Targeting ageing and neurodegenerative diseases using the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster
In the last 20 years the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster emerged as a pre-eminent model system for studying changes that occur during both normal and pathological ageing (~75 per cent of the genes that cause disease in humans are also found in the fruit fly!). Read more
Development of Recovered Fly Ash and Ternary Cements for Low Carbon Concrete Infrastructure
This fully funded industry/Scottish Research Partnership in Engineering project aims to develop practical and economic low carbon concrete. Read more
Sustainable Alternative Routes to Chemicals and Fuels via Black Soldier Fly Larvae
The global climate emergency presents pressing challenges around identifying sustainable routes to fuels and chemicals, the production of which currently relies on fossil and other unsustainable resources. Read more
The use of Drosophila melanogaster to identify novel therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease
Since 2003, our understanding of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have improved considerably, however, in that time only one new drug treatment has been approved. Read more
How to build and maintain a 3-dimensional polarised epithelial sheet
We are interested in how cells maintain normal cell shape within an epithelium. Correct epithelial cell shape is essential to maintain tissue integrity and when deregulated can cause diseases such as malignant cancers, diabetes, inflammation, and aging. Read more
Identifying novel regulators of haematopoiesis using flies
Supervisors. Iwan Evans (primary supervisor); Steve Brown (Biosciences, secondary supervisor). Project details. Control of blood cell proliferation, survival and activation is critical to the health of an organism. Read more
Meals for macrophages – investigating how macrophages engulf and process dying cells in vivo
Supervisors. Iwan Evans (primary supervisor); Phil Elks and Simon Johnston (secondary supervisors). Project details. A critical role for phagocytic cells such as macrophages is the engulfment and subsequent degradation of dying cells and debris. Read more
Investigating the control and function of macrophage subtypes using Drosophila melanogaster
Supervisor(s). Iwan Evans (Primary Supervisor, IICD) and Martin Zeidler (Second Supervisor, Biosciences). Project details. The phagocytic white blood cells known as macrophages are a highly heterogeneous population of cells. Read more
Investigate the role of Lamellipodin and the NHS protein family, key regulators of the actin cytoskeleton, in cancer cell migration using CRISPR-Cas9, microfluidics, and advanced live cell imaging.
Cancer is a devastating disease. more than one in three people in the UK will develop cancer in their lifetime. Metastasis is the primary cause of cancer related deaths. Read more
Molecular genetic characterization of Drosophila reproductive behaviours for exploitation in insect population control
Research Group:
BBSRC MIBTP
Female reproductive behaviours in most insects profoundly change after mating leading to rejection of courting males and induction of egg laying. Read more
MSc by Research: ADP-ribosylation in dementia and motor neuron disease
ADP-ribosylation is a fundamental posttranslational modification where ADP-ribose is linked on to target proteins by ADP-ribose transferases and removed by the ADP-ribose hydrolases. Read more
QUADRAT DTP: Development of multi-disciplinary tools for the assessment of permafrost degradation on road transport infrastructure
RATIONALE. In our changing world, there's a pressing need to embrace 'smart' technologies and approaches to predict how infrastructure will perform under environmental change. Read more