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4-year PhD Studentship: A genetic atlas of human molecular phenotypes for causal modelling of disease
Genome wide association studies enable the mapping of genetic effects to molecular phenotypes (such as gene expression levels or protein levels in specific tissues), and those genetic effects can then be mapped to disease traits for causal inference using a statistical framework known as Mendelian randomisation (e.g. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: Harnessing genetics of DNA methylation to understand molecular mechanisms underlying human traits and diseases.
GWAS studies have discovered many genetic associations for traits and diseases, but the functional consequences of these variants remain elusive. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: How does parental education increase risk to ADHD in the offspring?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is a chronic neurodevelopmental condition, characterised by persistent difficulties in the areas of attention span/impulse control. Read more
Using ex-vivo genetic systems as models to detect genetic susceptibility to co-morbidities in Covid 19 infection, and to test specific anti-inflammatory / antiviral drugs in Covid 19 infection
Research Group:
Chemistry and Biosciences
Research has shown that certain individuals are more susceptible to SARS-CoV-2. Approximately, 20–51% of COVID-19 patients presented with a least one co-morbidity on admission, with diabetes (10–20%) hypertension (10–15%) and other cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases (7–40%) being most prevalent. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: The relationship of psychological symptoms in dementias to genetic risk
Behavioural and neuropsychological symptoms are very common in dementias such as Alzheimer's Disease. These behavioural and neuropsychological symptoms cause considerable distress, are difficult to treat and the underlying biology remains unclear. Read more
Deep phenotyping of genetic syndromes associated with autism
Autism is an extremely heterogeneous condition. Some of this variability results from genetic heterogeneity. Some rare genetic conditions appear to have an increased prevalence of autism. Read more
Investigating the genetic and environmental relationship between left-handedness, mortality, disease and other life outcomes
Handedness refers to the preferential use of one hand over the other. Conversely, ambidexterity refers to the ability to perform the same action equally well with both hands. Read more
4-year PhD Studentship: The role of adiposity and body mass index in the development of physical and mental health multimorbidity.
Mutimorbity (MM) is a major challenge facing health services and increases risk of disability, functional decline, polypharmacy, health care deficiencies, poor quality of life and reduced life expectancy. Read more
Development and Evolution of Shapes: Investigating the genetic pathways governing the leaf shape in Arabidopsis
The shapes and sizes of organisms and organs are scrupulously conserved within a species. What regulates the shapes and sizes of organisms and their lateral organs are intriguing and fundamental questions in Biology. Read more
Understanding Historical and Contemporary Forces Shaping Tropical Biodiversity for Future Conservation
The large amount of environmental change that has occurred during the Pleistocene, in which tropical forests and grasslands have repeatedly contracted and expanded, has dramatically shaped the biodiversity of tropical ecosystems. Read more
Exploring the influence of proteogenomics in patients receiving biologic drugs for treatment of psoriatic arthritis
Background. Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is an inflammatory arthritis, associated with the chronic skin condition psoriasis, which causes joint inflammation. Read more
Using structural biology to develop drugs and improve genetic testing for polycystic kidney disease
Are you looking for a PhD in structural and computational biology applied to drug development for human diseases?. Read more
PhD Position focusing on molecular and network mechanisms-derived targeted intervention in neonatal genetic epilepsies
A PhD Position focusing on molecular and network mechanisms-derived targeted intervention in neonatal genetic epilepsies is available at the Section for Translational Epilepsy Research, Institute of Neuropathology, University Bonn Medical School, Germany. Read more
Ecosystem functioning: a Southern and Northern Hemisphere freshwater comparison
Project Background. Freshwater ecosystems provide key ecosystem services but are among the most threatened globally due to pollution, eutrophication, overexploitation, land-use change and invasive species (Dudgeon et al. Read more