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infection and immunity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 22 infection and immunity PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

York YBDTP project: Understanding the role of piRNAs in mosquito immunity

Lead supervisor: Prof Luke Alphey. Co-supervisors: Prof Sean Sweeney and Dr Michelle Anderson, University of York. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology (University of York). Read more

Understanding the role of piRNAs in mosquito immunity

Vector-borne diseases afflict humans, livestock and plants – according to WHO, vector-borne diseases comprise ~17% of all infectious disease of humans – and also threaten biodiversity by their impact on endangered species. Read more
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Roslin Foundation: Environmental Stress and Host Immunity in Mussel-Vibrio Interactions

This PhD project investigates how environmental stressors, such as heat stress and salinity fluctuations, influence the immune response of Scottish mussels (Mytilus spp.) during infections by pathogenic Vibrio bacteria. Read more

[FSE Bicentenary PhD] Generative AI approaches for synthetic phage genome engineering

Phage therapy (PT) is a promising treatment for drug resistant bacterial infections. However, PT faces barriers to implementation, such as identification of effective phage treatments, which currently requires time-consuming and lab-intensive susceptibility testing. Read more

Discovering the determinants of host tropism of an emerging livestock pathogen

An evolutionary arms race for supremacy exists between viruses and their hosts’ immune systems. Viruses rely on cellular resources and machinery for their replication, and cells defend themselves from viruses by recognising and blocking infections. Read more

Old age macrophages? Programming distinct immune behaviours across the lifecourse

The white blood cells known as macrophages are a highly heterogeneous population of cells and this diversity is necessary for their plastic responses to a changing microenvironment and a wide-range of required functions in vivo. Read more

Role and mechanism of the bacterial Type VI secretion system

Many species of bacteria use a contractile nanomachine known as the Type VI secretion system (T6SS) to deliver a wide range of toxic proteins, known as ‘effectors’, directly into neighbouring cells. Read more

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