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  Investigation into the biological effects of exercise training on muscle wasting in patients with lung disease (ref: SF18/APP/SIMOES)
Northumbria University Faculty of Health and Life Sciences
  Dr D Simoes
Applications accepted all year round
Accentuated skeletal muscle loss in patients with non-communicable diseases such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD) is a strong independent predictor of hospitalisation and mortality.
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  Characterisation of human lung tissue for mechanisms of fibrosis and evaluating novel treatments/fibrosis reversal strategies.
University of Salford School of Environment & Life Sciences
  Dr L Smyth
Applications accepted all year round
This project uses primary human lung tissue sourced via informed consent from patients receiving clinical care in the NHS for lung disease.
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  Development of Gene Therapy and Gene Editing for Lung Disorders: the translation of new gene therapies to the clinic, including the development of new vectors, and evaluation in animal models of disease.
University of Oxford Radcliffe Department of Medicine
  Dr D Gill, Dr S Hyde
Application Deadline: 26 July 2019
The Gene Medicine Research Group is based in the John Radcliffe Hospital and is focused on the development of new gene therapeutics for lung diesases.
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  PhD Studentship in MosMed CDT: Development of MRI scan methods to image inhaled fluorocarbon gases as biomarkers of lung structure and function
Newcastle University Institute of Cellular Medicine
  Dr P Thelwall
Application Deadline: 12 April 2019
Number of awards. 1. Start date and duration. September 2019 for 4 years. Overview. Lung diseases are a leading cause of death, and new treatments are emerging.
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  The role of Molecular Regulators in Lung Development
Nottingham Trent University School of Science & Technology
  Dr M Ahmed
Applications accepted all year round
We would like to investigate and understand the processes involved in Lung development, such as, cell proliferation, differentiation and apoptosis that are modulated/deregulated during development leading to the development of Lung disease and cancer.
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  The role of modified microRNAs in fibrosis during ageing
University of Liverpool Institute of Ageing and Chronic Disease
  Dr K Whysall, Prof G Bou-Gharios
Application Deadline: 22 November 2019
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) are small, non-coding RNAs that regulate the expression of multiple mRNAs posttranscriptionally (Brown & Goljanek-Whysall, Aging Res Rev 2015).
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  Basal stem cells in the lung and their recognition of dying cells
University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  Prof T Hussell, Dr N Fujino
Applications accepted all year round
Stem cell division and differentiation is critical for barrier repair following inflammation, but the initial trigger for this process is unknown.
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  MRC Precision Medicine DTP: Estrogenic profiling in lung in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension by Mass Spectrometry Imaging
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  Prof R Andrew, Prof M MacLean
Application Deadline: 8 April 2019
Background. Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension (PAH) is a progressive and deadly disease leading to right heart failure, lacking effective treatment.
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  A state-of-the-art effector trap to identify secreted effectors of tissue invasion in the major fungal pathogen of human lungs
University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
  Prof E Bignell, Dr J Amich, Dr A Reid
Applications accepted all year round
The often-fatal fungal lung disease invasive aspergillosis (IA) has claimed more than 8 million human lives since its emergence ~ 40 years ago.
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  Surfactant secretion in health and disease - investigating cellular mechanisms of surfactant secretion in lung alveoli and their disruption in pulmonary disease
University of Salford School of Environment & Life Sciences
  Dr P Miklavc
Applications accepted all year round
The aim of this project is to investigate cellular mechanisms of surfactant secretion in lung alveoli and their disruption in pulmonary disease.
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