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virulence PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
We have 57 virulence PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships
Understanding microbial metabolism to cure infections?
Bacteria can populate our bodies and utilise nutrients within our tissues. The available nutrients differ by location, over time and in response to disease. Read more
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EastBio: Dissecting the host-pathogen interactions of Burkholderia using modular three-dimensional models of the human lung
Research Group:
Institute of Immunology & Infection Research
Bacterial pathogens have evolved a diverse range of strategies to infect, survive, and replicate within a host. Read more
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EASTBIO: Applying artificial intelligence to vaccine development to tackle a climate change-driven parasitic disease of farmed fish.
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Myxozoan parasites are unusual metazoan parasites causing severe disease in farmed fish species. Read more
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Investigating the dual impact of lactate on the pathogen and the host during Mycobacterium tuberculosis infection
We are seeking talented, hard-working and motivated students with a passion for research in Immunology, Metabolism and Infectious diseases to join the team led by Dr Alba Llibre (https://www.birmingham.ac.uk/staff/profiles/inflammation-ageing/llibre-alba.aspx). Read more
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Dynamics of Multispecies Interactions within Polymicrobial Infections: A one Health Perspective
Polymicrobial infections are shaped by the complex interactions between pathogens and commensals across diverse environments in humans, animals, and the broader ecosystem. Read more
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Development of Peptidomimetic Tools to Understand and Modulate the Function of Bacterial Outer Membrane Proteins
The rise of antibiotic-resistant bacteria poses a significant and escalating global threat, demanding new approaches and targets to fight infections. Read more
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Targeting the Mla Pathway: A Strategy to Combat Multidrug-Resistant Gram-Negative Bacteria
The emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria poses a serious and growing global threat, emphasizing the urgent need for new targets and strategies to combat infections. Read more
China Scholarship Council: 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
China Scholarship Council: Molecular interplay in plant-aphid-virus interactions
Aphid-transmitted plant viruses pose a major threat to potato crop production. Among the non-persistent viruses, potyviruses, such as PVY and PVA, cause significant economic damage. Read more
Artificial intelligence-driven vaccine development to tackle the myxozoan parasite that causes proliferative kidney disease in farmed fish.
Myxozoan parasites are an unusual group of basal metazoan parasites causing severe disease in farmed fish species. Tetracapsuloides bryosalmonae causes proliferative kidney disease (PKD) in salmonid fish throughout Europe and USA. Read more
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EastBio: Understanding how chromatin controls antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei
Research Group:
Institute of Cell Biology
Trypanosoma brucei is the etiological agent of trypanosomiasis in humans and animals and remains a significant, neglected tropical disease. Read more
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EastBio: New Machine-Learning approaches for modelling protein-RNA interaction dynamics in bacteria.
Research Group:
Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
To survive in hostile environments, cells must swiftly adapt their transcriptome to counteract stresses. Read more
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EastBio: Long-range consequences of intestinal helminth infection.
Research Group:
Institute of Immunology & Infection Research
The project. Infections rarely strike alone. Influenza virus kills through bacterial pneumonia. Parasitic worms affect a third of people and the majority of livestock, and each of these individuals face bacterial and viral infections too. Read more
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EastBio: Investigating RNAi function and regulation in the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus.
Research Group:
Institute of Cell Biology
Pathogenic fungi are a growing global health threat. The human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus can cause fatal infections in people weakened immune systems, and is currently responsible for over 180,000 deaths per year, including 20% of all HIV/AIDS-related deaths. Read more
PhD Fellowship on protein-DNA footprinting based on Atomic Force Microscopy (Marie Sklodowska-Curie SPM4.0 Doctoral Network)
We offer a 3-years PhD position in the framework of the Horizon Europe MSCA-Doctoral Network “Autonomous Scanning Probe Microscopy for Life Sciences and Medicine powered by Artificial Intelligence (SPM4.0)”. Read more