A PhD studentship co-funded by the Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge and The Pirbright Institute is available to work on a collaborative project in the laboratories of Dr Trevor Sweeney and Dr Dalan Bailey.
All biological processes are controlled and executed by proteins, whose function is regulated in space and time by post-translational modification (PTMs).
Vaccinia virus is the live vaccine that was used to eradicate smallpox. After smallpox eradication, VACV has been exploited to build vaccines against other diseases and continues to be studied to better understand virus interactions with the host cell and the immune system.
