We have 2.5 million PhD funding awards available for Home/EU PhD candidates starting October 2019. Each award provides a 3.5 year PhD with full Home/EU fees (UKRI rate) and an annual living allowance (minimum £14,777).
Dr C Duncan, Prof S Hambleton, Dr D Rico, Prof W S James
Application Deadline:
21 January 2019
Contrary to the perception of the brain as an ‘immune-privileged’ organ, it is now clear that the brain engages a potent immune signalling network to defend itself against viral infection (encephalitis).
Global demand for food is rising and plant pathogens are one of a number of major threats to crop harvests. Plant pathogens produce effector proteins that remodel host cell processes for the benefit of the pathogen, resulting in disease.
This project will investigate the mechanism and function of epigenetic regulation of transcriptional termination in eukaryotes (from budding yeast to plants).
We are looking for an outstanding physical/ computational scientist to develop cutting edge microscopy and quantitative imaging tools for high resolution imaging of bacterial biofilms.
Cutaneous wound healing is a major socioeconomic and clinical problem resulting in a significant burden, with an estimated £2.3-3.1 billion per year being spent on wound care in the UK, 3% of the NHS total expenditure.
PhD Studentships in English Literature, Language and Linguistics. The School of English Literature, Language and Linguistics at Newcastle University is actively seeking outstanding applications to the Northern Bridge Consortium Doctoral Training Partnership for 2019 entry.
