Dr J Edgar
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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
About the Project
Exosomes represent a subpopulation of extracellular vesicles that are released from cells upon fusion of specialised endosomes with the cell surface. These extracelluar vesicles have been implied in several physiological and pathological processes, including immune presentation, cell migration, cancer metastasis and in the spread of proteins associated with neurodegeneration. However, our understanding of how exosomes function at a fundamental level is still very much in its infancy. We have recently shown that exosomes can act locally, by tethering to the cell surface by a protein called tetherin, suggesting that exosomes act in local presentation in addition to long - range interactions.
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*Please quote reference PK17049 on your application and in any correspondence about this vacancy.
Funding Notes
The studentships are available to students who qualify for Home/EU fees. Further information at: http://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/finance/fees/what-my-fee-status
Funding will cover the student's stipend at the current Research Council rate and University Fees. The studentships will be funded for three years in the first instance subject to eligibility with the possibility of additional funding in the fourth year depending on circumstances.
Applicants should hold or be about to achieve a First or Upper-Second (2.i) class degree in a relevant subject.
By time of interview all potential students must have fulfilled language requirements for admission.
(http://www.graduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/blpapdpth/requirements).
Applications from ineligible candidates will not be considered.