Following the Faculty’s strong performance in the 2008 Research Assessment Exercise, we are offering eight fully-funded studentships for Postgraduate Research, supported by the Vice Chancellor’s Strategic Research Development Fund. Four of these are available to study in the School of the Built and Natural Environment and four in the Bristol Institute of Technology.

The eight studentships will be linked to research areas which have demonstrated excellence and which are of future strategic importance and you will work with an established group of active researchers and research students, with a strong research record. Applications are invited which focus on one of the following research areas:

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As a PhD student in the Department of Parasitology, you will join a research group investigating cellular immunology of parasitic infections. It has been found that parasitic helminth infections have a profound immune modulatory effect on the host immune system leading to altered immune responses to parasite-derived and bystander antigens. The research interest of the group lies in detailed molecular mechanisms by which helminth-derived molecules interact with specific cells of the immune system and alter signalling and function of these target cells. Dendritic cells are central to the control of immune responses and form one of the major cells that are being studied as targets of modulation by helminth-derived molecules. The specific PhD project “Parasitic helminthes: the characterization of immune modulatory molecules and mechanisms” is part of an international collaborative network that investigates how helminth-derived excretory-secretory molecules modulate the immune system in vitro and in vivo.

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Reference number 2009/80
Application deadline 2009-06-15

The research within the Department of Energy and Environment covers a wide field within the areas energy and environment from a global perspective to industrial, building and product scale.

The overall aim of research within the Heat and Power Technology group is to develop and spread knowledge concerning rational use of biomass (including biorefineries), energy efficiency and CO2 emissions reduction opportunities in industrial processes.

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The Graduate School for Computing in Medicine and Life Sciences at the University of Lübeck invites applications for 3-year PhD scholarships in the fields of Brain Imaging, Robotics, Brain Plasticity, Navigation Methods, Neuroanatomy, Human-Computer Interfacing, Minimal Invasive Interventions.

Application deadline: June 30, 2009.

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