Eight (8) PhD Scholarships, Department of Pathology, University of Cambridge, UK (2015)

The Department of Pathology is offering eight fully-funded PhD studentships starting in October 2015. UK and EU students are eligible to apply for these studentships. The studentships provide an annual stipend which is currently £13,863 per annum for 4 years. Applicants should hold or be about to achieve a First or Upper-Second (2.i) class degree in a relevant subject. The application deadline is 5 January 2015.

Study Subject (s):
The 8 projects available for October 2015 are as follows:

Cellular and Molecular Pathology
Regulation of cytokinesis by mitotic kinases (supervised by Dr Paolo D’Avino)
DNA replication and breast cancer (supervised by Professor Christine Watson)

Microbiology and Parasitology
HLA-DRB1 and Leishmania parasites (supervised by Dr Michaela Fakiola)
Building a flagellum outside the bacterial cell (supervised by Dr Gillian Fraser)
Anti-fecundity immunity in Schistosoma haematobium infection (supervised by Dr Shona Wilson)

Molecular Histopathology
Interactions between steroids and papillomavirus during carcinogenesis (supervised by Professor Nicholas Coleman)
Epigenetic phenomena and their role in lymphomagenesis (supervised by Dr Suzanne Turner)

Virology
Delineating the mechanism of IFIT dependent anti-viral activity (supervised by Dr Trevor Sweeney)

Further details:
http://scholarship-positions.com