Rebecca Shepherd4-year PhD Studentship: Role of complement proteins in the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome
4-year PhD Studentship: Role of complement proteins in the pathogenesis of Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome
About the Project Idiopathic Nephrotic Syndrome is devastating disease which usually leads to end stage renal failure despite the use of prolonged and toxic immunosuppression. The aetiology of INS is … Read More Read More
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Eric RamosModelling and optimisation of infrastructure for the decarbonisation of transport in rural areas
Modelling and optimisation of infrastructure for the decarbonisation of transport in rural areas
About the Project The decarbonisation of the transport sector (primarily through electrification) has become one of the priorities of most advanced economies nowadays, including the UK, in the fight against … Read More Read More
Categories:4-year PhD Studentship: Disentangling the pathways and molecular basis of inverse associations between Alzheimer's disease and cancer
4-year PhD Studentship: Disentangling the pathways and molecular basis of inverse associations between Alzheimer's disease and cancer
About the Project Epidemiological studies and systematic reviews report unexplained inverse associations between risk of developing Alzheimer's disease (AD) and risk of cancer (Shafi, (2016); Zablocka et al (2021)). Survival … Read More Read More
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Farrukh Ali KhanHelminth products as macrophage “trainers”: a novel tool to induce anti-inflammatory trained immunity
Helminth products as macrophage “trainers”: a novel tool to induce anti-inflammatory trained immunity
About the Project The innate immune system can display characteristics of immunological memory. This phenomenon, termed “trained immunity”, refers to the long-term functional reprogramming of innate immune cells after the … Read More Read More
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Daisy LyDesigning and evaluating novel nanotherapeutics to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy in the treatment of solid cancers.
Designing and evaluating novel nanotherapeutics to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy in the treatment of solid cancers.
About the Project One in two cancer patients will receive radiotherapy as part of their treatment. For patients with a localised cancer diagnosis effective radiotherapy represents the best chance of … Read More Read More
Categories:4-year PhD Studentship: Epilepsy and the ageing brain
4-year PhD Studentship: Epilepsy and the ageing brain
About the Project Our ability to remember ‘where I put my car keys today’ instead of ‘where I put them yesterday’ depends on a computational process called pattern separation. Pattern … Read More Read More
Categories:4-year PhD Studentship: How does pro-angiogenic signalling contribute to the vascular dysfunction observed in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and can this be prevented using existing therapeutics?
4-year PhD Studentship: How does pro-angiogenic signalling contribute to the vascular dysfunction observed in the early stages of Alzheimer’s disease, and can this be prevented using existing therapeutics?
About the Project Vascular dysfunction is now considered an early event in Alzheimer’s disease development (AD)(1,2). Blood-brain barrier (BBB) leakiness is detectable early in pre-clinical AD, which allows an influx … Read More Read More
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Miguel PereiraReaction of brain barriers to hemorrhagic stroke
Reaction of brain barriers to hemorrhagic stroke
About the Project Affiliation: Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine Study program: PhD program Biomedical Sciences Specialization: Cell and Tissue Morphology Workplace: Department of Anatomy, Masaryk University Mode of study: On-site … Read More Read More
Categories:Mathematical modelling of transmission and worldwide distribution of neglected zoonotic diseases
Mathematical modelling of transmission and worldwide distribution of neglected zoonotic diseases
About the Project Neglected zoonotic diseases associated with farms are infectious diseases that can be transmitted from animals to humans and are often overlooked or underprioritized in low-resource agricultural settings. … Read More Read More
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Emilia Garcia PerezChair Prof./Prof./Associate Prof./Assistant Prof./RAP in Faculty of Engineering
Chair Prof./Prof./Associate Prof./Assistant Prof./RAP in Faculty of Engineering
Job Information Organisation/Company THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY Research Field Biological sciences Computer science Engineering Engineering Engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) First Stage Researcher (R1) Country Hong Kong Application … Read More Read More
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