Rebecca ShepherdClimate change and perinatal health: combining epidemiological data with climate projection models
Climate change and perinatal health: combining epidemiological data with climate projection models
About the Project Rationale Climate change will affect human health through changes to heat stress, sanitation, access to sufficient food and safe drinking water, disease patterns, migration, and frequency of … Read More Read More
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Niels MadsenEjecting infection: Understanding how epithelial tissues rid themselves of viral infections by apical extrusion
Ejecting infection: Understanding how epithelial tissues rid themselves of viral infections by apical extrusion
About the Project Background The epithelial tissues of our bodies use physical barriers and innate defences to fight viral infection. When infections establish, tissues can call on the immune system … 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
Categories:SynBac: Synthetic Baculovirus Genomes for Next-generation Druf Discovery and Gene Therapy
SynBac: Synthetic Baculovirus Genomes for Next-generation Druf Discovery and Gene Therapy
About the Project Baculovirus is a highly efficient delivery system for recombinant genes into eukaryotic cells, with great impact on the production of eukaryotic proteins, including high-value drug targets for … Read More Read More
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Helen Jacobs-LewissDesign and Folding of beta barrel membrane proteins
Design and Folding of beta barrel membrane proteins
About the Project The cell walls of Gram negative bacteria are packed with b-barrel outer membrane proteins (OMPs) whose function are essential for bacterial growth and virulence. Targeting OMP biogenesis … Read More Read More
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Jim TaylorEvaluating the risk of biguanides and statins on cancer incidence and mortality rates: a mixed methods study combining pharmacoepidemiological and experimental approaches
Evaluating the risk of biguanides and statins on cancer incidence and mortality rates: a mixed methods study combining pharmacoepidemiological and experimental approaches
About the Project In the UK, every two minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer and every four minutes someone dies from it– leading to more than 360,000 new cases and … Read More Read More
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Amalie JohannsenEpigenetics of early human development: From molecular mechanisms to regenerative medicine
Epigenetics of early human development: From molecular mechanisms to regenerative medicine
About the Project The 46th chromosome in XX female mammals, the second X, has to be switched off. That way females equalize gene dosage of X-linked genes with XY males. … Read More Read More
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Luke McCoyPhD position (f/m/d) in Signaling Proteomics and Proteostasis
PhD position (f/m/d) in Signaling Proteomics and Proteostasis
About the Project The research group of Prof. Dr. Bettina Warscheid at the University of Würzburg is looking for a PhD position (f/m/d) in Signaling Proteomics and Proteostasis The chair … Read More Read More
Categories:Investigating the role and regulation of membraneless granules for the development of T. brucei
Investigating the role and regulation of membraneless granules for the development of T. brucei
About the Project Adaptation to a change of environment is an essential process for survival, in particular for parasitic organisms exposed to a wide range of hosts. African trypanosomes represent … Read More Read More
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Jing(静) WangAccelerating molecular phylogenetic inference using high performance computing.
Accelerating molecular phylogenetic inference using high performance computing.
About the Project Project Overview: Molecular phylogenetic inference, constructing evolutionary histories from molecular data, is an activity universal to all biological disciplines. Phylogenetic inference is an essential analytical technique used … Read More Read More
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