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PhD Studentship - Defining the diversity of gamma secretase in the human brain
Lead RVC Supervisor - Dr Patrick Lewis Non-RVC Supervisors - Dr Claudia Manzoni (UCL School of Pharmacy), Dr Charlie Arber (UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology) Background, Aims and Objectives: Alzheimer’s disease is characterized by the …Deadline: 02/05/2025
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The RVC is proud to have many international students currently studying on its academic programmes from countries all over the world. We believe international students, as well as students from other EU countries, add to the experience of … -
Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme (DFID)
This scholarship is only available to students from Member countries of the Commonwealth. Level: PostgraduateCourse: AllCountry: Commonwealth countriesValue: Full fee waiver For more info please see your course page. Fees Bursary for PhD … -
MRes - Contribution of acidosis to chronic pain in Paget’s disease of bone
Supervisors: Prof Chantal Chenu (Royal Veterinary College) and Prof Shafaq Sikandar (QMUL) Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College Project Details Paget’s disease of bone (PDB) is a common metabolic bone disorder, … -
MRes - Simulating the locomotion of an extinct archosaurian reptile
Supervisors: Professors John R. Hutchinson and Friedl De Groote Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College; and KU Leuven, Belgium Project Details How did extinct dinosaurs (and their close relatives) move? Archosaurs … -
MRes - How broiler chickens walk: an experimental and computational study of locomotor biomechanics across growth
Supervisors: Professor John R. Hutchinson and Dr. Chris Richards Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details Broiler (meat) chickens are a major food source globally. They have intensely been artificially selected to grow very … -
MRes - Towards efficient selection of attenuated bacterial vaccine strains against enzootic pneumonia
Supervisors: Dr Rob Noad and Professor Dirk Werling Department: Pathobiology and Population Sciences Project Details Enzootic pneumonia is one of the most common respiratory diseases in pigs. Current vaccines are not able to stop the … -
MRes - Do cln3 mutant zebrafish recapitulate Batten disease, a childhood neurodegenerative disease?
Supervisors: Dr Claire Russell and Dr Valentina Marchica Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details The zebrafish is a prominent model to study inherited diseases. Mutations in CLN3 cause approximately half the cases of a … -
MRes - Mapping the transcriptomic landscape of cerebrovascular repair following inflammation
Supervisors: Dr Helen Stolp, Dr Dong Xia and Prof Caroline Wheeler-Jones Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details Vascular dysfunction is recognized as contributing to the etiology of neurological, and particularly … -
MRes - Mapping the human GTPome
Supervisors: Dr Patrick Lewis and Ms Susanne Herbst Department: Comparative Biomedical Sciences Project Details GTPases are the intracellular light switches of the enzyme world, acting as key regulators of signal transduction and the flow of …