[UK] MRes and PhD Scholarship - Imperial College London
Analysing and measuring the levels of different protein types in individual cancer cells is one of the key challenges in post-genomic science. However, not all proteins exist or work in isolation. In fact, many form parts of larger protein complexes which perform key biological functions. This PhD studentship will therefore focus on the development and application of new physio-chemical methods to separate and identify large protein complexes in cancer cells for further analysis.
The research undertaken will have a direct impact on the field of proteomics, which underpins a vast range of modern life-sciences research from personalised medicine to the engineering of more efficient plants.
This project is part of a £5 million multidisciplinary Single Cell proteomics Project funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) to create an unrivalled suite of technologies for the study of single cells using proteomic approaches. You will be working alongside both PhD students and Post-doc researchers from the Imperial College Departments of Chemistry and Physics, the Institute of Cancer Research and the London Research Institute of Cancer Research UK and under the auspices of the Chemical Biology Centre (CBC).
Qualification:
MRes and PhD
Study duration:
4 years
Study mode:
FT
Start month:
October 2007
Entry requirements:
2.1 or above in a Physical Science Subject
Funding information
Funder:
EPSRC
Funding applies to:
EU applicants (including UK)
Funding duration:4 years
Application deadline: 30 April 2007
Contacts and how to apply
Academic contact:
Prof Andrew de Mello (a.demello@imperial.ac.uk)
Administrative contact and how to apply:
Dr Eugenia Dahm-Vicker (e.dahm-vicker@imperial.ac.uk)
http://www.chemicalbiology.ac.uk/st_scp2.html
