- Four Year Mresphd Programme Intake 2014

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Four year MRes/PhD programme – intake 2014

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Four year MRes/PhD programme â intake 2014

Outstanding research training will be provided at the internationally recognised MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, utilising state-of-the-art techniques in various model systems. Applications are welcomed from a wide range of academic backgrounds: from molecular and cellular biology, embryology, developmental biology, electrophysiology, computational neuroscience to the physical and mathematical sciences.

Year 1 - MRes: three lab rotations, a taught course, seminars and workshops run by leading experts
Year 2-4 - PhD: an original research project, transferable skills, seminars and conferences

Projects are available with the following group leaders:

Laura Andreae - Synaptogenesis and neurodevelopmental disorders
Esther Bell - Molecular mechanisms of neural induction
Eric Blanc - Development of software for Drosophila climbing assay
Juan Burrone - Synaptic physiology and plasticity
QueeLim Ch'ng - Neuroendocrine regulation of C. elegans physiology
David Chambers - Patterning and specification of cranial motor neurons
Jon Clarke - Morphogenesis and neurogenesis in the zebrafish CNS
Uwe Drescher - Molecular analysis of the development of neural circuits
Manolis Fanto - Neuron-glia interactions in neurodegeneration in Drosophila
Caroline Formstone - Organisation of neuronal behaviour via PCP signalling
Phillip Gordon-Weeks - Cytoskeletal dynamics and growth cone pathfinding
Anthony Graham - The neural crest and neurogenic placodes
Matthew Grubb - Activity-dependent control of neuronal excitability
Sarah Guthrie - Motor neuron development and diseases
Robert Hindges - Synaptic specificity in the vertebrate visual system
Corinne Houart - Signalling centres in control of forebrain complexity
Tara Keck - Mechanisms of structural plasticity
Clemens Kiecker - Transcriptional control of vertebrate forebrain development
Camilla Larsen - Patterning of sub-regions in the Drosophila brain
Ivo Lieberam - ES cell-based models of neuromuscular circuits
Eugene Makeyev - Post-transcriptional control of neural development and function
Martin Meyer - Development and function of the zebrafish visual system
Setsuko Sahara - Differentiation of neural progenitors in the cortex
Rita Sousa-Nunes - Neural stem cell transformation and cancer
Guy Tear - Molecular mechanisms of axon guidance in Drosophila
Ian Thompson - Development of the mammalian visual system
Darren Williams - Dendrite development in Drosophila
Richard Wingate - Development of cerebellar-like circuits

For more details go to www.kcl.ac.uk/depsta/biomedical/mrc/phd.php

MRC eligibility criteria can be found at:
http://www.mrc.ac.uk/Fundingopportunities/Applicanthandbook/Studentships/Eligibility/index.htm

NB an additional, and separate, route for applications to the Programme (as well as to individual projects) is through KCL Health Schools Studentships (www.kcl.ac.uk/studentships).

Candidates should have or expect at least an upper second class degree. Closing date for applications is 6th January 2014. To apply send a full CV, the names and contact details of two academic referees and personal statement of your interest in this programme to Ms Ellen Siu at ellen.siu@kcl.ac.uk, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, New Hunt's House, King's College London, Guy's Campus, London SE1 1UL.

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