Wellcome Trust 4-Year PhD Programme 2011 - University of Oxford

Wellcome Trust 4-Year PhD Programme 2011 - University of Oxford

The Medical Sciences Division is pleased to announce that 5 PhD Fellowships are available for the following 4-Year Wellcome Trust Doctoral Programme:

Neuroscience

Find out more about this programme http://www. neuroscience. ox.ac.uk/ study

The 4-year programme will comprise a combined first year and a 3-year individual research project. The first year will include taught modules and laboratory rotations designed to equip students with the knowledge to make an informed choice of doctoral project.

PhD Position in Neuroanatomy/Neuroscience

PhD Position in Neuroanatomy/ Neuroscience (3x2 years) (mandate 090/32/180)

Job description
The successful candidate will do research to get a PhD in Biomedical Sciences. Our projects are focused on neuroimmunological repair strategies after brain and spinal cord injury with special emphasis on the use of anti-inflammatory mediators to enhance functional regeneration. The successful applicant will be working on “the use of stem cells as carriers of pro-regenerative factors after spinal cord injury”. The project includes a rich spectrum of techniques such as cell and brain slice cultures, histology, molecular biology and behavior tests.