The Cancer Research UK London Research Institute (LRI) invites talented and motivated final year undergraduates or recent graduates to apply for four year PhD studentships.
The LRI is part of the largest independent cancer research organisation in the world and is committed to training the next generation of cancer research scientists. Our research groups, based in laboratories at Lincoln’s Inn Fields (Central London) and Clare Hall (just north of London), are well-resourced and benefit from state-of-the-art equipment and on-site scientific services.
Postgraduate students are at the core of our scientific community. To enable our students to develop into independent research scientists with excellent career prospects, we provide exciting and challenging research projects, a supportive environment, and tailored transferable skills training. A partnership with University College London provides additional academic and social facilities.
PhD studentships are available in the following areas:
Lincoln’s Inn Fields Laboratories:
Paul Bates Biomolecular Modelling
Dominique Bonnet Haematopoietic Stem Cell
Julie Cooper Telomere Biology
Adrian Hayday Immuno Surveillance
Caroline Hill Developmental Signalling
Banafshe Larijani Cell Biophysics
Neil McDonald Structural Biology
Peter Parker Protein Phosphorylation
Caetano Reis e Sousa Immunobiology
Erik Sahai Tumour Cell Biology
Gipi Schiavo Molecular Neuropathobiology
Almut Schulze Gene Expression Analysis
Martin Singleton Macromolecular Structure & Function
Nic Tapon Apoptosis & Proliferation Control
Barry Thompson Epithelial Biology
Takashi Toda Cell Regulation
Sharon Tooze Secretory Pathways
Richard Treisman Transcription
Frank Uhlmann Chromosome Segregation
Clare Hall Laboratories:
Simon Boulton DNA Damage Response
Vincenzo Costanzo Genome Stability
Peter Karran Mammalian Cell DNA Repair
Jesper Svejstrup Mechanisms of Gene Transcription
Helle Ulrich DNA Damage Tolerance
Applicants should be recent graduates or final year undergraduates who hold or expect to gain a first/upper second class honours degree or equivalent in a relevant subject and who have laboratory or research experience (either as part of or outside of a university degree course).
Shortlisted applicants will be invited to a three day interview programme, which will be held at Clare Hall from 24th to 26th January 2010 and at Lincoln’s Inn Fields from 27th to 38th January 2010.
Successful applicants will be awarded stipends of £17,830 (outer London) and £19,160 (inner London) for the first year, with annual increases thereafter. University tuition fees will also be paid by the LRI.
Applications must be made online via our website:
http://london-research-institute.co.uk/jobs/phd/
This site also contains more detailed information about the LRI, its PhD programme and the PhD projects available.
Closing date for applications: 23rd November 2009
Read more: http://scholarship-positions.com/london-research-institute-four-year-phd-studentships-2/2009/10/02/#ixzz0Ssx3j5QF
