Dundee-Edinburgh Parkinson's Research Initiative PhD studentships

Vacancy Reference Number
2018-DEPRI
Closing Date
9 Feb 2018
Salary
PhD stipend
Address
University of Edinburgh
Duration
3 years
We have 2 funded PhD studentships currently available as part of the new Dundee-Edinburgh Parkinson's Research Initiative. Five projects are available to apply for: 'Longitudinal monitoring of Parkinson’s disease symptom progression using patient reported outcome measures, clinical assessments, and non-invasive sensors' with Dr Athanasios Tsanas (Edinburgh), Dr Ester Sammler (Dundee) and Dr Gordon Duncan (Edinburgh) 'Investigation of LRRK2 and PINK1 signalling in midbrain dopaminergic neurons derived from human pluripotent stem cells' with Prof Dario Alessi (Dundee) and Dr Tilo Kunath (Edinburgh) 'Exploring and Exploiting C. elegans to identify PINK1/Parkin regulatory circuits in vivo that are important for Parkinson’s disease' with Prof Anton Gartner (Dundee), Dr Miratul Muqit (Dundee) and Dr Tilo Kunath (Edinburgh) 'What is the relationship between LRRK2 kinase activity and ?-synuclein aggregation and pathogenicity in human midbrain dopaminergic neurons?' with Dr Tilo Kunath (Edinburgh) and Prof Daio Alessi (Dundee) 'Predicting the conversion of LRRK2 carriers to Parkinson disease: the role of blood and CSF biomarkers' with Dr Ester Sammler (Dundee), Prof Dario Alessi (Dundee) and Dr Alison Green (Edinburgh)

Further Information

These PhD projects are part of a Dundee-Edinburgh Parkinson’s Research Initiative that brings together clinicians and scientists with expertise in movement disorders, genetics, cell signalling, regenerative medicine, drug discovery, health informatics and clinical trials to enhance our understanding of the mechanisms of Parkinson’s and exploit this knowledge to develop and evaluate novel therapies in the clinic. The PhD project will be based in either Dundee or Edinburgh, but will be highly collaborative with significant interaction with the co-supervisor at the partner University.

For more information about these projects, being a PhF student inE Edinburgh, and how to apply visit:
http://www.edinburghneuroscience.ed.ac.uk/study_for_a_phd

Contact Details

Please see individual project adverts on our EdNeuro.PhD web pages for the project supervisor contacts. All general enquiries should be directed to EdNeuro.PhD@ed.ac.uk