Qualification Type: | PhD |
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Location: | Reading |
Funding for: | UK Students |
Funding amount: | £20,780 |
Hours: | Full Time |
Placed On: | 4th April 2025 |
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Closes: | 6th June 2025 |
Reference: | DRC25-038 |
PhD Studentship in Pharmacology
Project title: Exploring the effects of air pollutants on immune mediated K+ dynamics
Supervisors: Dr Mark Dallas (UoR), Dr Maria Maiaru (UoR) and Dr Chang Guo (UKHSA)
Project Overview: We are excited to announce a fully-funded MRC ITTP PhD studentship opportunity to investigate the impact of air pollutants on immune-mediated potassium (K+) dynamics. This interdisciplinary project, in collaboration with the UK Health Security Agency, aims to advance our understanding of how airborne contaminants influence immune cell function and contribute to neuroinflammation and neurodegenerative diseases. The PhD will use a range of cellular techniques to explore immune cell phenotypes, including RNA-seq, particle tracking, electrophysiology and ELISA. This unique opportunity will include time spent at the host institute (University of Reading) and our project collaborators (UKHSA) giving the successful candidate. In addition, the student will benefit from being part of the MRC Integrative Toxicology Training Partnership cohort with summer schools and networking opportunities throughout the PhD project.
Why Join This Project?
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To apply click Apply for a Programme via the above ‘Apply’ button and create your account, and use the link sent by email to start the application process. During the application process please select the PhD in Physiology and Pharmacology.
*Important notes*
Application Deadline: 6th June 2025
Further Enquiries:
Please note that, where a candidate is successful in being awarded funding, this will be confirmed via a formal studentship award letter; this will be provided separately from any Offer of Admission and will be subject to standard checks for eligibility and other criteria.
For further details please contact Dr Mark Dallas m.dallas@reading.ac.uk
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