PhD/MPhil
Postgraduate students are directly involved in the mainstream research of the division. Postgraduates receive specialised laboratory/field training and in addition are encouraged to take part in a range of courses organised by the University, such as teaching skills, statistical methods, computing and languages. They are encouraged to attend and present lectures and posters at major scientific conferences both within the UK and overseas. Recently students have attended conferences in the USA and Australia as well as various European countries.
Entry Requirements
Applicants should hold at least an upper second class honours degree, or its equivalent, in an appropriate subject.
Funding
Research Councils, Lancaster University Doctoral Fellowships and charities. Specific PhD projects are advertised below.
PhD projects currently available
Stress-inducible transcription factors in the UVA dose rate effect observed in human skin cells
The potential role of copper in type 2 diabetes mellitus
The role of the decorin-dermatopontin complex in the extracellular matrix of cartilage
Growing an artificial cornea from adult stem cells
Signal transduction pathways in the trypanosome flagellum
Diagnosis of early osteoarthritis
Eukaryotic DNA damage responses: Double strand break repair and chromatin structure
Trypanosome morphogenesis and pathogenicity
Physiological basis of low frequency oscillations in endothelial cells
Ion channel function in fungal biology
Drosophila as a model system to study the effects of glucose on learning and memory
Cannabinoid interactions with gut microbiota and permeability function
Contacts
For further details on PhD research projects, please contact the relevant project supervisor direct.
Dr Paul McKean, Postgraduate Admissions Tutor, Division of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Faculty of Health and Medicine, Lancaster University, Lancaster, LA1 4YQ.
E-mail:-
shm-pg-admissions@lancaster.ac.uk
Phone:- 01524 592615