DPhil Studentships at the University of Oxford
The Radiobiology Graduate Programme provides a fully integrated state-of-the-art research training environment. In addition to a theoretical course covering core and emerging areas of radiation oncology and biology, the Programme engages students in high-quality basic and clinically-applied research, with the aim of training future leaders in radiobiology and radiation oncology. Six funded D.Phil Studentships are available commencing October 2008.

Projects are being offered in the following areas:

o Markers for non-invasive tumour microenvironmental imaging - Dr. Eric Bernhard & Dr. Sean Smart
o Radiation, repair and cancer - Dr. Grigory Dianov
o The role of Chk 1 in the physiological response to hypoxia/reoxygenation - Dr. Ester Hammond
o Processing of Ionising Radiation-Induced Clustered DNA Damage by Mammalian Cells - Prof. Peter O'Neill & Dr. Martine Lomax
o Regulation of RASSF1A pathway signalling - Dr. Eric O'Neill
o Detection of "invisible" neuropathology with novel targeted MRI contrast agents - Dr. Nicola Sibson
o The tumour-stroma interplay in pancreatic carcinoma and its impact on therapeutic resistance - Dr. Thomas Brunner
o Role of LATS kinases in the DNA damage response - Dr. Eric O'Neill & Prof. Thomas Helleday

Further information on the available Studentships and application details are available on the Radiation Oncology & Biology website at www.rob.ox.ac.uk/graduatestudies/studentships