Four-year PhD Studentships
Department of Cellular and Molecular Neuroscience
Division of Neuroscience & Mental Health
Sponsorship of outstanding UK/EU candidates is available for the following funding opportunity: Wellcome Trust and National Institutes of Health 4-year PhD Studentships

This scheme provides opportunities for the most promising postgraduate students to undertake international, collaborative 4-year PhD training based in both an UK/Republic of Ireland (RoI) academic institution and the intramural campus of the National Institutes of Health at Bethesda (Maryland, USA). Full information available at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/node2163.html

Experiments will involve the use of a variety of immunological assays to be performed on clinical specimens from patients with Multiple Sclerosis (MS). A strong focus of the research will be to characterize the mode of action of experimental treatments being tested in clinical trials for MS, including hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.

Please note that sponsorship does not guarantee a PhD place and that short-listed candidates will be required to attend interview at NIH in February 2008.

PhD Project: Mechanisms of Immune Intervention in Multiple Sclerosis
Supervisor (Academic Host): Dr Paolo A Muraro.

Interested candidates should contact Dr P A Muraro p.muraro@imperial.ac.uk