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Medicine: Fully Funded PhD Studentship: Sensing Bacterial Infection in UK, 2015

Swansea University is inviting applications for Medicine: fully funded PhD studentship: Sensing Bacterial Infection. Candidates should have at least a 2:1 honours degree in a relevant subject area (biology, immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, chemistry). The full studentship covers the cost of UK/EU tuition fees, plus a tax-free stipend of £14,057 p.a. The successful student will also have opportunities to attend national and international conferences during their candidature and a chance to compete for College of Medicine travel bursaries. The application deadline is 18 September 2015.

Study Subject(s): Studentship is provided in sensing Bacterial Infection: 25-hydrocholesterol as a biomarker at the Swansea University.
Course Level: Studentship is available for pursuing PhD degree level at Swansea University.
Scholarship Provider: Swansea University, UK
Scholarship can be taken at: UK

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Eligibility: Candidates should have at least a 2:1 honours degree in a relevant subject area (biology, immunology, microbiology, biochemistry, chemistry). To be eligible for a full award (stipend and fees), you must have:
-Settled status in the UK, meaning there are no restrictions on how long you can stay.
-Been ‘ordinarily resident’ in the UK for three years prior to the start of the studentship grant. This means you must have been normally residing in the UK (apart from temporary or occasional absences).
-Not been residing in the UK wholly or mainly for the purpose of full-time education. This does not apply to UK and EU nationals.
-To be eligible for a fees only award, you: must be ordinarily resident in an EU member state, in the same way as UK students must be ordinarily resident in the UK.

Scholarship Open for International Students: The students of UK/EU can apply for the studentship.

Scholarship Description: Early and rapid detection of infection is a major goal of Clinical Microbiology. In particular, an ability to differentiate between Sepsis and other non infectious causes of systemic inflammation, such as Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome (SIRS), is particularly pertinent as it will determine antibiotic administration. Recently, we and others have identified 25-hydroxycholesterol as an important inflammatory mediator regulating the production of pro-inflammatory IL-1 driven responses. To date these studies have linked inflammation with the antiviral interferon response. In this context less is known about 25-hydroxycholesterol and bacterial infection.

Number of award(s): Not Known

Duration of award(s): Not Known

What does it cover?  The full studentship covers the cost of UK/EU tuition fees, plus a tax-free stipend of £14,057 p.a. The successful student will also have opportunities to attend national and international conferences during their candidature and a chance to compete for College of Medicine travel bursaries.

Selection criteria: Not Known

Notification: Not Known

How to Apply: The mode of applying is electronically.

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Scholarship Application Deadline: The application deadline is 18 September 2015.

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