BBSRC Targeted Priority Studentships in Integrative Mammalian Physiology (2007)
Applications are invited from students with a suitable qualification in neuroscience, pharmacology, physiology or a related discipline for a four-year studentship funded by the BBSRC examining changes in glutamatergic neuronal function in an animal model of schizophrenia. Schizophrenia is a common neurodevelopmental disorder with a complex and poorly understood neurobiological basis. This project will investigate changes in glutamate function in the brain using microdialysis, Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy and Western blot analysis in a developmental rodent model of schizophrenia. The project will provide a broad-based training in in vivo physiological and behavioural techniques and neurochemical measurements of specific glutamatergic proteins.
This project will be jointly supervised by Professors Kevin Fone and Dorothee Auer. Further information is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/biomedsci/ and http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/~mczneuro/.
The successful student will be registered for a PhD (MPhil in the first instance) and will be affiliated with both the School of Biomedical Sciences and the School of Medical and Surgical Sciences at the University of Nottingham.
This studentship is available for a period of four years from October 2007 and provides a postgraduate stipend of £12,600 per annum. Due to funding restrictions, only EU residents are eligible (see: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/training/dtg.html), and the award will be conditional on the attainment of a 2i degree or higher.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor K Fone, Email: Kevin.Fone@Nottingham.ac.uk.
Applications, with a detailed CV and the names and addresses of two academic referees, should be sent to Professor K Fone, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH.
Reference : MED132
Closing Date : Monday 12 March 2007
http://jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/vacancies.aspx?cat=345#j1369
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