BBSRC Targeted Priority Studentships in Integrative Mammalian Physiology (2007)
Applications are invited from students with a suitable qualification in biology, physiology (or a related discipline) for a four-year studentship funded by the BBSRC entitled “Thyroid hormone regulation of energy balance in a seasonal model of obesity”. Gene expression studies reveal that the loss of hypothalamic thyroid hormone availability is associated with reduced appetite and body weight loss. The project will investigate the mechanisms by which central thyroid hormone availability regulates food intake, energy expenditure, lipolysis, and ultimately body weight. Studies will be carried out in a seasonal rodent which shows a profound annual change in body weight, and will provide training in in vivo physiological and behavioural techniques including radiotelemetry, ingestive behavioural analysis and metabolic gas measurements.
This project will be jointly supervised by Professor F Ebling and Dr J Brameld. Further information is available at: http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/biomedsci/.
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 Biosciences.
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 for this award (see: http://www.bbsrc.ac.uk/funding/training/dtg.html), which will be conditional on the attainment of a 2i degree or higher.
Informal enquiries may be addressed to Professor F Ebling, Email: Fran.Ebling@Nottingham.ac.uk or Dr J Brameld, Email: John.Brameld@Nottingham.ac.uk.
Applications, with a detailed CV and the names and addresses of two academic referees, should be sent to Professor F Ebling, School of Biomedical Sciences, Queen’s Medical Centre, Nottingham, NG7 2UH.
Reference : MED127
Closing Date : Monday 12 March 2007
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