PhD posts available in Antimicrobial Resistance and Antiviral Innate Immunity

Edinburgh-Leiden Integrated One Health Solutions 4 year PhD posts are currently available in the Schneiders Lab and in the Sloan Lab at Infection Medicine - closing date 15th November

Project 1: Exploiting Klebsiella pneumoniae genomics for One Health diagnostics. (Schneiders Lab)

https://www.ed.ac.uk/infection-medicine/our-staff/principal-investigators/drthamaraischneiders

Project 2: How does post-translational modification and intracellular localisation of antiviral IFITM proteins regulate their activity and their ability to act as barrier to zoonotic virus transmission? (Sloan lab)

https://www.ed.ac.uk/infection-medicine/our-staff/principal-investigators/dr-richard-sloan

These projects are fully funded. They are open to UK/EU students and include fees and a research stipend. The projects are primarily based at Edinburgh University, but will involve some time spent at Leiden University in the Netherlands also.

For further information on the Edinburgh-Leiden Integrated One Health Solutions PhD program and how to apply:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infectious-diseases/teaching/phd-programmes/phd-integrated-one-health-solutions/introduction

For further information on specific projects offered:

https://www.ed.ac.uk/edinburgh-infectious-diseases/teaching/phd-programmes/phd-integrated-one-health-solutions/available-projects-based-in-edinburgh