PhD Studentship (fully funded)

Institution: University of Sussex Dept/School/Faculty: School of Life Sciences PhD Supervisor: Dr Claudio Alonso Application Deadline: Saturday, February 1, 2014 Funding Availability: 3.5-year PhD Salary (European/UK Students Only) Start Sept 2014 A PhD position is available in the group of Dr. Claudio Alonso http://www.sussex.ac.uk/lifesci/alonsolab/ at the John Maynard Smith Building of the School of Life Sciences in the University of Sussex at Brighton (UK) to work in the area of Molecular, Cell and Developmental Biology. The project will investigate the impact of various RNA regulatory processes on Hox gene expression and function during Drosophila and mammalian neural differentiation and will apply a wide spectrum of novel experimental techniques in RNA Molecular Biology, Genetics, Cell and Developmental Neurobiology and state-of-the-art Imaging and Microscopy methods. The work will be part of an ambitious long-term research program funded by a Wellcome Trust Investigator Award recently made to Dr. Claudio Alonso http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Funding/Biomedical-science/Funding-schemes/Investigator-Awards/ index.htm and will be co-supervised by Prof. Guy Richardson, FRS, the head of the Neuroscience section at the School of Life Sciences at Sussex. The successful candidate will be an outstanding, committed and highly motivated graduate student seeking to develop an original project within the broad area of Molecular and Developmental Neuroscience. Applicants should have (at least) a 2.1 degree classification (or equivalent) in Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience or a related discipline. The University of Sussex is located 10-min away from the lively and cosmopolitan seaside city of Brighton on the UK South Coast, 60-min away from central London, 30-min away from London Gatwick Airport and with full access to the beautiful country side of the Sussex South Downs. Closing date for applications: 01 February 2014 For full details and how to apply see: http://www.findaphd.com/search/ProjectDetails.aspx?PJID=49246 For informal enquiries please contact Claudio Alonso at c.alonso@sussex.ac.uk The University of Sussex is committed to equality of opportunity