The Department of Clinical Neurology invites applications from postgraduate students, with good degrees (first or upper second class honours degree or equivalent), for a DPhil studentship funded by the muscular dystrophy campaign (MDC) to work in the laboratory of Professor David Beeson, at the Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine.
This research project will study treatment and diagnostic approaches for autoimmune and inherited disorders affecting neuromuscular transmission. It aims to identify possible new target antigens at the neuromuscular junction and explore the potential of novel therapies based on RNA interference.
The Department has some 35 graduate students who are working in a variety of areas of neuroscience. These include Neuroimmunology, Neurogenetics, Neuroimaging (including MR Physics and Data Analysis), Ion Channel Pathophysiology, Vascular Pathology and Stroke. A number of departmental members are part of the Oxford Ion Channel Initiative (OXION).
Students are actively involved in a variety of programmes and seminars within Weatherall Institute and the Department of Clinical Neurology and more broadly with other University departments. There is a rich exposure to a wide variety of technologies, visiting speakers and the opportunity for travel to national and international meetings and workshops.
Further particulars of the project can be obtained by visiting our website www.clneuro.ox.ac.uk.
Please contact Professor Beeson or Anne Taylor anne.taylor@clneuro.ox.ac.uk before submitting an application.
Applications should be submitted via the University graduate admissions process by the deadline of 8 January 2010 www.admin.ox.ac.uk/gsp.
Applications should cite Source Code: 10CLINNEUR02WEB
