10 fully funded Phd positions are available for the Wellcome Trust DTP in Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance based in Nottingham and Birmingham. http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/postgraduate-research-degrees/the-... http://www.nottingham.ac.uk/life-sciences/postgraduate-research-degrees/the-...

The Programme The emergence, spread and persistence of multi-antibiotic resistant bacteria is considered by the World Health Organization as one of the greatest global threats to human health. Consequently there is an urgent need to better understand antimicrobial resistance and to discover new strategies for preventing and treating infections. This requires a thorough understanding of the basic molecular and chemical biology of bacterial pathogens and the evolution, impact and spread of resistance. The Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Centre in Antimicrobials and Antimicrobial Resistance is designed to train the next generation of multidisciplinary research scientists. The programme is a partnership between the Wellcome Trust, University of Nottingham (UoN) and the University of Birmingham (UoB) led by Professors Paul Williams (Nottingham) and Ian Henderson (Birmingham). It will incorporate our complementary multidisciplinary research strengths ranging from the laboratory to the clinic and will be centred on the Centre for Biomolecular Sciences (UoN) and the Institute of Microbiology and Infection (UoB). Students awarded a place on the programme will undertake a 4 year M.Res+Ph.D doctoral training programme (DTP). The first (M.Res) year will include three different laboratory rotations, dedicated teaching sessions and a short placement to highlight the problems of antimicrobial resistance, antibiotic discovery and development encountered by clinicians and industry. Ph.D students appointed to the programme will be based primarily at UoN or UoB but will undertake at least one of their rotations at the partner Institution. Research projects will be developed during the first year in consultation with the selected supervisor chosen from research themes that include 'Targeting the Gram-negative bacterial cell envelope', 'Unconventional approaches to eradicating bacterial pathogens', 'Smart materials', 'Surface and secreted antigens, host interactions and vaccines' and 'Genomic epidemiology, bacterial evolution and antibiotic resistance'. Eligibility The programme is open to UK and European Union (HEU) students with an undergraduate degree (at least an upper second) or masters (with a merit/distinction) in a relevant discipline including microbiology, biochemistry, molecular biology, structural biology, chemistry, biomedical sciences, materials science or pharmacy with an interest in molecular and cellular bacteriology, antimicrobial agents, antimicrobial resistance and smart materials. Ten PhD scholarships providing fees and living costs will be available from October 2016. Applications For further information please contact Prof. Williams (paul.williams@nottingham.ac.ukmailto:paul.williams@nottingham.ac.uk) or Prof. Henderson (i.r.henderson@bham.ac.ukmailto:i.r.henderson@bham.ac.uk). The deadline for applications is 17th January 2016.

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