Dear all, We have an exciting collaborative PhD studentship project between Keele University (Dr Annette Shrive) and Diamond Light Source (Dr Halina Mikolajek and Dr David Owen), the UK’s national synchrotron science facility located at the Harwell Science and Innovation Campus. The project will use a variety of techniques in structural biology, including X-ray crystallography and cryo-electron microscopy (cryoEM), at both Keele and Harwell to characterise structurally the interactions and effector mechanisms of the innate immune proteins, human C-reactive protein (CRP) and complement component C1q. The innate immune molecule CRP and the complement system play key roles in infection and inflammation. There is much biological and medical interest in their role including how they relate to inflammatory processes including cardiovascular and autoimmune diseases.
The student will spend half of their time at Keele University and time at Diamond Light Source. To read further details and apply, see the advert here: https://www.diamond.ac.uk/Careers/Students/Studentships/2023-projects/2023-STU0473.html under the title Structural insight into human C-reactive protein effector mechanisms [STU0473] The application deadline is 14th April 2023 for a starting date in October 2023. If you have any questions about the project, don't hesitate to contact either myself: [email protected] or Dr Annette Shrive at: [email protected]. Kind regards Halina Dr Halina Mikolajek Research Scientist at VMXi and Crystallisation Facility Manager Diamond Light Source Harwell Science and Innovation Campus Didcot OX11 0DE UK [email protected] -- This e-mail and any attachments may contain confidential, copyright and or privileged material, and are for the use of the intended addressee only. If you are not the intended addressee or an authorised recipient of the addressee please notify us of receipt by returning the e-mail and do not use, copy, retain, distribute or disclose the information in or attached to the e-mail. Any opinions expressed within this e-mail are those of the individual and not necessarily of Diamond Light Source Ltd. Diamond Light Source Ltd. cannot guarantee that this e-mail or any attachments are free from viruses and we cannot accept liability for any damage which you may sustain as a result of software viruses which may be transmitted in or with the message. Diamond Light Source Limited (company no. 4375679). Registered in England and Wales with its registered office at Diamond House, Harwell Science and Innovation Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DE, United Kingdom ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the CCP4BB list, click the following link: https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/WA-JISC.exe?SUBED1=CCP4BB&A=1 This message was issued to members of www.jiscmail.ac.uk/CCP4BB, a mailing list hosted by www.jiscmail.ac.uk, terms & conditions are available at https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/policyandsecurity/
