Two MRC-funded PhD studentships are available in the laboratory of Richard Bayliss at the University of Leicester starting in October 2013. The Department of Biochemistry provides an outstanding environment in research training in structural biology and structure-based drug design and state-of-the-art facilities for X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy and biophysics.
1) MRC Cancer Theme Award Title: Targetting centrosome declustering in haematological cancers Co-supervisors: Prof. Andrew Fry (Biochemistry) and Prof. Martin Dyer (Cancer Studies) Further details: http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/mrc-cancer-research 2) MRC Industrial CASE Award Title: Fragment-based approaches to allosteric kinase inhibitors and protein-protein interaction inhibitors Co-supervisor: Dr Andy Merritt at MRC-Technology Centre for Therapeutics Discovery Further details: http://www2.le.ac.uk/study/research/funding/mrc-casestudentship Note that these studentships are available only to British students or those with strong UK links and residency, as per MRC guidelines. Applications must be made online, preferably by February 22nd. ============================= Dr Richard Bayliss, Reader in Structural Biology Department of Biochemistry Henry Wellcome Building University of Leicester Lancaster Road, Leicester LE1 9HN Tel: 0116 2297100 Web: http://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/biochemistry/staff/richard-bayliss/research Elite Without Being Elitist Times Higher Awards Winner 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011 Follow us on Twitter http://twitter.com/uniofleicester
