3 PhD Studentships in Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour (University of Leicester)

Vacancy Reference Number

CLS-NPB PhD studentships 2018

Closing Date

5 Feb 2018

Salary

Stipend at RCUK level

Address

Department of Neuroscience, Psychology & Behaviour University of Leicester University Road Leicester LE1 7RH, UK

Duration

36 months

About

The University of Leicester is offering three competitive PhD Studentships in Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour under its College of Life Sciences (CLS) Studentship Scheme 2018.

One studentship is available in the research group of Professor Mukaetova-Ladinska, on ‘Tubulin and tau protein changes in ischaemic brain injury: implications for vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease’.

A further two Studentships are available for a wide range of PhD projects, including many that are strongly interdisciplinary in scope and methodology. A list of available project titles is included below. Full project descriptions and supervisor contact details can be downloaded at:

https://www2.le.ac.uk/research-degrees/funding/life-sciences/CLSPhDStudentshipScheme2018NPBallproposals.pdf

The scheme is open to UK and EU applicants only. Studentships are awarded competitively based on the strength of the applications and provide Tuition Fees and a Stipend at Research Council UK levels for three years. Successful applicants will join the vibrant multidisciplinary research community at the Department of Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour (NPB; https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/npb/research), and the University’s Doctoral College (https://www2.le.ac.uk/departments/gradschool).

How to apply:

Applicants are encouraged to contact prospective supervisors by email or phone to discuss the project and their interests prior to submitting a formal application. We are unable to consider applications submitted by email. Applications must be submitted through the University of Leicester online application web site, following the guidance provided at:

 https://www2.le.ac.uk/research-degrees/how-to-apply/online

Application deadline: 5 February 2018

Further details and Studentship-specific guidance on the application process are available at:

https://www2.le.ac.uk/research-degrees/funding/life-sciences/NPB%20CLS%20Studentships%202018

Projects offered under the CLS/NPB Studentship Scheme 2018:

• Prefrontal control of hypothalamic feeding circuits: Balancing executive control of eating

• The role of intrasource variability on the accuracy and development of expertise in forensic fingerprint recognition

• Regulation of brain metabolic state by neuronal excitability

• Sexually dimorphic mechanisms of injury following heart and brain injury

• Super-fast, super-resolution imaging in awake, behaving animals

• Investigating the mental health, psychological wellbeing, and resilience of prison staff

• A culture of care in animal research from a psychological perspective

• Towards improving resilience outcomes for people with dementia

• Neuronal and biomechanical mechanisms underlying the control and plasticity of aimed limb movements

• Tubulin and tau protein changes in ischaemic brain injury: implications for vascular dementia and Alzheimer’s disease

• Excitatory interneuron defects in motor neurone disease

• The dopaminergic basis of behaviour

• Stress, serotonin and brain development

• Reorganisation of cortical microcircuit activity under anaesthesia

• Understanding reading difficulties in infantile visual impairment

• Neuronal mechanisms of memory formation in humans

• Should I stay or should I go? Road crossing decision-making in immersive virtual reality

• Competition and facilitation in predictive and causal learning

• Eye movement control and text processing: Effects of reading goals

Further Information

https://www2.le.ac.uk/research-degrees/funding/life-sciences/NPB%20CLS%20Studentships%202018

Contact Details

Volko Straub
Department of Neuroscience, Psychology & Behaviour
University of Leicester
Leicester
LE1 7RH, UK

vs64@le.ac.uk