4 Year PhD Programme in the CIMR

Programme Design

Initially two Wellcome Trust studentships per year will be offered and we also hope to offer a further two 4 year MRC studentships per year . The programme will add to the highly successful Wellcome Trust 4 yr PhD programme already established in infection and immunity which takes 5 students per year and involves many of the groups in the CIMR.

This programme has been established in recognition of the scientific excellence of the CIMR and the desire to train more students in science using our excellent facilities and wide range of academic disciplines. All members of the CIMR will contribute to the training programme and students will have the opportunity to select an area for in depth study in years 2-4 having already attained an excellent grounding in core scientific areas in the first year of the programme.

The CIMR has ~35 group leaders working in a range of disease mechanisms which fall into 4 broad categories:

Misfolded proteins and disease  Damian Crowther, David Lomas, David Rubinsztein, Randy Read, Jim Huntington, Peter St George-Hyslop

Intracellular membrane traffic and cell biology  Paul Luzio, Frank Reimann, Margaret Robinson, Matthew Seaman, Lucy Raymond, David Owen, Andrew Peden, Symeon Siniossoglou, Folma Buss, Fiona Karet, Richard Sandford, Paul Lehner, Fiona Gribble, Geoff Woods, Evan Reid, Gillian Griffiths

Autoimmune disease Andres Floto, John Trowsdale, John Todd, Linda Wicker, Allison Green, Ken Smith, Chris Rudd

Haematopoietic stem cell biology  Tony Green, Bertie Göttgens, Brian Huntly, Katrin Ottersbach