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Thursday, April 8, 2010

UK: PhD Studentship at Peninsula College Of Medicine And Dentistry Graduate School

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Funded by the Medical Research Council / PCMD Ref: PCMD/GS0018

The Peninsula College of Medicine and Dentistry with its parent Institutions, the Universities of Exeter and Plymouth, are seeking to attract PhD candidates of outstanding ability to join their exciting and rapidly expanding programme of internationally rated research. As part of our new developments and our commitment to research excellence, applications are invited from suitably qualified graduates, 2:1 or above, for a PhD studentship.

Application requirement

International students must also have IELTS [International English Language Testing System] score of 7 and above (or equivalent qualification).

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) is an endogenous gaseous mediator which regulates vascular tone (Whiteman & Moore, J. Cell. Mol. Med. 2009;13:488-507). It may be produced by, and exert potent biological effects on, the endothelium where it induces endothelium-dependent vasodilatation1.

We recently showed a substantial reduction in plasma H2S levels in overweight volunteers and patients with type II diabetes compared to healthy age matched controls and that plasma H2S levels strongly correlated with impaired microvascular function, glycaemic control, insulin sensitivity and adiposity (Whiteman et al., Diabetologia 2010).


To address the precise role of H2S in the human microcirculation, this project will use a wide variety of techniques including primary microvascular endothelial cell culture and myography of isolated human microvessels obtained from patients. Novel H2S donor compounds will also be synthesised.

As such this project will suit a recent graduate (or equivalent) with a keen interest and / or experience human cell biology and / or pharmacology.

This post will be based in Exeter at the University of Exeter, St. Luke's Campus. This post will have a starting date of 1 June/July 2010.

Funding Notes: The stipend will be £13,290 (based on full time). This studentship is open to UK/EU applicants only.

For an informal discussion, please contact Dr. Matt Whiteman by email on matt.whiteman@pms.ac.uk although applications must be made in accordance with the details shown below.

HOW TO APPLY FOR THIS VACANCY: For an application pack, please contact: Bernice Wilmshurst, Senior Administrator (Research Degrees), Peninsula College of Medicine & Dentistry, John Bull Building, Tamar Science Park, Plymouth PL6 8BU. Telephone 01752 437471 or email pcmd-researchdegrees@pcmd.ac.uk

Application deadline: 10am Monday 3 May 2010


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