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PhD studentships (Funded project)

Title: Investigation into pathophysiology of classical migraine

PhD supervisor: Dr Minyan Wang (XJTLU) and a faculty member of University of Liverpool

Organization Unit: Department of Biological Sciences

Background:

The candidate will conduct research under the supervision of both Dr. Minyan Wang at XJTLU, Dept. of Biological Sciences and Professor John Quinn at University of Liverpool. The project will use multidisciplinary approaches including electrophysiology, imaging, biochemical, and cellular and molecular techniques to understand disease mechanisms as well as to discover potential drug targets. Resources from both universities will be available to the candidate. We expect that you will spend about a year at Liverpool with the remainder of time at XJTLU. Supervision as well as resulting publications and theses will be in English language.

Qualifications

1. The candidate is expected to have a strong background in Biological Sciences with a Master degree or upper class honors in the same or related areas.

2. An IELTS level higher than 6.5 or comparable is required for any candidate whose native language is not English.

3. The application is open to high caliber students of any nationality but preference will be given to EU and Chinese citizens.

Preferred knowledge, skills and experience

1. Background in cellular and molecular neuroscience.

2. Experience in animal studies is preferred

Funding Notes

The position is remunerated for three years at a rate covering tuition fees plus a stipend of 2,500 RMB per month.

Degree Awarded

The successful candidates will be awarded with a PhD degree of University of Liverpool upon completion of the studies within 3-4 years.

How to apply

To apply, please write a covering letter in English outlining your interest in the post and explain how you meet the criteria (this is particularly important as it will be taken into consideration when short listing applications), and provide contacts of two referees and send a detailed CV in English to minyan.wang@xjtlu.edu.cn directly, with the position titles and the corresponding job reference numbers included in the subject line of your email. Further information about the university can be found at www.xjtlu.edu.cn. Informal queries can be addressed to minyan.wang@xjtlu.edu.cn

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