Current vacancies - Neuroscience

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Project Title	Contact for Initial Enquiries & Supervisors	Funding	Deadline
An investigation of mRNA transport in motor neurone disease	Dr Jon Wood or Dr Robin Highley	Funded	1st March 2013
Auditory function and propensity to auditory hallucinations: auditory signal detection, sensory memory and pattern recognition	Dr Paul Birkett or Prof Peter Woodruff	Self-funded students only	Open
Investigating structurally and functionally the RNA-binding activity of PGC-1[alpha] in Parkinson’s disease models	Dr Guillaume Hautbergue & Dr Oliver Bandmann	Self-funded students only	Open
Effect of Insulin/IGF-1 signalling inhibition on the astrocyte transcriptome	Dr Steve Wharton	Self-funded students only	Open
The role of aberrant Schwann cell development in a foetal motor neurone disease	Dr Jon Wood & Prof Mimoun Azzouz	Self-funded students only	Open
Investigation of axonal transport defects in mutant LRRK2-related Parkinson’s disease	Dr Kurt deVos	Self-funded students only	Open
Investigation of the role of ER-mitochondria interactions in ALS	Dr Kurt deVos	Self-funded students only	Open
Rab GTPases in mitochondrial dynamics and transport in Parkinson’s disease	Dr Andrew Grierson	Self-funded students only	Open