We are seeking a motivated and intellectually able candidate for a PhD project investigating the neurobiology of how stress affects memory.
This multidisciplinary project, supervised by Dr Nils Muhlert, Dr Deborah Talmi, Dr Hamied Haroon and Professor Geoff Parker, will combine multi-modal neuroimaging methods (including diffusion MRI, MR spectroscopy and functional MRI) with behavioural testing to examine how inter-individual variation in brain structure and function predicts the effects that stress has on memory for personally relevant information. The candidate will also have the opportunity to spend time with our industrial collaborator, Bioxydyn, developing neuroimaging techniques for the medical imaging services industry.
The studentship will commence in September 2016 and will cover your tuition fees as well as a maintenance grant. Additional funding for research costs and academic conference travel is available.
These studentships are available to UK and other EU nationals (due to funding criteria imposed by the Research Council, EU nationals must have resided in the UK for three years prior to commencing the studentship) and provides funding for tuition fees and stipend, subject to eligibility. If you are an EU student that has not resided in the UK for three years, you are still able to apply for the programme: EU applicants that have NOT resided in the UK for three years prior to commencing the studentship, are eligible for a ‘fees only’ studentship from the BBSRC DTP. However, in exceptional circumstances, the University are able to offer a stipend bursary for EU applicants, subject to availability. EU applicants should be aware of their eligibility for a full or part-studentship before applying.
General information: Applications are now invited for studentships commencing September 2016. The deadline for receipt of completed online applications is Wednesday 25 November 2015, 5pm.
Further particulars, including application forms, can be found online at:
http://www.dtpstudentships.manchester.ac.uk/projects/studentship.aspx?id=1980
Please feel free to contact me with any questions.
Best wishes,
Nils
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Dr Nils Muhlert
University of Mancester
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