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Structural Biology PhD/MPhil – (Ph.D.)
University of Birmingham
Life and Environmental Sciences| Application Deadline: | None, but early application advised | ||
| Annual Tuition Fee: | ≈ € 4,232 - ≈ € 12,860 (non-EEA) | ||
| Location: | Birmingham / United Kingdom / View location on map ▾ Hide location on map ▴ | ||
| Duration: | 36 months | Start Date: | September |
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| Languages: | English | ||
Location of University of Birmingham
Structural Biology is concerned with the geometrical shape of macromolecules, such as DNA or proteins, their physico-chemical properties, and how these features jointly mediate and control biological processes through time- and location-dependent molecular interactions. Structural Biology is therefore a pervasive discipline within the School with many research collaborations across themes.
Key facts
Type of Course: Doctoral research
Duration: PhD – 3 and 4 years full-time; MPhil – 1 year full-time
Start date: September 2011
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Structural Biology is concerned with the geometrical shape of macromolecules, such as DNA or proteins, their physico-chemical properties, and how these features jointly mediate and control biological processes through time- and location-dependent molecular interactions. Structural Biology is therefore a pervasive discipline within the School with many research collaborations across themes.
Research interests of staff
* Characterisation of post-translational modifications of proteins involved in signal transduction by mass spectrometry. Contact: Dr Helen Cooper
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7527
Email: h.j.cooper@bham.ac.uk
* Studies of protein fibres in health and disease. Contact: Dr Tim Dafforn
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5881
Email: t.r.dafforn@bham.ac.uk
* Protein crystallography. Contact: Dr Klaus Fütterer
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5895
Email: k.futterer@bham.ac.uk
* NMR studies of DNA binding proteins, disintegrins and nitroreductase. Contact: Dr Eva Hyde
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5393/5394
Email: e.i.hyde@bham.ac.uk
* Proton translocation; membrane proteins; redox proteins. Contact: Professor Baz Jackson
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5423/5424
Email: j.b.jackson@bham.ac.uk
* Protein NMR phosphorylation. Contact: Dr Barry Levine
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 5396/4091
Email: b.a.levine@bham.ac.uk
* X-ray studies of protein structure. Contact: Dr Scott White
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 7534
Email: s.a.white@bham.ac.uk
* Understanding cellular organisation at the atomic level. Contact: Dr Peter Winn
Tel: +44 (0)121 414 8852
Email: p.j.winn@bham.ac.uk
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Requirements
Honours degree (minimum upper second class or equivalent) or Masters degree in a relevant area of Biology.
To gain admission to a research degree programme (with the exception of the Doctor of Dental Surgery (DDS) or Doctor of Medicine (MD)) an applicant must comply with the following entry requirements:
* Attainment of an Honours degree (normally a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or equivalent) in a relevant subject awarded by an approved university, or
* Attainment of an alternative qualification or qualifications and/or evidence of experience judged by the University as indicative of an applicant’s potential for research and as satisfactory for the purpose of entry to a research degree programme.
In addition:
* Admission and registration for a research degree programme may be conditional on satisfactory completion of preliminary study, which may include assessment.
* In some cases you will also need to have completed a Masters degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject.
Please note
* Entry onto many programmes is highly competitive, therefore we consider the skills, attributes, motivation and potential for success of an individual when deciding whether to make an offer.
* Specific entry requirements are given for each programme. Any academic and professional qualifications or industrial experience you may have are normally taken into account, and in some cases form an integral part of the entrance requirements. If your qualifications are non-standard or different from the entry requirements stated in the online prospectus, please contact the relevant school or department to discuss whether your application would be considered.
* After we have received your application you may, if you live in the UK, be invited for an interview or to visit us to discuss your application.
English language requirements
* IELTS 6.5 with no less than 6.0 in any band;
* TOEFL IBT 93 with no less than 20 in any band
Additional Requirements
| Minimal degree required: | Master's degree |
| Minimal amount of work experience | Not specified |
Language Proficiency
| IELTS Band: | 6.0 |
| TOEFL Internet-based: | 93 |
Faculty
The largest biology School in the midlands region, we deliver internationally excellent teaching and research across the broad span of modern biology. We host a broadly-based international community of 900 undergraduates, 250 postgraduates and 300 part time students.
The School of Biosciences has an excellent research profile with 90% assessed as international quality, supporting an exciting range of teaching programmes.
Research in the School is focused into three broad and interlinked groupings: each grouping represents areas of research excellence in human, animal, plant, microbial, cell and molecular biology.
The School has major high-technology facilities for research in genomics, proteomics, metabolomics, structural biology and optical imaging.
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