{"id":972,"date":"2019-03-20T15:29:29","date_gmt":"2019-03-20T15:29:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/katarzynapirog\/?p=972"},"modified":"2019-04-12T16:14:41","modified_gmt":"2019-04-12T15:14:41","slug":"phd-studentship-available-in-our-laboratory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/piroglab\/2019\/03\/20\/phd-studentship-available-in-our-laboratory\/","title":{"rendered":"PhD studentship available in our laboratory"},"content":{"rendered":"

JGW Patterson Foundation MRes plus PhD Studentship in Ageing and Arthritis – Investigating the role of asporin in musculoskeletal health and ageing<\/h2>\n

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Value of award:<\/strong> 100% of UK\/EU tuition fees paid and annual living expenses of \u00a314,777 (full award).<\/p>\n

Start date:<\/strong> September 2019 \u2013 the funding covers MRes in Musculoskeletal Ageing followed by a 3 year PhD<\/p>\n

Application closing date:<\/strong> 10\/04\/19<\/p>\n

Supervisor(s):<\/strong> Dr Katarzyna Pir\u00f3g, Prof David Young<\/p>\n

Overview<\/strong><\/p>\n

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a painful and debilitating age-related condition that currently affects 8.75 million people in the UK alone. There are many factors that contribute to OA susceptibility including age, lifestyle and trauma and understanding the disease progression is further hampered by the difficulty in obtaining non-end-stage human cartilage samples. Interestingly, there are several OA susceptibility loci that can be studied in cell culture and in animal models. Polymorphisms is ASPN<\/em>, encoding asporin, a small leucine-rich proteoglycan found in perichondrium, periosteum and OA cartilage, increase the risk of OA in several populations, but its role in cartilage ageing and in OA is not fully understood. This project will investigate the role of asporin in musculoskeletal health using animal models, histology and transcriptomic techniques.<\/p>\n

One PhD studentship is available in the Newcastle group of Dr Katarzyna Pirog, with Prof David Young as co-supervisor. Students with an interest in ageing, cartilage biology, animal models of disease, biochemistry, and transcriptomics are encouraged to apply.<\/p>\n

Eligibility Criteria:\u00a0 <\/strong>You must have, or expect to achieve, at least a 2:1 Honours degree in genetics, biochemistry, biosciences or a related area. The award is available to UK\/EU<\/strong> applicants only. If English is not your first language, you must have IELTS 6.5, or equivalent.<\/p>\n

How to apply: <\/strong>You must apply through the University\u2019s online postgraduate application system by creating an account. To do this please select \u2018How to Apply<\/a>\u2019 and choose the \u2018Apply now\u2019 button.<\/p>\n

All relevant fields should be completed, but fields marked with a red asterisk must to be completed. The following information will help us to process your application. You will need to:<\/p>\n