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The closing date for applications is 15th January 2025. Applications from overseas students are welcome.

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Project	Principal Investigator	PhD Type	More Info
Molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease	Dario Alessi	ASAP, MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
The antiviral roles of ISG15 modifications	Kirby Swatek	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Understanding the physiological roles and pathological impacts of ER-Autophagy	Jin Rui (Amos) Liang	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Decoding the mechanism and function of UFMylation in ER Quality Control	Yogesh Kulathu	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Finding the eat-me signals	Ian Ganley	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Destroying cancer-causing proteins	Gopal Sapkota	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Location,location, location: DNA damage sensors which launch protective responses to DNA damage	John Rouse	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Investigating the immune-epithelial interactions that drive intestinal inflammation	Mahima Swamy	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
How do Dysregulated Signalling Pathways cause Intellectual Disability?	Greg Findlay	Northwood	MORE
How do atypical E3 ligases facilitate their biology?	Satpal Virdee	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
New technologies to monitor assembly of alternative forms of the proteasome	Adrien Rousseau	Northwood	MORE
Cleave to Modify: A new biological mechanism for protein regulation	Chiara Maniaci	Northwood	MORE
Translational Studies into Molecular mechanisms underlying Parkinson's disease	Esther Sammler	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Discovery of novel mitochondrial and organelle mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease	Miratul Muqit	ASAP, Northwood	MORE
Deciphering novel ALS signalling pathways: Biomarker discovery and developing therapeutic strategies	Raja Nirujogi	Northwood	MORE
Identifying therapeutically-targetable mechanisms of PIK3CA mutant-specific signal transfer	Ralitsa Madsen	Northwood	MORE
Beyond Lysine: Exploring the Functional Consequences of Non-Canonical Ubiquitination in Health and Disease	Virginia De Cesare	Northwood	MORE