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Neuroscience and behaviour
Award Award | Duration Duration | Start dates Start dates | Application Application |
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PhD (MPhil also available) PhD (MPhil also available) | Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years Full-time: 3–4 years Part-time: 6–8 years | February and October February and October | January to April January to April |
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Atypical cognition, encompassing research in neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric conditions, as well as the neurobiology of mental health -
Learning, memory and attention -
Motivation Mood and affective state -
Pathogen avoidance behaviours and disgust -
Understanding the genetic, biological and cognitive underpinnings of nervous system disorders across the lifespan -
Neurophysiology and neuropathology -
Neurovascular biology, focusing on neurovascular architecture, the blood brain barrier and disorders of the neurovascular system
Entry requirements
Potential research projects
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Development and application of a sophisticated 3D model of the CNS blood-brain barrier -
Neurobiological and behavioural hallmarks of neurodegenerative diseases -
Behavioural and cognitive impacts of affective disorders
Current/recent research projects
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Investigating sensory and motor deficits in ADHD -
Role of vascular tone in clearance of beta amyloid from the brain -
Establishing invertebrate models of pathogen avoidance behaviour
Potential supervisors
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Dr Duncan Banks -
Dr Francesco Crea – lncRNA biology in neural cells -
Dr Christopher Heath – Behaviour and cognition in neurodegenerative diseases -
Dr Daniel Johnson – Ion channel/electrophysiology studies -
Dr Ilias Kounatidis – Neuronal inflammation and ageing -
Dr Laura Lopez-Cruz – Behaviour and cognition in affective disorders -
Dr Jane Loughlin – Glial cell biology and 3D cell model systems -
Dr Rachel McMullan – Neuronal regulation of immunity, pathogen avoidance behaviours and disgust -
Dr Kerry Murphy – Huntington’s disease -
Dr Shaun Mutter – Protein structure alterations in neurodegenerative diseases -
Dr Payam Rezaie – Neuropathology and glial cell biology -
Prof Ignacio Romero – Blood-brain barrier biology and nanocarriers -
Dr Claire Rostron – Behavioural neuroscience, biological psychology -
Dr Ilona Roth
Fees and funding
PhD fees
UK fee UK fee | International fee International fee |
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Full-time: £5,006 per year Full-time: £5,006 per year | Full-time: £16,420 per year Full-time: £16,420 per year |
Part-time: £2,503 per year Part-time: £2,503 per year | Part-time: £8,210 per year Part-time: £8,210 per year |
