PhD Studentships

A list of the studentships we are currently funding is given below. Each project page gives a simple summary of the project and its ultimate aims, as well as a more details explanation from the researchers themselves.

Cognitive impairment in ALS

Awarded to: Dr S Abrahams & Dr T Bak, University of Edinburgh (Abrahams/Oct06/6221)

Disruption to Golgi apparatus in motor neurones

Awarded to: Prof C Miller, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (Miller/Oct04/6204)

Does TNF-alpha promote excitotoxicity

Awarded to: Dr M Rattray, King's College London (Rattray/Oct04/6205)

Gene expression profiling of the response of motor neurons to stress

Awarded to: Dr J Kirby, University of Sheffield (Kirby/Oct05/6212)

Harnessing the heat shock response as a neuroprotective strategy

Awarded to: Dr L Greensmith, Institute of Neurology, University College London (Greensmith/Oct05/6211)

Mitochondrial redox dysfunction in MND: a therapeutic role for the peroxiredoxins

Awarded to: Dr C Wood-Allum & Prof P Shaw, University of Sheffield (Wood-Allum/Mar07/6227)

Neuronal chaperones and proteasomal sorting in MND

Awarded to: Prof M Cheetham, Institute of Opthalmology, University College London (Cheetham/Oct05/6213)

Protein signalling in motor neurone degeneration

Awarded to: Prof C Miller, Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London (Miller/Oct03/6201)

The role of the AP-1 transcription factor c-Jun in ALS

Awarded to: Dr G Raivich, University College London & Dr A Behrens, Cancer Research UK (Raivich/Oct06/6220)

VAPB and axonal transport in motor neuron disease

Awarded to: Prof C Miller, Dr S Ackerley, King's College London (Miller/Oct07/6232)

TDP-43 in motor neuron disease formation in Drosophila

Awarded to: Dr F Hirth, Prof C Shaw, Dr A Al-Chalabi, King's College London(Hirth/Oct07/6233)

Drosophila as a model system to elucidate the molecular mechanisms underlying Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis

Awarded to: Dr G Pennetta, University of Edinburgh (Pennetta/Oct07/6231)

Identifying genes that modify SOD1 ALS in the mouse

Awarded to: Prof Fisher, Institute of Neurology, University College London (Fisher/Apr08/6236)