The molecular architecture of neurotransmission Medical Research Council (Cambridge) in United Kingdom

Funded PhD project at the University of Bristol in the School of Psychology and Neuroscience: “You snooze, you win: harnessing hibernation biology for organ protection.” This project sits at the intersection of neuroscience , biology , medical science , and ischaemia-reperfusion injury , asking how synthetic torpor can protect the heart and kidneys from injury. The project explores how activating specific hypothalamic neurons in the preoptic area can induce torpor-like states, even in animals th...

Funded PhD project in sleep circuitry and neuroscience at the University of Warwick. This project explores why we sleep and how sleep supports brain health, with a particular interest in mechanisms that may protect against dementia. The work sits at the intersection of neuroscience, physiology, and biological sciences. The project will use advanced systems neuroscience approaches, including in vivo and in vitro electrophysiology and fluorescent imaging . It is designed for a curious student who ...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Neuroscience at the University of Exeter through the GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership . Project title: How sights become signals for learning This project asks how the brain learns that a previously meaningless visual cue predicts something important, building on recent findings that activity in the superior colliculus is required for dopamine responses to learned visual cues. The student will investigate how visual information gains access to dopamine...

PhD project in the molecular architecture of neurotransmission at the Medical Research Council (Cambridge), Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom . The project investigates chemical synapses , neurotransmitter receptors , and large synaptic protein assemblies that connect pre-synaptic release sites with post-synaptic receptors. The research is centered on the structural and functional analysis of receptor supra-molecular complexes, with emphasis on the GABAA and glutamate ligand-...

PhD opportunity in AMPA receptor structure and function at the Medical Research Council (Cambridge), Laboratory of Molecular Biology in the United Kingdom . This project sits at the intersection of neuroscience , molecular biology , and structural biology , focusing on how AMPA glutamate receptors (AMPA-Rs) and their auxiliary proteins shape excitatory synaptic transmission, plasticity, and information storage in the brain. The lab aims to decode AMPAR signalling complexity from atomic structure...