SCILLS - The Scottish Institute for Cell Signalling

SCILLS is dedicated to the study of how biological processes are controlled and how they become deregulated in disease. The Protein Ubiquitination Unit is the Institute's first research Division. Its major aims are to advance understanding of the role of protein ubiquitination and related modifications in cell regulation and human disease, to facilitate the development of drugs to treat diseases caused by abnormalities in this process, to generate reagents and improve technologies on which more rapid progress in this area depends, and to train the next generation of scientists who will advance the subject.

Application Procedures

Funding and eligibility

SCILLS studentships (UK and EU applicants who satisfy eligibility requirements)
Studentships at the PUU and are awarded for a period of 3.5 years.
We ask potential applicants to note that the eligibility criteria for these studentships relating to academic qualifications are similar to those of the UK Research Councils. However we welcome all applications from UK citizens and EU nationals. Occasionally, we may have sources of funding that allow us to appoint students who do not fit these criteria.

The studentship covers University tuition fees and a tax-free stipend is £17,500 per annum. Additional benefits of the studentship include the cost of relocation and an allocation of £2000 to attend conferences and training courses.

Applications

The SCILLS PhD programme is being administered by the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit, with which SCILLS has a close interaction. Full details of the programme are provided on the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit website, www.ppu.mrc.ac.uk

Please send a CV with contact details of three referees to applyscills@dundee.ac.uk, and also include a letter indicating two or three research groups with whom you would like to work.

The deadline for applications is: 31 March 2012

Note that applicants will only be contacted if invited for interview.

Professor Carol MacKintosh is in charge of student recruitment to SCILLS and the MRC Protein Phosphorylation Unit. She is assisted by Rachel Naismith.