Cell & Molecular Biophysics, Randall Division of

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MPhil/PhD, MD(Res)

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Part Time, Full Time

Biomedical & Health Sciences gradaute student in the laboratory
RESEARCH PROFILE
2008 RAE Divisional Results: 65% of research activity in the Division was rated as world leading or internationally excellent in terms of originality, significance and rigour.
Research income: £5m per year
Current number of academic staff: 30 Principal Investigators, 24 PhD Supervisors
Current number of graduate research students: 32
Current number of post-doctoral research assistants: 69
PhD Success Rate: Over the last seven years the Division has had a 100% success rate for students completing within 4 years.

Recent publications include
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  1. The molecular basis of the steep force-calcium relation in heart muscle.
  2. The potential of optical proteomic technologies to individualise prognosis and guide rational treatment for cancer patients
  3. Adherens junctions connect stress fibers between adjacent endothelial cells
  4. PAK4: a pluripotent kinase that regulates prostate cancer cell adhesion
  5. Structural insight into M-band assembly and mechanics from the titin-obscurin-like-1 complex
For further publications please see individual group on the Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics website.

Current research projects:
Details of current research interests can be found on The Randall Division of Cell & Molecular Biophysics website. To discuss a possible project contact group leaders
 
Partner organisations:
National Institute for Medical Research
Imperial College London
Zeiss
Cardiovascular Research Division
BHF Centre of Research Excellence
Cancer Studies Division
Dimbleby Cancer Care
Division of Asthma, Allergy and Lung Biology
MRC/Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma
MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology
Department of Physics
Centre for Biophotonics
Department of Mathematics
Systems Biomedicine Graduate Programme
NIHR Comprehensive Biomedical Research Centre
KEY FACTS
Head of group/division
Professor Malcolm Irving FRS
Duration
Expected to be: Three to four years full-time, four-six years part-time.
Location
Guy's Campus; some projects may take place on non-campus locations.
Student destinations
Most of our PhD graduates continue careers in science as post-docs in academic and industrial laboratories.
Year of entry 2012
Offered by
Guy's Campus