The Division of Gene Regulation and Expression now consists of 11 research groups recruited from leading institutions worldwide. These groups share an interest in understanding how genes are regulated and maintained and form a genuine centre of excellence for research in this area. The Division is located in adjacent floors of the Wellcome Trust Biocentre and Sir James Black Centre where the open plan layout fosters interaction and collaboration. The facilities and funding are excellent.

Selecting a PhD project can be a daunting process, so we have prepared a page providing generic advice on what we consider important criteria. For 2007 the programme is open to EU nationals and provides a stipend of £15,000 (tax free) for 4 years. Most of the research will be carried out in the laboratory of the supervisor, but a more detailed description of the course structure is available here.

A key aspect of selecting a PhD position is to find projects that are of interest. Below is a list of supervisors offering projects this year. By clicking on these you can find out more about the projects on offer. To apply students should use the online application form.

PhD Projects:

Dr Elizabeth Bayne: Investigating links between small RNAs and chromatin modification in gene regulation (click here)

Dr Anton Gartner: Exploring and exploiting C. elegans as a biological model system (more details)

Dr. Eric Griffis: Regulation of Myosin II to Ensure Faithful Genome Segregation (more details) 

Professor Ron Hay: Role of SUMO targetted ubiquitin ligase Rnf4 in the DNA damage response (more details)

Professor  Tom Owen-Hughes: Strategies for genome wide chromatin organisation (more details)

Dr Sonia Rocha: Investigating the mechanisms controlling gene expression in hypoxia (more details)

Prof. Tomo Tanaka: Chromosome duplication and segregation in the cell division cycle (more details)

Dr Joost Zomerdijk: Regulation of eukaryotic gene expression: molecular mechanisms in transcription (more details)