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4 PhD Studentships Procter Department of Food Science Supervisor: Professor
Gary Williamson Four studentships are available for 3 years, and include
payment of tuition fees and a postgraduate stipend of approximately £13,000
per annum. The research studentships are funded by the Nestlé Research
Center. The hosting department is the Procter Department of Food Science,
which has received a 5* rating at both of the last two Research Assessment
Exercises. The laboratory, as part of the new Chair in Functional Foods
(Professor Gary Williamson), is currently being refurbished with several
HPLCs, including triple-quadropole mass spectrometer detector, coularray
detector, fluorescence and diode array detectors, cell culture facilities,
and protein purification equipment. The Studentships are available from
October 2007. The research of all the Studentships is on the theme of
dietary polyphenols and health. Polyphenols modify the risk of
cardiovascular and some other chronic diseases, possibly via effects on
inflammation, nitric oxide, glucose and lipid metabolism, as well as
antioxidant activity. The 4 projects available are: 1. Phenolic acids
and lipid metabolism2. Interaction of polyphenols with sugar,
xenobiotics and ascorbate transporters3. Metabolism of ferulic and
labelled caffeic acids
1. Absorption and metabolism of polyphenols from Rooibos tea
The students will be able to spend some time at the Nestlé Research Center,
Lausanne, Switzerland, to get some experience of the Food Industry, and
possibly also at a collaborating University in The Netherlands, The
University of Wageningen. The award is available to UK, EU and International
candidates, but International candidates (outside EU) would be required to
pay the difference between UK/EU tuition fees and International tuition
fees. It is a requirement that overseas students have achieved a minimum
level of English language proficiency (an IELTS score of 6.0, a paper-based
TOEFL score of 550, or a computer-based TOEFL score of 220). You will be
highly motivated and keen to work in a laboratory environment, with a strong
interest in diet and health, and with a suitable qualification (a pass in a
BSc Honours degree with a minimum classification at 2(i)) in food science,
biochemistry, molecular biology or a related subject. Informal enquiries to
Professor Gary Williamson,
tel: +44 (0)113 343 8380,
email: g.williamson@leeds.ac.uk.
Applications can be downloaded from
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/appfmweb.doc and should be sent together
with a completed Curriculum Vitae and the names and contact details of two
referees to Ms Angela Morrison, Procter Department of Food Science, University
of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, email: a.j.morrison@food.leeds.ac.uk. Closing
Date 1 July 2007
Gary Williamson Four studentships are available for 3 years, and include
payment of tuition fees and a postgraduate stipend of approximately £13,000
per annum. The research studentships are funded by the Nestlé Research
Center. The hosting department is the Procter Department of Food Science,
which has received a 5* rating at both of the last two Research Assessment
Exercises. The laboratory, as part of the new Chair in Functional Foods
(Professor Gary Williamson), is currently being refurbished with several
HPLCs, including triple-quadropole mass spectrometer detector, coularray
detector, fluorescence and diode array detectors, cell culture facilities,
and protein purification equipment. The Studentships are available from
October 2007. The research of all the Studentships is on the theme of
dietary polyphenols and health. Polyphenols modify the risk of
cardiovascular and some other chronic diseases, possibly via effects on
inflammation, nitric oxide, glucose and lipid metabolism, as well as
antioxidant activity. The 4 projects available are: 1. Phenolic acids
and lipid metabolism2. Interaction of polyphenols with sugar,
xenobiotics and ascorbate transporters3. Metabolism of ferulic and
labelled caffeic acids
1. Absorption and metabolism of polyphenols from Rooibos tea
The students will be able to spend some time at the Nestlé Research Center,
Lausanne, Switzerland, to get some experience of the Food Industry, and
possibly also at a collaborating University in The Netherlands, The
University of Wageningen. The award is available to UK, EU and International
candidates, but International candidates (outside EU) would be required to
pay the difference between UK/EU tuition fees and International tuition
fees. It is a requirement that overseas students have achieved a minimum
level of English language proficiency (an IELTS score of 6.0, a paper-based
TOEFL score of 550, or a computer-based TOEFL score of 220). You will be
highly motivated and keen to work in a laboratory environment, with a strong
interest in diet and health, and with a suitable qualification (a pass in a
BSc Honours degree with a minimum classification at 2(i)) in food science,
biochemistry, molecular biology or a related subject. Informal enquiries to
Professor Gary Williamson,
tel: +44 (0)113 343 8380,
email: g.williamson@leeds.ac.uk.
Applications can be downloaded from
http://www.leeds.ac.uk/students/appfmweb.doc and should be sent together
with a completed Curriculum Vitae and the names and contact details of two
referees to Ms Angela Morrison, Procter Department of Food Science, University
of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, email: a.j.morrison@food.leeds.ac.uk. Closing
Date 1 July 2007