Nigel Groome Studentship: Investigating the role of non-coding RNAs in patient pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour cells, extracellular vesicles and blood samples and their function in cancer development PhD

Key highlights

• Combines computational analysis with hands-on wet lab biology
• Identifies key miRNAs present in pancreatic neuroendocrine tumours
• Maps biological pathways associated with tumour miRNAs
• Investigates miRNAs as potential biomarkers of disease
• Studies patient tumour cells, extracellular vesicles and blood samples

Entry requirements

Scholarships

• Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press (FLTRP) Scholarship

  Award value: £3,000

  Up to £3,000

• Global Development and Humanitarian Practice Scholarship

  Asia, Africa, Middle East and Latin America only are eligible to apply for a single scholarship award of £9,250 to contribute to their course fees.

  Up to £9,250

• Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding Scholarship

  Full and part-time applicants for the MA Humanitarian Action and Peacebuilding are eligible to apply for one of the £1,000 scholarships.

  Up to £1,000

• London Book Fair Scholarship

  The London Book Fair is offering a fee-waiver bursary of £1,000 to a full-time or part-time student at the Oxford International Centre for Publishing on the MA Publishing Media.

  Up to £1,000

Careers this course leads to

• Postdoctoral research scientist
• Cancer research scientist
• Bioinformatician
• Biomarker scientist
• Molecular biologist
• University lecturer

Admission

Applications are made through AHZ at no cost. Share your transcripts, English test scores and personal statement, and your AHZ Counsellor will review your profile, submit your application to Oxford Brookes University, and guide you through interview, offer, CAS and visa — right up to enrolment.