Fully Funded MRC PhD Opportunity: How pollution drives brain ageing: understanding its contribution to neurodegenerative pathologies
Posted by Natalia Sanchez-Soriano, on 11 November 2026
Location: Liverpool
Closing Date: 27 November 2026
Interested in how environmental factors impact brain health? 🧠🔬
We have an exciting, fully funded MRC PhD opportunity available in the Sanchez-Soriano lab at the University of Liverpool. This project will dive deep into understanding how pollution drives brain ageing and contributes to neurodegenerative pathologies.
If you are passionate about environmental neuroscience, cell biology and ageing, and neurodegeneration, we want to hear from you!
📅 Deadline:27 November 2026
🔗 Project Details: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/mrc-nw-dms-dla-programme-how-pollution-drives-brain-ageing-understanding-its-contribution-to-neurodegenerative-pathologies/?p201598
📝 How to Apply: : https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/doctoral-training/mrc-nwdp/apply/
🔗 Project Details: https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/mrc-nw-dms-dla-programme-how-pollution-drives-brain-ageing-understanding-its-contribution-to-neurodegenerative-pathologies/?p201598
📝 How to Apply: : https://www.liverpool.ac.uk/doctoral-training/mrc-nwdp/apply/
This is a fantastic collaboration with the University of Manchester, working alongside secondary supervisors Hilary Ashe and Sheena Cruickshank on this interdisciplinary project.
Start date: 1 October 2027
Closing Date: 27 November 2026
Scientific fields: Cell biology, Development and disease, Homeostasis and aging, Neural development
Model systems: Drosophila
Duration: Fixed term
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