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<b><span lang="EN-US" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">Cardiff University</span></span></b><b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt"> is
offering a 3-year PhD studentship, funded by the Macular Society (UK)</span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">. Please draw your students’ attention to this opportunity (</span><u><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">note the short deadline)</span></u><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">.</span></span></b><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Candara"></span></p>
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<font face="Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18.6667px">The project will use Imaging Retinal Densitometry (IRD) technology, unique to Cardiff University, to study choroidal vasculature and photoreceptor visual pigments in age-related macular degeneration
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<font face="Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18.6667px">Funding will cover tuition fees at the UK/EU level and a tax-free stipend for 3 years. The project will be supervised by Ashley Wood, Tom Margrain, and Rhiannon Reynolds (Ophthalmologist at
Royal Gwent Hospital). Further details about the project and how to apply can be found here: <a href="https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/phd-in-vision-sciences-high-fidelity-imaging-densitometry-exploring-the-relationship-between-visual-pigment-kinetics-choroidal-vasculature-and-sub-retinal-drusenoid-deposits-in-age-related-macular-degeneration/?p122977" style="margin: 0px">https://www.findaphd.com/phds/project/phd-in-vision-sciences-high-fidelity-imaging-densitometry-exploring-the-relationship-between-visual-pigment-kinetics-choroidal-vasculature-and-sub-retinal-drusenoid-deposits-in-age-related-macular-degeneration/?p122977</a></span></font></p>
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<font face="Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18.6667px">The deadline for applications is<span> </span><u style="font-weight: bold">Tuesday 1st September 2020</u>, with an intended start date of 1st October 2020.</span></font></p>
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<font face="Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 18.6667px"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Candara; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">Informal enquiries are encouraged; please direct to Dr Ashley Wood (</span><a href="mailto:DunnMJ1@cardiff.ac.uk)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Candara; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">WoodA2@cardiff.ac.uk)</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Candara; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"> or
Prof. Tom Margrain (</span><a href="mailto:RushtonSK@cardiff.ac.uk)" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" data-auth="NotApplicable" style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14px; font-family: Candara; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">MargrainTH@cardiff.ac.uk)</span></a><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt; font-family: Candara; background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255)">.</span><br>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt"></span><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">Details about the research environment, Cardiff University, and the PhD programme can be found here: </span></span></p>
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<span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 10.5pt; font-family: Candara"><span style="margin: 0px; font-size: 14pt">Cardiff is a vibrant city, with national parks and beautiful coastline approximately 30 minutes away. There are excellent rail links to/from London
(approx. 1hr 50mins), Manchester (approx. 3hrs 30mins), Birmingham (approx. 2hrs), north and west Wales, and southwest England. Bristol, Bath, Brecon Beacons National Park, and the Cotswolds can also be visited from Cardiff. The nearest international airports
are Cardiff and Bristol, but there are also direct public transport links to London Heathrow and London Gatwick airports. More information about Cardiff and the surrounding area is available here:</span></span></p>
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