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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Reece Foundation 4-year PhD studentship in visual neuroscience and advanced retinal imaging<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Closing date: 30<sup>th</sup><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>June 2021</span></b><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">A 4-year PhD studentship, funded by a generous donation from the Reece Foundation, is available in the new adaptive optics lab Newcastle University.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="color:black">This studentship is open to students aiming to pursue research in cutting-edge basic neuroscience with the potential for clinical applications.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">This project will investigate the impact of retinal diseases, such as macular degeneration, on the control of eye movements using advanced retinal imaging technologies, with the goal of understanding whether optimal
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 ophthalmologist Will Innes. In this multidisciplinary team you will gain experience and training at the interface between engineering, optical physics, neuroscience and clinical applications of research.</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica Neue";color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">
</span><span style="color:black">Working with healthy volunteers and patients, you will gain experience in developing basic research to address clinical questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">We are looking for a candidate with a
</span><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:EN-GB">background in physics, maths, computer science or similar and a keen interest in applying your skills in the life sciences, or alternatively a background in neuroscience or similar with strong computational
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<span style="color:black">More details are available here:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/allstudents/bi037.html">https://www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate/funding/sources/allstudents/bi037.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="color:black">Interested candidates are welcome to contact Laura Young via email:<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="mailto:laura.k.young@newcastle.ac.uk"><span style="color:#0563C1">laura.k.young@newcastle.ac.uk</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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