PhD in Virology

PhD studentship at the University of Surrey funded by the British Skin Foundation to study antiviral responses that block herpes simplex virus (HSV1 and HSV2) infection of human skin./nThe project focuses on infection of keratinocytes and use of differentiated stratified 3D-skin models to investigate how keratinocytes sense HSV infection, the antiviral proteins produced, and host response pathways that control HSV infection with potential for future treatment development./nTechniques trainees will become skilled in include quantitative real-time PCR, siRNA depletion, and advanced bioimaging (confocal, high throughput and live-cell)./nThe successful applicant will join the Section of Virology at the University of Surrey. Supervisors: Professor Gill Elliott and Dr Lindsay Broadbent./nLocation: Guildford.