Food Safety Promotion Board Research Studentship

Applicants are invited for a fully funded PhD studentship, funded bythe Food Safety Promotion Board, tenable in the School of BiomedicalSciences, Coleraine Campus (EU students including students from the Republic of Ireland are eligible for funding). Dr Patrick Naughton and Dr James Dooley will supervise the project.

Applicantsshould hold or expect to hold a first or upper second class honoursdegree or equivalent in Biology/Biomedical Science or a relateddiscipline. Knowledge of microbiology and molecular biology methods anda full driving license would be an advantage. Successful candidate willenrol on a full-time programme of research studies leading to the awardof the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Thestudentship will comprise fees, home rate only, together with an annualstipend of £12,000 and will be awarded for a period of up to threeyears subject to satisfactory progress.

The closing date for applications is Friday 24 th June 2005 and interviews will be held in July 2005.

Thisis a multicentre project funded by the FSPB, involving with theNational Food Centre (Dublin), University College Dublin, QueensUniversity Belfast and the University of Ulster. The successfulcandidate will have the opportunity to develop links with other centresand attend conferences and workshops. The project will be carried outin the Centre for Molecular Biosciences at the University of Ulster,Coleraine Campus. The successful candidate will be involved with theactivities of two of the recognised research groups in the School ofBiomedical Sciences, the Northern Ireland Centre for Food and Healthand the Microbial Biotechnology Research Group. The School ofBiomedical Sciences has an international reputation and has received anexcellence score (5*) in the two previous Research Assessment Exercises(UK).

The primary aim of the project is to determine the effect of different management systems on the incidence of Salmonellain pigs and pig meat on the island of Ireland. This project willinvolve an investigation of the occurrence of various phage types of Salmonellain pigs and pig meat products. The student will be trained inconventional microbiological and molecular microbiology techniques andthe student will be required to undertake field work collecting samplesin production plants and retail outlets.

For informal discussions please contact Dr Patrick Naughton by email

Further details and application materials are available from::

Hazel Campbell
Research Office,
University of Ulster,
Cromore Road,
Coleraine,
BT52 1SA

Source: Food Safety Promotion Board Research Studentship