PhD Inflammation Sciences

University of Manchester

Our PhD/MPhil Inflammation Sciences programme enables you to undertake a research project that will improve understanding of Inflammation Sciences. Inflammation sciences combine cutting edge research with translational biology. Principal investigators come from a variety of disciplines (medical sciences, mucosal immunology, cell biology, genetics) to address key questions in the inflammation field. Many projects are disease-focused, with an emphasis on understanding mechanism or addressing an unmet clinical need. Investigations are carried out using both human tissue and animal models to accelerate translation. State-of-the-art core facilities in flow cytometry, imaging, microscopy, bioinformatics and transgenics provide progressive approaches to complex research questions. Examples of research programmes include inflammation, tissue recovery and repair, mucosal tissue homeostasis, immune responses in the intestine, skin inflammation, neuroinflammation, lung immunity, infections and allergens in asthma, fungal lung disease,biomarkers in COPD, understanding food allergy.