Regulation of the Drosophila Cellular Immune Response by the Nucleokinesis Complex
Evidence is mounting that during attachment or encapsulation events leukocytes, platelets, and insect haemocytes use the same adhesion complexes as epithelial and neuronal cells. In mammalian neuronal cells a nucleokinesis complex regulates nuclear migration. There is mounting evidence that this same apparatus is important in regulating Drosophila circulating immunosurveillance cell (haemocyte) activity.
The key question of this study is to ask how the nucleokinesis complex regulates embryonic haemocyte migration.
Eligibility
Fees will be paid at UK/EU rates only. Candidates must be UK citizens or EU citizens who have resided in the UK for three years, and should hold, or expect to obtain, a First or Upper Second Class Honours degree or a Masters degree or an equivalent qualification
Commences October 2009
Application
For more information email Dr. Michael Williams at m.j.williams[ at ]abdn.ac.uk
