PhD Studentship: Hydration, Metabolic Health and Physical Function Across Adulthood

This undertaking takes an integrative physiology method to know how hydration/24-h water consumption affect metabolic well being and bodily operate in younger/older adults, significantly within the context of local weather change/world warming.

The undertaking will contain laboratory-based human knowledge assortment (cross-sectional or intervention research) to know the affect of hydration/24-h water consumption on metabolic well being/purposeful outcomes in youthful/older adults. This human knowledge assortment can be accompanied by in-vitro/ex-vivo experiments to research related intracellular signalling pathways.

The Doctoral Researcher will develop expertise concerned in working human/train vitamin intervention research, the gathering and evaluation of assorted human samples (e.g. blood, urine, saliva, and probably muscle), measurement of bodily operate by numerous laboratory-based assessments, and molecular biology methods (e.g. RT-qPCR and western blot evaluation). There can also be the chance to use steady isotope strategies to review water stability utilizing deuterium oxide.

This studentship is funded by the Leicester Biomedical Analysis Centre which is a collaboration between Loughborough College, College Hospitals of Leicester NHS Belief and the College of Leicester. The BRC’s objective is to translate scientific breakthroughs in these areas into diagnostic assessments, preventions and life-saving therapies for sufferers.

Supervisors:

Major supervisor: Dr Lewis James

Secondary supervisors: Dr Neil Martin ; Dr Hannah Dugdale ; Dr Jakob Škarabot

Entry standards:

• Candidates ought to have, or count on to attain, at the least a 2:1 Honours diploma (or equal) in Sport and Train Sciences, Human Diet, Human Physiology or a associated topic. An MSc in a related topic could be a bonus.
• Potential to work independently, as a part of a wider group and with members of the general public
• Robust communication and glorious inter-personal expertise
• Enthusiasm, ardour and curiosity within the subject space

Charges and funding:

The studentship is for 3 years and supplies a tax-free stipend of £18,622 each year during the studentship plus tuition charges on the UK fee. Resulting from funding restrictions, that is solely accessible to these eligible for UK charges.

Tips on how to apply:

All purposes must be made on-line . Underneath programme identify, choose SSEHS. Please quote the marketed reference quantity: SSEHS/LJBRC in your utility.

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