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== PhD Studentship Opportunities ==
== MRes Opportunities for 2016/17 ==


Are you a UK national, or an EU national who has lived in the UK for the last 3 years, and interested in a PhD position in Dr Nowlan's lab? The Department of Bioengineering at Imperial College has two competitively awarded, fully funded PhD studentships for UK nationals or EU citizens resident in the UK for at least 3 years available to start in October 2012. This PhD project will investigate how mechanical forces affect prenatal skeletal development, a new and exciting research area which is highly relevant to both medicine and tissue engineering. To enquire, please email Dr Nowlan with a CV before the 7th of May (but preferably sooner). For further information on the PhD Programme in Bioengineering, and how to apply, see http://www3.imperial.ac.uk/bioengineering/courses/phd.
Opportunities are available in the Developmental Biomechanics group for enthusiastic MRes students. The research focus of the group is the importance of fetal movements for skeletal development. When a baby doesn’t move enough in the womb, their bones and joints may not form normally, and our research aims to find out why and how this can occur. Both experimental and computational projects are available, and researchers from either a biology (e.g., developmental biology, physiology, genetics) or engineering background are welcome- we are an interdisciplinary group!


== Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme ==
If you are interested in pursuing an MRes project in our group then please email [[Nowlan:Contact|Dr Nowlan]] to arrange a chat and include in your email (a) your CV and (b) a brief description of what type of project you are interested in and why. Please note that applicants must arrange their own funding sources.


A 6 week Undergraduate Research Opportunities Programme (UROP) placement is available in the Nowlan Lab during the summer of 2012. If you are a skilled C and C++ programmer, then this summer project is for you! The student chosen will be responsible for devising and testing new laboratory assignments for the second year Programming course. For more details and for information on how to apply, please contact Dr Nowlan before the 1st of May.
Possible project ideas:
* The importance of mechanical forces for spine development in the embryonic chick
* Creating a mechanobiological simulation of joint shape morphogenesis
* Computational modelling of human fetal movements
* Effects on prenatal joint development of a period of immobility followed by movement recovery in the chick model system
* Image registration analysis of joint shape development

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MRes Opportunities for 2016/17

Opportunities are available in the Developmental Biomechanics group for enthusiastic MRes students. The research focus of the group is the importance of fetal movements for skeletal development. When a baby doesn’t move enough in the womb, their bones and joints may not form normally, and our research aims to find out why and how this can occur. Both experimental and computational projects are available, and researchers from either a biology (e.g., developmental biology, physiology, genetics) or engineering background are welcome- we are an interdisciplinary group!

If you are interested in pursuing an MRes project in our group then please email Dr Nowlan to arrange a chat and include in your email (a) your CV and (b) a brief description of what type of project you are interested in and why. Please note that applicants must arrange their own funding sources.

Possible project ideas:

  • The importance of mechanical forces for spine development in the embryonic chick
  • Creating a mechanobiological simulation of joint shape morphogenesis
  • Computational modelling of human fetal movements
  • Effects on prenatal joint development of a period of immobility followed by movement recovery in the chick model system
  • Image registration analysis of joint shape development