Microfluidic cell isolation systems for sepsis
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- Location
- Southampton, United Kingdom
- Funding
- Competition funded; £17,668 tax-free each year
- Application deadline
- See university guidance
About the project
In this fully funded PhD project, you’ll develop novel microfluidic technologies for early diagnosis of sepsis.
Better treatment tools are urgently needed for blood-borne infections that can develop into sepsis, whether bacterial or fungal. In many cases, the organisms responsible for the illness are highly resistant to drugs, which makes treating them difficult.
Choosing the most appropriate treatment is a slow process that can take days. Health services identify the best antibiotic using an Antibiotic Susceptibility Test (AST), a technique that has not changed for decades. The test extracts as few as 10 bacteria per ml of blood, which presents a challenge.
You will be developing a new generation of microfluidic tools to isolate the causative organisms. Once isolated, their susceptibility to antibiotics will be tested using a recently developed rapid AST.
The PhD project is part funded through the Southampton Biomedical Research Centre and part of a long-term collaborative project with the UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA).
Professor Hywel Morgan MBE
- Microfluidics
- Bio-sensors
- Lab-on-a-chip technologies
Supervisors
- Supervisors: DS Dr Daniel Spencer Lecturer
Dr Daniel Spencer
- Dr Daniel Spencer: Lecturer
Entry requirements
A 2:1 honours degree, or its international equivalent.
Fees and funding
For UK students, tuition fees and a stipend of £17,668 tax-free each year for up to 3.5 years.
How to apply
Apply now
You need to:
Applications should include:
- choose programme type (Research), 2022/23, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
- choose PhD in Electronics and electrical engineering (Full time)
- add name of the supervisor (Hywel Morgan) in section 2
- a research proposal
- your cv (resumé)
- 2 reference letters
- degree transcripts to date
Faculty of engineering and physical sciences
Email: feps-pgr-apply@soton.ac.uk
Project leader
If you wish to discuss any details of the project informally, please contact Dr George Konstantinidis.
Email: hm@ecs.soton.ac.uk
Phone: +44 (0)23 8059 3330