Anatomy - Structured

Modern Anatomy is about placing function in a structural context and providing adequate spatial and temporal resolution of cellular events.



Postgraduate students will be expected to complete a research project within one of our areas of interest using the extensive range of technologies available in the discipline of Anatomy. Students are required to take a number of taught modules. The Graduate Studies website provides further details on Structured PhD Programmes.



Additionally, it is envisaged that postgraduate students will participate in scientific cross-over with intra-institutional and external laboratories. It is also expected that the PhD students would contribute to teaching activities of the discipline.



Admission to our research programmes requires prior approval of the discipline.

Please contact the discipline administrator to arrange to meet the relevant staff member for informal discussion concerning research degrees.



Anatomy is a key node within the National Biophotonics and Imaging Platform http://www.nbipireland.ie and is part of the Euro-BioImaging network.

PhD candidates should normally have a high honours standard in a relevant academic discipline at primary degree level or equivalent together with the support of an academic staff member who is approved by the College to supervise the research in terms of its nature and scope.



Additional entry requirements

Candidates may be required to submit a research proposal for consideration by the School as part of their application.

Course Code: PHDS-ANAT



Applications are made online via the NUI Galway Postgraduate Applications System.

PhD (Anatomy), full-time

PhD (Anatomy), part-time

MSc (Anatomy), full-time

MSc (Anatomy), part-time

Research Areas


Reproductive Biology

Neurobiology

Matrix Biology

Chromosome Biology

Cardiovascular Biology

Tissue Engineering

Development

Glycobiology

Medical Imaging


Specialised areas of interest


Integrative reproduction: structure / function of human endometrium, environmental endocrine disruption, fetomaternal interface


In vivo and in vitro study of human diseases


Normal and pathological development


Role of the extracellular matrix, of matrix receptors and signalling in vivo


Phenotypic analysis of models


In vitro model systems—cell micropatterning and microfluidics

Biomaterials tissue interactions


Neuroscience: spinal cord development and injury

Cellular responses to DNA damage


Specific contribution to national biophotonics and imaging platform


Education, molecular and cellular imaging, imaging technology cores


Neuroimaging: Understanding the biological basis of mood and anxiety disorders and psychosis



Technologies available


Sampling design; Stereology; Image analysis

Microscopy: Confocal / ambient and low temperature Electron Microscopy

Immunocytochemistry

In situ hybridization (at the light and electron microscopical level)

PCR

Lectin Histochemistry

Behavioural/phenotypic Characterisation (Organ/cell)

Cell culture models and/or 3D cell culture systems

In vivo and post-mortem human brain imaging using structural and diffusion MRI, advanced MR image analysis such as non-tensor based tractography