{"id":2639,"date":"2020-04-27T09:56:01","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T08:56:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/?p=2639"},"modified":"2020-04-28T10:31:05","modified_gmt":"2020-04-28T09:31:05","slug":"new-msc-r-projects-in-covid-19-areas-starting-september-2020","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/04\/27\/new-msc-r-projects-in-covid-19-areas-starting-september-2020\/","title":{"rendered":"New MSc-R projects in COVID-19 areas starting September 2020"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"lead\">The School of Biosciences is actively engaged in finding new ways to combat\u00a0the COVID-19 crisis.<\/p>\n<p>The School has just announced four new projects suitable for one-year MSc by research students in this exciting area. Brief project descriptions are available by clicking on the first supervisor\u2019s name. More detailed information is available by contacting the supervisor directly, or contact our <a href=\"mailto:biopgadmin@kent.ac.uk?subject=MSc-R%20project\">PG coordinator<\/a> for advice on how to apply.<\/p>\n<p>The full portfolio of MSc by research projects offered by the School for September 2020 entry can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/news\/2494\/msc-by-research-project-opportunities-for-september-2020\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Please note that all our MSc by research projects incur an additional research cost of \u00a31500.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Generation of Coronavirus protein antigens for development of diagnostics and novel vaccine approaches<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/1189\/smales-mark#supervision\"><br \/>\nProfessors Mark Smales<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/1283\/warren-martin\">Martin Warren<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Investigating the determinants of SARS Coronavirus-2 pathogenicity <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/1137\/wass-mark#supervision\"> Dr Mark Wass<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/648\/michaelis-martin\">Professor Martin Michaelis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Towards quinine analogs for novel Covid-19 (SARS-CoV-2) therapeutics \u00a0<a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/1064\/moore-simon#supervision\">Dr Simon Moore<\/a> and <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/1169\/robinson-gary\">Dr Gary Robinson<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Investigating the effect of both symptomatic and asymptomatic COVID-19 infections in the diversity of the human gut microbiome <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/653\/tsaousis-anastasios#supervision\">Dr Anastasios Tsaousis<\/a> and <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/www.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/people\/1028\/rossman-jeremy\">Dr Jeremy Rossman<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul class=\"kent-social-links\"><li><a href='http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/04\/27\/new-msc-r-projects-in-covid-19-areas-starting-september-2020\/&amp;t=New MSc-R projects in COVID-19 areas starting September 2020' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-facebook' title='Share via Facebook'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/twitter.com\/home?status=New MSc-R projects in COVID-19 areas starting September 2020%20https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/04\/27\/new-msc-r-projects-in-covid-19-areas-starting-september-2020\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-twitter' title='Share via Twitter'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='https:\/\/plus.google.com\/share?url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/04\/27\/new-msc-r-projects-in-covid-19-areas-starting-september-2020\/' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-google-plus' title='Share via Google Plus'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='http:\/\/linkedin.com\/shareArticle?mini=true&amp;url=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/04\/27\/new-msc-r-projects-in-covid-19-areas-starting-september-2020\/&amp;title=New MSc-R projects in COVID-19 areas starting September 2020' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-linkedin' title='Share via Linked In'><\/i><\/a><\/li><li><a href='mailto:content=https:\/\/blogs.kent.ac.uk\/biosciences\/2020\/04\/27\/new-msc-r-projects-in-covid-19-areas-starting-september-2020\/&amp;title=New MSc-R projects in COVID-19 areas starting September 2020' target='_blank'><i class='ksocial-email' title='Share via Email'><\/i><\/a><\/li><\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The School of Biosciences is actively engaged in finding new ways to combat\u00a0the COVID-19 crisis. 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