Emerging Scholars Council invites applications for a fully funded Ph D project examining how platelet-released substances regulate platelet signalling and can be targeted for better therapies. Supervisors include Dr Lisa Holbrook and Dr Ioannis Smyrnias, with
Platelets are tiny circulating blood cells which prevent bleeding from damaged blood vessels (haemostasis) by becoming active at the site of injury. In addition to this crucial role, platelets can be activated inappropriately (thrombosis) leading to
Glaucoma and other optic neuropathies are among the leading causes of irreversible blindness worldwide. In the UK alone, more than one million people are living with glaucoma. Lowering elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) remains the only proven