Normothermic Liver and Kidney Perfusion for Organ Preservation, Drug Testing or In Situ Therapies

About the Project

Research Studentship in Normothermic Machine Perfusion

3.5-year D.Phil. studentship

Project: Normothermic Liver and Kidney Perfusion for Organ Preservation, Drug Testing or In Situ Therapies

Supervisor: Prof Robert Carlisle

Normothermic machine perfusion of either non-tumour-bearing or tumour-bearing organs is a platform technology enabling a broad array of emerging applications, including: improved organ preservation and viability testing prior to transplantation; pre-clinical testing of pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics of novel therapeutics for cancer and non-cancer applications; and in situ organ perfusion applications for targeted single-organ confined drug and gene delivery. Applications are invited for original research falling under any of these three areas towards completion of a DPhil.