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Just been thinking about timelines for the Blood-based biomarkers project.

So this is a 3yr PhD project and looks to have been recruited (finding was secured, the place is no longer showing as available). It will have been too late to start this academic year so I think that would that mean starting in the 26-27 year (they also mention using the PRIME PPI group which is currently being formed). And then the project completing 3 years after that? So a paper sometime in the second half of 2029?
 
hotblack said:
Just been thinking about timelines for the Blood-based biomarkers project.

So this is a 3yr PhD project and looks to have been recruited (finding was secured, the place is no longer showing as available). It will have been too late to start this academic year so I think that would that mean starting in the 26-27 year (they also mention using the PRIME PPI group which is currently being formed). And then the project completing 3 years after that? So a paper sometime in the second half of 2029?
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They say "Start date September 2025". But I think you can start a PhD in the UK any time of year.

There are PhD programmes where the whole cohort starts in autumn. This doesn't seem to be one of those, judging based on what they say about the funding and my familiarity with some of such programmes but I might be wrong.
 
Felis Catus said:
They say "Start date September 2025". But I think you can start a PhD in the UK any time of year.

There are PhD programmes where the whole cohort starts in autumn. This doesn't seem to be one of those, judging based on what they say about the funding and my familiarity with some of such programmes but I might be wrong.
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Ah thanks, I wondered if it could start earlier, maybe this spring, although even being optimistic that doesn’t bring things forward much. I don’t think the PhD could have started in September if Chris was asking people to apply in late October. I assume that date is when ME Research gave funding rather than when the PhD actually started.
 
hotblack said:
Ah thanks, I wondered if it could start earlier, maybe this spring, although even being optimistic that doesn’t bring things forward much. I don’t think the PhD could have started in September if Chris was asking people to apply in late October. I assume that date is when ME Research gave funding rather than when the PhD actually started.
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EDIT: I was reading the ME Research link but I've just read your link from this last quote and then googled Future Medicine PhD fellowships. Seem like they'd start in Oct 2026 (https://edinburgh-infectious-diseases.ed.ac.uk/teaching-and-training/future-medicine-phd-fellowships).
Sorry for the confusion.

Just tagging you @hotblack because I've just realised you had seen the previous version of this post. I thought I was being quick enough with my edit.
 
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Actually, now I'm wondering if those are 2 positions or a single one. The ME Research link says "Funding ME Research UK with the financial assistance of E M Thompson" and the post on this thread "This 3-year fully-funded project is offered as part of the Future Medicine PhD fellowships at the University of Edinburgh".
 
I think we know that the "blood-based biomarkers" study is being funded by ME Research UK and also possibly by direct donations to ME/CFS research at Edinburgh University.

The Future Medicine scheme seems to be a donation to Edinburgh to fund 4 PhD studentships. The applicants have 13 projects to choose from. We don't know yet if the "blood-based biomarkers" research team will be joined by a Future Medicine PhD student.

Turning to the topic of glandular fever diagnosis in the UK, my GP in 1991 did blood tests to confirm my glandular fever.
 
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