Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Dr David Adams Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: da1@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Experimental cancer genetics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/adams-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maria Alcolea Department: Department of Oncology Email: mpa28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epithelial Cell Fate and Plasticity Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/alcolea Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Antonis Antoniou Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care Email: aca20@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cancer genetic epidemiology, cancer risk modelling, genetic epidemiology of BRCA1, BRCA2 and other cancer susceptibility genes Website: http://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/centre-for-cancer-genetic-epidemiology-... Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Department: Department of Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular cell biology Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ashcroft/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Tristan Barrett Department: Department of Radiology Email: tb507@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Prostate cancer Imaging Genito-urinary Radiology Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sam Behjati Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: sb31@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cancer genomics and single cell transcriptomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/behjati-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mariann Bienz Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mb2@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular Mechanism of Wnt signalling and cancer Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/m-bienz Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Giulia Biffi Department: Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Email: Giulia.Biffi@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Pancreatic Cancer Website: https://biffilab.wordpress.com/our-team/ Themes: Cancer Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jamie Blundell Department: Department of Oncology Email: jrb75@cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary dynamics of cancer a disease of somatic evolution in our tissues. Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/our-research/blundell Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Boemo Department: Department of Pathology Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developing computational methods that show how dysregulation or faults in cell cycle mechanisms can result in cancer Website: https://www.boemogroup.org/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bohndiek Department: Department of Physics / Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute Email: seb53@cam.ac.uk Topic: Optical molecular imaging for early cancer detection Website: www.bohndieklab.org Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Louise Boyle Department: Department of Pathology Email: lhb22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Antigen presentation to cells of the immune system Website: www.teamtapbpr.co.uk Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Bradley Department: Department of Medicine Email: jrb1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation and function of death receptors in the microvasculature; factors influencing access to treatment and outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/bradley/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrea Brand Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: a.brand@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cells to synapses: regulation of self-renewal and differentiation in the nervous system Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/brand Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Brenton Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: james.brenton@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Ovarian cancer prognostic markers predictive markers bioinformaticsexpression profiling clinical trial design using molecular end points Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/brenton-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kevin Brindle Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: kmb1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular imaging in Cancer Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/brindle-group Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Guy Brown Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gcb3@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microglia, neuroinflammation & neurodegeneration Website: www.microglia.info/guybrown Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Neil Burnet Department: Department of Oncology Email: ngb21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Advanced radiotherapy techniques stereotactic radiotherapy radiosurgery intensity-modulated radiotherapy primary brain tumours Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/burnet.html Themes: Cancer Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Carlos Caldas Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Carlos.Caldas@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Breast cancer; genomics proteomics metabolomics and bioinformatics Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/caldas-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Peter Campbell Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: pc8@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cancer genetics and genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/campbell-peter Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jason Carroll Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: jason.carroll@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nuclear receptor transcription Website: http://www.carroll-lab.org.uk/ Themes: Cancer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mike Chapman Department: Department of Haematology (NHSBT) Email: mac54@cam.ac.uk Topic: Myeloma and normal lymphoid biology Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-mike-chapman-2/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Murray Clarke Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clarke/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Menna Clathworthy Department: Department of Medicine Email: mrc38@cam.ac.uk Topic: Tissue immunity in health and disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clatworthy/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Francesco Colucci Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: fc287@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Immune cells at the fetal maternal interface; Control of tumour growth by immunity; Cell transplantation Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-francesco-colucci/ Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Cook Department: Babraham Institute Email: simon.cook@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of MAP and SAPK pathways and their role in cell proliferation apoptosis and oncogenesis Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/simon-cook Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Isidro Cortes-Ciriano Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: icortes@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Cancer Genomics Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/cortes-ciriano Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Pau Creixell Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: pau.creixell@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cancer Signaling and Therapeutics Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/creixell-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mireia Crispin Department: Department of Oncology Email: mc973@cam.ac.uk Topic: We use machine learning and computational data integration models to understand cancer on multiple scales, from medical imaging down to molecular profiles Website: https://micrisor.github.io/ Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ana Cvejic Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: as889@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental Haematopoiesis Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-ana-cvejic/ Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Pier Paolo D'Avino Department: Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division) Email: ppd21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation and mechanics of cell division and its de-regulation in cancer cells Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/paolo-davino Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marc de la Roche Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mad58@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncogenic Wnt signaling in cancer Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/delaroche Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maike de la Roche Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Maike.DeLaRoche@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the role of the Hedgehog signalling pathway in the adaptive anti-tumour response Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/de-la-roche-group Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ming-Qing Du Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: mqd20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Lymphomagenesis; molecular pathology in diagnosis and prognosis Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ming-du Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Dunning Department: Department of Oncology Email: amd24@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Common low-penetrance risk factors for breast cancer Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/dunning.html Themes: Cancer, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helena Earl Department: Department of Oncology Email: hme22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clinical and translational research breast and ovarian cancers sarcomas Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/earl.html Themes: Cancer Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Douglas Easton Department: Department of Public Health and Primary Care (Department of Oncology) Email: dfe20@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic epidemiology (especially cancer) and statistical genetics Website: http://www.srl.cam.ac.uk/genepi/index.html Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Edgar Department: Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology) Email: je333@cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-edgar Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tim Eisen Department: Department of Oncology Email: tgqe2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clinical and translational research management of Renal Cancer Lung Cancer and Pre-malignant Lung Disease Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/eisen.html Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Gerard Evan Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gie20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Using Switchable Mouse Genetic Models to Validate Therapeutic Cancer Targets Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/evan.html Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christine Farr Department: Department of Genetics Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-farr Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Fernandez-Antoran Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: df336@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell competition and radiation biology Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/fernandez-antoran Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jasmin Fisher Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: jf416@cam.ac.uk Topic: Executable Biology Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/fisher Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rebecca Fitzgerald Department: Department of Oncology (MRC Cancer Unit) Email: rcf29@cam.ac.uk Topic: Lead for Early Cancer Detection Programme. Ownb research group on developing new approaches for early detection of oesophageal and gastric cancer based on understanding how the cancer develops and evolves. Website: https://www.earlydetectioncambridge.org.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Oliver Florey Department: Babraham Institute Email: oliver.florey@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Autophagy (self eating) macroendocytosis (digestion of extracellular material) and entosis (a recently discovered form of cell cannibalism) Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/oliver-florey Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ferdia Gallagher Department: Department of Radiology Email: fag1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncological Imaging Biomarkers Hyperpolarised 13C MRI Website: https://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic... Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mathew Garnett Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/garnett-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fanni Gergely Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: fanni.gergely@cancer.org.uk Topic: The role of cytoskeleton in cell division and polarity Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/gergely-group Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Moritz Gerstung Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: moritz.gerstung@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Cancer Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/gerstung Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivier Giger Department: Department of Pathology Email: otg22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour, Colorectal Cancer, Hereditary Cancer Syndromes, Brain Cancer Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/olivier-giger Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gilbert Department: Department of Radiology Email: fjg28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Breast and Oncology Imaging and Magnetic Resonance Imaging Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Gilbertson Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Richard.Gilbertson@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular origins of brain tumours with the aim of developing new cancer cures Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/gilbertson-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Glover Department: Department of Genetics Email: dmg25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitotic protein kinases centrosomes microtubule associated proteins Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-glover Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bertie Gottgens Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/gottgens Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Green Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: arg1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Haematopoietic stem cells/leukemia Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Halim Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/halim-group Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Greg Hannon Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hannon-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Hendrich Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hendrich Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Topic: B lymphocyte development and malignant transformation towards leukaemia Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-daniel-hodson/ Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jon Houseley Department: Babraham Institute Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms by which cells adapt to their environment Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/jon-houseley Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate Hughes Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/hughes Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Brian Huntly Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bjph2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Leukaemia stem cells Leukaemogenesis cancer biology Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Laura Itzhaki Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: lsi10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Integrating biophysics into medicine: cell cycle regulation and protein degradation Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lsi10@cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Duncan Jodrell Department: Department of Oncology Email: dij21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clinical and translational research Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/jodrell.html Themes: Cancer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randall Johnson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Phil Jones Department: Department of Oncology Email: phj20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem Cells and Cancer Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/directory/p-jones Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Arthur Kaser Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell. Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/arthur-kaser/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Walid Khaled Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk Topic: The interface between basic developmental biology and cancer development Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/wtk22@cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Kouzarides Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/tony-kouzarides Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Torsten Krude Department: Department of Zoology Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of human chromosome replication Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-torsten-krude Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Heike Laman Department: Department of Pathology Email: hl316@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ubiquitin ligases, cancer, Parkinson's disease, proteostasis, mitochondria, cell cycle Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/heike-laman Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elisa Laurenti Department: Department of Haematology Email: el422@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human haematopoiesis Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/laurenti Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee Department: Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jhl62@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cells and niches in tissue homeostasis, regeneration, and disease Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/lee Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Lindon Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: acl34@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of human cell division by proteolysis Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lindon Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Trevor Littlewood Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: tdl2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncogenic signalling in cancer Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/littlewood Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Bidesh Mahata Department: Department of Pathology Email: bm562@ca.ac.uk Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/bidesh-mahata Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Marioni Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: John.Marioni@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Developing computational tools to handle big data - using single cell genomics to study cell fate and early development Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/marioni-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Florian Markowetz Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: florian.markowetz@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Statistical and machine learning methodology to leverage complex biological data sources for biomarker discovery reconstruction of gene networks and diagnosis of disrupted signaling pathways in tumors. Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/markowetz-group Themes: Cancer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Inigo Martincorena Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: im3@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Somatic evolution Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/martincorena-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Michael Mason Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: mjm39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ion Channels in Leukaemia Calcium Signalling in Non-Excitable Cells Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-mason Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Charlie Massie Department: Department of Oncology Email: cem45@cam.ac.uk Topic: Risk stratification and precision medicine in early stage prostate cancer using non-invasive biomarkers and high-sensitivity genomics approaches. Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/our-research/massie Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Simon Mendez-Ferrer Department: Department of Haematology, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: sm2116@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell niche regulation Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/mendez-ferrer Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Miska Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/eric-miska Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helen Mott Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: hrm28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure, dynamics and interactions of proteins involved in signal transduction Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mott Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Munoz-Espin Department: Department of Oncology Email: dm742@cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of novel tools and nanodevices for cancer therapy and diagnosis. Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/our-research/munoz-espin Themes: Cancer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transmissible cancers Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthew Murray Department: Department of Pathology Email: mjm16@cam.ac.uk Topic: Investigating genomic and non-coding RNA abnormalties in cancer Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-murray Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jyoti Nangalia Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/nangalia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Masashi Narita Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Masashi.Narita@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cellular senescence and tumour suppressors Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/narita-group Themes: Cancer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kelly Nguyen Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: knguyen@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanism of telomere maintenance and the roles of telomeres in human diseases Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/kelly-nguyen/ Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug Department: Department of Pathology Email: ko256@cam.ac.uk Topic: PI3K in immunity infection and cancer Website: https://www.okkengroup.path.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Darerca Owen Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: do@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure function relationships in small G proteins involved in cancer progression Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/owen.html Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr K J Patel Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kjp@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: in mRNA Polyadenylation Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/kj-patel Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Manav Pathania Department: Department of Oncology Email: mp915@cam.ac.uk Topic: Brain tumours Website: https://www.pathanialab.com/ Themes: Cancer, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Virginia Pedicord Department: Department of Medicine Email: vap33@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microbiota effects on host physiology Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/virginia-pedicord/ |
| Name: Dr Evangelia Petsalaki Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Cell signalling, systems biology, computational biology Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Pharoah Department: Department of Oncology (Department of Public Health and Primary Care) Email: paul1@srl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic epidemiology of breast and ovarian cancer Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/pharoah.html Themes: Cancer, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anna Philpott Department: Department of Oncology Email: ap113@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental biology cell cycle cancer neurogenesis Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/philpott.html Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Rawlins Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: elr21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem and progenitor cells in the mammalian lung Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/rawlins Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ingo Ringshausen Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: ir279@cam.ac.uk Topic: B cell tumours, microenvironment Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/ringshausen Themes: Cancer Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nitzan Rosenfeld Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Nitzan.Rosenfeld@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of novel diagnostic tools for cancer through the application of molecular and genomic technologies Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/rosenfeld-group Themes: Cancer Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Rowitch Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: dhr25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Glial Cells and Response to Injury Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/rowitch Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Oscar Rueda Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: Oscar.Rueda@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of statistical models for the analysis of large genomic and transcriptomic datasets. Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/n-to-s/oscar-... Themes: Cancer Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kourosh Saeb-Parsy Department: Department of Surgery Email: ks10014@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy Website: www.saeb-parsy.group.cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Evis Sala Department: Department of Radiology Email: es220@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncological Imaging Genitourinary Imaging CT MRI PET/CT PET/MR Website: http://radiology.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/departmental-staff/academic-... Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Women's Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julian Sale Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/jes/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Benedicte Sanson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: bs251@cam.ac.uk Topic: We use genetics live confocal imaging computational analysis of cell behaviours and mathematical modeling to understand the morphogenesis of epithelia in developing Drosophila embryos Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/benedicte-sanson Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Sargan Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: drs20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Comparative and disease genetics. Mapping Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) associated genes, cancer prediposition genes; inherited eye diseases and other inherited diseases in dogs and other companion animals Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/drs20@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marisa Segal Department: Department of Genetics Email: ms433@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell cycle control of mitotic spindle morphogenesis in budding yeast Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/marisa-segal Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jacqui Shields Department: Department of Oncology (MRC Cancer Unit) Email: js970@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Stroma function in the tumour microenvironment Website: http://www.mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk/shields.html Themes: Cancer Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Benjamin Simons Department: Gurdon Institute, Stem Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Email: bds10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental biology of epithelial tissues and cancer Website: http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bds10/ Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Elizabeth Soilleux Department: Department of Pathology Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/elizabeth-soilleux Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mike Stratton Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: cl24@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cancer genetics and genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/stratton-sir-mike Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Suckling Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: js369@cam.ac.uk Topic: Brain imaging methods and analysisPsychiatry, Brain Imaging, Bioinformatics, Cognitive recovery, Neuroscience Website: https://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?js369 Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Suzanne Turner Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: sdt36@cam.ac.uk Topic: Paediatric cancer Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/suzanne-turner Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis Department: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: kt404@cam.ac.uk Topic: RNA modifications in stem cell homeostasis Website: https://www.bio.cam.ac.uk/staff/konstantinos-tzelepis Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor George Vassiliou Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Leukamia, pre-leukaemia, clonal haematopoiesis, clonal evolution Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/vassiliou Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Thierry Voet Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: tv2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Single-cell genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/voet-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alan Warren Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ajw1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of ribosome assembly Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-alan-j-warren-fmedsci Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Douglas Winton Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Doug.Winton@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Intestinal biology colon cancer stem cell biology Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/winton-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Philipp Zegerman Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: paz20@cam.ac.uk Topic: DNA replication Website: http://www2.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/~zegermanlab Themes: Cancer Applications from potential students are welcome |
