The Reproduction, Development & Lifelong Health (including Physiology) Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Developmental Biology
- Tissue Regeneration & Stem Cells
- Reproduction & Fetal Development
- Nervous System Development & Cognition
- Tissue Morphogenesis & Mechanobiology
- Model Organisms
- Epigenetics & Chromatin Remodelling
- Cardiovascular Physiology
- Imaging & Microscopy Techniques
- Cell Fate Decision & Tissue Patterning
- Cancer Biology
- Cell biology
Principal Investigators in this theme:
| Name: Dr Richard Adams Topic: Quantitative analysis of morphogenesis using microscopy Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rja46@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/adams/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Julie Ahringer Topic: Regulation of chromatin structure and function in C. elegans Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: ja219@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/ahringer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Aiken Topic: metabolism in pregnancy reproductive aging developmental programming Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-catherine-aiken/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maria P. Alcolea Topic: Epithelial Cell Fate and Plasticity Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology Email: mpa28@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/alcolea Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Irving Aye Topic: Metabolic control of epigenetics during early placental development Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Obstetrics & Gynaecology Email: Ia319@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: Ayelaboratory.com Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Clare Baker Topic: Development and evolution of the vertebrate electrosensory lateral line system Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Physiology ,Development and Neuroscience Email: cvhb1@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/clare-baker Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sumru Bayin Topic: Neural stem cell biology during development and repair Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Gurdon Institute, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: nsb44@cam.ac.uk Website: www.bayinlab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Howard Baylis Topic: Intracellular signalling mechanisms regulating the development and physiology of C. elegans Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Zoology Email: hab28@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/baylis Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Omer Bayraktar Topic: Cellular genetics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ob5@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/bayraktar-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kathryn Beardsall Topic: Perinatal metabolism: impact on short term care and long term health Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: kb274@cam.ac.uk Website: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-sta... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sam Behjati Topic: Cancer genomics and single cell transcriptomics Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: sb31@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/behjati-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elia Benito Gutierrez Topic: Evo-Devo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Zoology Email: eb647@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/elia-benito-gutierrez Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Barbara Blacklaws Topic: Pathogenesis of and immunity to virus infections Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Veterinary Medicine Email: bab2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/bab2@cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Topic: Development of the brain, behaviour and mental health in human adolescence Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychology Email: sjblakemore@psychol.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-sarah-jayne-blakemore Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Thorsten Boroviak Topic: Implantation germ cell specification and the continuum of pluripotent states in primate embryogenesis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: teb45@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/thorsten-bovoriak/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Cecilia Brassett Topic: Clinically applied anatomical research Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: cb457@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/cecilia-brassett Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bray Topic: From stem cells to tissues: Notch regulatory dynamics in development and disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sarah-bray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jose Casal-Jimenez Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Zoology Email: jec85@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/jose-casal Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor D Stephen Charnock-Jones Topic: Placental development high throughput sequencing genomics regulation of endothelial cell function in health and disease translational research Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health, Clinical Science Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: dscj1@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-steve-charnock-... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lucy Cheke Topic: Episodic memory and episodic foresight Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychology Email: lgc23@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/directory/lucy-cheke Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor William Colledge Topic: Mammalian Reproductive Physiology using Mouse Models Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: PDN Email: whc23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/bill-colledge Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Francesco Colucci Topic: Immunology of reproduction, Infections, Cancer Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health, Clinical Science Department: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: fc287@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-francesco-colucci/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Miguel Constancia Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Metabolic Research Laboratories (MRL) Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/miguel-co... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anne Corcoran Topic: Epigenetic and chromatin remodeling mechanisms that regulate immunoglobulin gene rearrangement (VDJ recombination) in B lymphocytes in particular non-coding RNA transcription and nuclear organization Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Babraham Institute Email: anne.corcoran@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/anne-corcoran Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gerry Crossan Topic: Maintenance of genome stability in the germline Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gcrossan@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/gerry-crossan/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ana Cvejic Topic: Developmental Haematopoiesis Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: as889@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-ana-cvejic/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Robbie Duschinsky Topic: child and family mental health, the integration of health and social care for children and families, and the use of qualitative methods within primary care research Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Public Health and Primary Care Email: rd522@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/pcu-group/pcu-senior-academic-staff/ro... Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics and epigenetics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Department: Department of Genetics Email: afsmith@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/anne-ferguson-smith Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Fernandez-Antoran Topic: Cell competition and radiation biology Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: df336@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/fernandez-antoran Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Forhead Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Abigail Fowden Topic: Fetal and placental physiology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: alf1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/abigail-fowden Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kristian Franze Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/franze/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jennifer Gallop Topic: Dynamics and regulation of filopodia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry and Gurdon Institute Email: jlg38@cam.ac.uk Website: www.gallop.group Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Susan Golombok Topic: New family forms; parent-child relationships Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health Department: Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research) Email: seg42@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/directory/SusanGolombok Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Bertie Gottgens Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/gottgens Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Green Topic: Haematopoietic stem cells/leukemia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: arg1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/green Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sir John Gurdon Topic: Nuclear reprogramming through oocytes Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Zoology (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: j.gurdon@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/gurdon Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Greg Hannon Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hannon-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Hendrich Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hendrich Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Allan Herbison Topic: Neural control of fertility Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health Department: PDN Email: aeh36@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/allan-herbison Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Melissa Hines Topic: Gonadal hormone and socialization influences on human brain and behaviour across the lifespan Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health Department: Psychology Email: mh504@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/mh504@cam.ac.uk Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Nicola Holdstock Topic: Neonatal medicine and physiology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: nbh10@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/nbh10@cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Roman Hovorka Topic: Relationship between insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion. Longitudinal analysis of metabolic disturbances in Type 2 diabetes. Artificial pancreas Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Paediatrics (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: rh347@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/Staff/PI/Hovroka/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Susan Imrie Topic: Family functioning in new family forms with a focus on parent-child relationship quality child development and children’s perceptions of their families Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Psychology Email: si275@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Johnson Topic: Typical at-risk and atypical functional brain development in human infants and toddlers using a variety of different brain imaging cognitive behavioural genetic and computational modelling techniques Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychology Email: mj492@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-mark-johnson Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Peter Jones Topic: Epidemiology etiology and developmental dimensions of psychiatric disorders; schizophrenia and the psychoses Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: pbj21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?pbj21 Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Philip Jones Topic: Epithelial pre cancer and somatic mutation Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Oncology Email: phj20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/group/jones-group/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Henrik Jönsson Topic: Development of live imaging techniques and Computational Morphodynamics models at the cellular level. Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: henrik.jonsson@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/directory/jonsson-henrik Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir Topic: Myelin plasticity and regeneration Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: rk385@cam.ac.u Website: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira Topic: Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Germline Stem Cell Biology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Genetics / Physiology, Email: felipe.karam-teixeira@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: https://karamteixeira.wixsite.com/website Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Walid Khaled Topic: Tumour initiation and ageing Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Pharmacology - Stem cell Institute Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk Website: www.wtklab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Golnar Kolahgar Topic: Extrinsic regulation of intestinal proliferation and gut maintenance in Drosophila Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: gk262@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/golnar-kolahgar Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Kotter Topic: Specification and differentiation of neural stem / precursor cells Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wellcome Trust and MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: mrk25@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/mkotter Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Zoe Kourtzi Topic: Neuroscience of lifelong learning and brain plasticity; AI-guided solutions for neurodegenerative and mental health disorders Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychology Email: zk240@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.abg.psychol.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Heike Laman Topic: Ubiquitin ligases, cancer, Parkinson's disease, proteostasis, mitochondria, cell cycle Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: hl316@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/heike-laman Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthias Landgraf Topic: Nervous system development and plasticity, with focus on critical periods and metabolic byproducts as instructive signals, such as reactive oxygen species. Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Zoology Email: ml10006@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/cell-and-developmental-biology/neural... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Delphine Larrieu Topic: Nuclear envelope dysfunction in ageing and premature ageing syndromes Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Pharmacology Email: dl437@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.larrieulab.com/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Victoria Leong Topic: Parent-infant social interactions, neural synchrony, social learning Themes: Department: Department of Pediatrics Email: vvec2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://blogs.ntu.edu.sg/baby-linc/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Locke Topic: Plant and microbial systems biology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: james.locke@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/locke-james Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hansong Ma Topic: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: h.ma@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/ma Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Marioni Topic: Developing computational tools to handle big data - using single cell genomics to study cell fate and early development Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: John.Marioni@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/marioni-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Inigo Martincorena Topic: Somatic evolution Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: im3@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/martincorena-group Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Andrew McCaskie Topic: Trauma and orthopaedics research Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Surgery (Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Research) Email: awm41@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.orthopaedics.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-andrew-w-mccaskie/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate McDole Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/kate-mcdole/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ashley Moffett Topic: NK cells pregnancy trophoblast HLA Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: am485@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ashley-moffett Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edwige Moyroud Topic: Genetics, Development, Evolution, Plant biology, Evo-Devo, Flower development, Molecular Biology, Imaging, Modeling, Pattern formation, Cell differentiation, Pollinator behaviour Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: The Sainsbury Laboratory and Department of Genetics Email: em500@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-edwige-moyroud Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Leila Muresan Topic: Microscopy image analysis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/muresan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Murray Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-murray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthew Murray Topic: Investigating genomic and non-coding RNA abnormalties in cancer Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Pathology Email: mjm16@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-murray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jyoti Nangalia Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/nangalia Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kathy Niakan Topic: Early human development Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: kkn21@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/niakan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ken Ong Topic: Childhood obesity, growth and development, and relationships to adult metabolic disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit / Department of Paediatrics Email: ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/ken-ong/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Susan Ozanne Topic: Early life programming of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/susan-oza... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Roger Pedersen Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine (developmental biology) Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health Department: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: ralp2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/rpede... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof. Luca Pellegrini Topic: Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and recombination Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: lp212@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/pellegrini.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Perry Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Institute of Metabolic Science Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/john-perry/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anna Philpott Topic: developmental biology, stem cell biology, cancer Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: ap113@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/philpott Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Rawlins Topic: Stem and progenitor cells in the mammalian lung Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: PDN/Gurdon Email: elr21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/rawlins Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Teresa Rayon Topic: Comparative Stem Cell Dynamics lab Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: teresa.rayon@babraham.ac.uk Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/teresa-rayon Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Robinson Topic: Plant development with a particular focus on biomechanics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: sarah.robinson@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/robinson-group Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katja Roper Topic: The Cell Biology and Mechanics of Dynamic Epithelia during Organ Formation Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: PDN; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kr250@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/katja-roper/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Rowitch Topic: Glial Cells and Response to Injury Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Clinical Science Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: dhr25@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/rowitch Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Peter Rugg-Gunn Topic: Human developmental epigenetics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Babraham Institute Email: peter.rugg-gunn@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/peter-rugg-gunn Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kourosh Saeb-Parsy Topic: Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Surgery Email: ks10014@cam.ac.uk Website: www.saeb-parsy.group.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Benedicte Sanson 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 Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: bs251@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/benedicte-sanson Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marta Shahbazi Topic: Pluripotency in embryogenesis and regeneration Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mshahbazi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/marta-shahbazi/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Sharkey Topic: Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Pathology Email: as168@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.repro.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-andrew-sharkey Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Benjamin Simons Topic: Developmental biology of epithelial tissues and cancer Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Gurdon Institute, Stem Institute and the Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics Email: bds10@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.tcm.phy.cam.ac.uk/~bds10/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Daniel St Johnston Topic: Cell polarity in development and cancer Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: d.stjohnston@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/stjohnston Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mekayla Storer Topic: Regeneration, Stem Cells and Limb Regeneration Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms2786@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/storer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dénes Szücs Topic: Mathematical cognition and development, mathematics anxiety, meta-science, research replicability Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Psychology Email: ds377@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cne.psychol.cam.ac.uk/staff/denes-szucs Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Teichmann Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk Website: www.teichlab.org Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Tyser Topic: Heart Development Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: rt593@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/tyser Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis Topic: RNA modifications in stem cell homeostasis Themes: Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: kt404@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-konstantinos-tzelepis/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mathew Van de Pette Topic: Epigenetics. Toxicology. Developmental Programming. Pregnancy Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: mv489@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jelle van den Ameele Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial genetics, gene expression, chromatin, mitochondrial disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/van-den-ameele-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo Topic: Celluar genetics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://ventolab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Erica Watson Topic: Mechanisms of folate metabolism during development Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Timothy Weil Topic: Regulation of mRNA, oocyte-to-embryo transition, biomolecular condensates Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Department of Zoology Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.weillabcambridge.com/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Wilson Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Douglas Winton Topic: Intestinal biology colon cancer stem cell biology Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Doug.Winton@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/winton-group Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fengzhu Xiong Topic: Developmental morphogenesis, cell dynamics, tissue mechanics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Gurdon Institute, Depart of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: fx220@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/people/fengzhu-xiong/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
