Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Dr Richard Adams Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rja46@cam.ac.uk Topic: Quantitative analysis of morphogenesis using microscopy Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/adams/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Julie Ahringer Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: ja219@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of chromatin structure and function in C. elegans Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/ahringer Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Aiken Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: cema2@cam.ac.uk Topic: metabolism in pregnancy reproductive aging developmental programming Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-catherine-aiken/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Michael Akam Department: Department of Zoology Email: m.akam@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental genetic basis of animal diversity Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-akam Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer 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: Professor Clare Baker Department: Department of Physiology ,Development and Neuroscience Email: cvhb1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Development and evolution of the vertebrate electrosensory lateral line system Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/clare-baker Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Srinjan Basu Department: Department of Physiology, Devlopment and Neuroscience, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: sb451@cam.ac.uk Topic: Towards a single-molecule perspective of early mammalian development Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/basu Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Howard Baylis Department: Department of Zoology Email: hab28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Intracellular signalling mechanisms regulating the development and physiology of C. elegans Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/baylis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Omer Bayraktar Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ob5@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cellular genetics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/bayraktar-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kathryn Beardsall Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: kb274@cam.ac.uk Topic: Perinatal metabolism: impact on short term care and long term health Website: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-sta... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential 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 Elia Benito-Gutierrez Department: Department of Zoology Email: eb647@cam.ac.uk Topic: the evolutionary origins of complex traits within the vertebrate head Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/elia-benito-gutierrez Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Barbara Blacklaws Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: bab2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathogenesis of murine norovirus Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/bab2@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah-Jayne Blakemore Department: Department of Psychology Email: sjblakemore@psychol.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of the brain, behaviour and mental health in human adolescence Website: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-sarah-jayne-blakemore Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Thorsten Boroviak Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: teb45@cam.ac.uk Topic: Implantation germ cell specification and the continuum of pluripotent states in primate embryogenesis Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/thorsten-bovoriak/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Cecilia Brassett Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: cb457@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clinically applied anatomical research Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/cecilia-brassett Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular biology of Drosophila development Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/bray_s/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jackie Brearley Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jcb78@cam.ac.uk Topic: Anaesthesia Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jcb78@cam.ac.uk Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, 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 Roger Brooks Department: Department ofSurgery (Division of Trauma & Orthopaedic Surgery) Email: rb10003@cam.ac.uk Topic: Orthopaedic research (orthopaedics) Website: http://www.orthopaedics.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-roger-a-brooks/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Clare Buckley Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: ceb85@cam.ac.uk Topic: Our lab uses optogenetics and live confocal imaging of the zebrafish neural tube and mouse embryonic stem cells to uncover the mechanisms that coordinate polarisation and morphogenesis of epithelial tubes during development. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/clare-buckley Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, 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 Jose Casal-Jimenez Department: Department of Zoology Email: jec85@cam.ac.uk Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/jose-casal Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor D Stephen Charnock-Jones Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: dscj1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Placental development high throughput sequencing genomics regulation of endothelial cell function in health and disease translational research Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-steve-charnock-... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lucy Cheke Department: Department of Psychology Email: lgc23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Episodic memory and episodic foresight Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/directory/lucy-cheke Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bill Colledge Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: whc23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian reproductive physiology using transgenic mice Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/colledge/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential 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 Miguel Constancia Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/Constancia.php Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anne Corcoran Department: Babraham Institute Email: anne.corcoran@babraham.ac.uk 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 Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/anne-corcoran Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gerry Crossan Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gcrossan@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Maintenance of genome stability in the germline Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/gerry-crossan/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells 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: Professor Paul Dupree Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bioenergy proteomics bioinformatics and glycobiology Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/dupree.html Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith Department: Department of Genetics Email: afsmith@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics and epigenetics Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/anne-ferguson-smith Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health 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: Dr Alison Forhead Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Abigail Fowden Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: alf1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Fetal and placental physiology Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/abigail-fowden Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kristian Franze Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/franze/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jenny Gallop Department: Department of Biochemistry (Gurdon Institute) Email: j.gallop@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane-triggered actin polymerization: molecular mechanisms and morphogenesis Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/gallop Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Gillis Department: Department of Zoology Email: jag93@cam.ac.uk Topic: the molecular and cellular basis of vertebrate skeletal development; unique skeletal features of chondrichthyan fishes Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-andrew-gillis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dino Giussani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/giussani Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Susan Golombok Department: Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research) Email: seg42@cam.ac.uk Topic: New family forms; parent-child relationships Website: http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/directory/SusanGolombok Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Women's Health Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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: Professor Sir John Gurdon Department: Department of Zoology (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: j.gurdon@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nuclear reprogramming through oocytes Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/gurdon Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer 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: Professor Allan Herbison Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: aeh36@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neuroendocrinology Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/allan-herbison Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nicola Holdstock Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: nbh10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neonatal medicine and physiology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/nbh10@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Roman Hovorka Department: Department of Paediatrics (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: rh347@cam.ac.uk Topic: Relationship between insulin sensitivity and insulin secretion. Longitudinal analysis of metabolic disturbances in Type 2 diabetes. Artificial pancreas Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/Staff/PI/Hovroka/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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 Susan Imrie Department: Department of Psychology Email: si275@cam.ac.uk Topic: Family functioning in new family forms with a focus on parent-child relationship quality child development and children’s perceptions of their families Website: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Johnson Department: Department of Psychology Email: mj492@cam.ac.uk 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 Website: https://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/professor-mark-johnson Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour 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 Peter Jones Department: Department of Psychiatry Email: pbj21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology etiology and developmental dimensions of psychiatric disorders; schizophrenia and the psychoses Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?pbj21 Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Henrik Jönsson Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: henrik.jonsson@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of live imaging techniques and Computational Morphodynamics models at the cellular level. Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/directory/jonsson-henrik Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helle Jorgensen Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Cardiovascular Medicine) Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic regulation in cardiovascular development and disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/jorgensen/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felipe Karam-Teixeira Department: Department of Genetics Email: felipe.karam-teixeira@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/felipe-karam-teixeira Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential 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: Dr Golnar Kolahgar Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: gk262@cam.ac.uk Topic: Extrinsic regulation of intestinal proliferation and gut maintenance in Drosophila Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/golnar-kolahgar Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Kotter Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Wellcome Trust and MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: mrk25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Specification and differentiation of neural stem / precursor cells Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/mkotter Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthias Landgraf Department: Department of Zoology Email: ml10006@cam.ac.uk Topic: Nervous system development and plasticity, with focus on critical periods and metabolic reactive oxygen species. Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/cell-and-developmental-biology/neural... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elisa Laurenti Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: el422@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human Haematopoietic Stem Cells Biology in Health and Disease Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/elisa... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Peter Lawrence Department: Department of Zoology Email: pal38@cam.ac.uk Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/peter-lawrence Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Victoria Leong Department: Department of Pediatrics Email: vvec2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Parent-infant social interactions, neural synchrony, social learning Website: http://www.baby-linc.psychol.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Locke Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: james.locke@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant and microbial systems biology Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/locke-james Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hansong Ma Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: h.ma@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/ma Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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 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: Professor Andrew McCaskie Department: Department of Surgery (Division of Trauma and Orthopaedic Research) Email: awm41@cam.ac.uk Topic: Trauma and orthopaedics research Website: http://www.orthopaedics.cam.ac.uk/people/prof-andrew-w-mccaskie/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate McDole Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/kate-mcdole/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ashley Moffett Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: am485@cam.ac.uk Topic: NK cells pregnancy trophoblast HLA Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ashley-moffett Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edwige Mouroud Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: edwige.moyroud@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant biology Genetics Development Evolution Flower Molecular Biology Imaging Modeling Pattern formation Cell differentiation Pollinator behaviour Website: Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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: Professor Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-murray Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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 Kathy Niakan Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: kkn21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Early human development Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/niakan Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jennifer Nichols Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: jn270@cscr.cam.ac.uk Topic: Embryonic Pluripotency Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/dr-je... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ken Ong Department: MRC Epidemiology Unit / Department of Paediatrics Email: ken.ong@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Childhood obesity, growth and development, and relationships to adult metabolic disease Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/ken-ong/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Susan Ozanne Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Early life programming of cardiovascular and metabolic diseases Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/susan-oza... Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Roger Pedersen Department: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: ralp2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine (developmental biology) Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/rpede... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Perry Department: Institute of Metabolic Science Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/john-perry/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential 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 Teresa Rayon Department: Babraham Institute Email: teresa.rayon@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Comparative Stem Cell Dynamics lab Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/teresa-rayon Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Wolf Reik Department: Babraham Institute Email: wolf.reik@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics genomic imprinting and epigenetic reprogramming Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/wolf-reik Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential 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 Peter Rugg-Gunn Department: Babraham Institute Email: peter.rugg-gunn@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic Regulation of Development and Stem Cell Differentiation Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/peter-rugg-gunn Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Neil Rushton Department: Department of Surgery (Orthopaedic Research Unit) Email: pa@orthopaedics.cam.ac.uk Topic: Orthopaedic research (orthopaedics) Website: http://www.cambridgeorthopaedicgroup.com/surgeons/surgeon-neil-rushton/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential 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: 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 Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk Topic: Placental development and function and its relevance for pregnancy success and life-long health Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marta Shahbazi Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mshahbazi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Pluripotency in embryogenesis and regeneration Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/marta-shahbazi/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Sharkey Department: Department of Pathology Email: as168@cam.ac.uk Topic: Website: https://www.repro.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-andrew-sharkey Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jose Silva Department: Department of Biochemistry (Wellcome Trust - MRC Stem Cell Institute) Email: jcs64@cscr.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biology of Induced Pluripotency Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/silva.html Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential 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: Professor Gordon C S Smith Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: gcss2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Use of statistical modeling to predict and understand causes of adverse pregnancy outcome biomarker discovery screening test placental function Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-gordon-smith/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Daniel St Johnston Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: d.stjohnston@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell polarity in development and cancer Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/stjohnston Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mekayla Storer Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms2786@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regeneration, Stem Cells and Limb Regeneration Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/storer Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dénes Szücs Department: Department of Psychology Email: ds377@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mathematical cognition and development, mathematics anxiety, meta-science, reseach replicability Website: https://www.cne.psychol.cam.ac.uk/staff/denes-szucs Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Robert Tasker Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: rct31@cam.ac.uk Topic: Head-injury in childhood: long-term cognitive and structural deficits Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?rct31181 Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: it257@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic interrogation of epigenetic pathways Website: https://www.tchasovnikarova-lab.org Themes: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felipe Teixeira Department: Department of Genetics Email: fk319@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms controlling and protecting germline stem cells Website: https://gen.cam.ac.uk Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, 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: Dr Mathew Van de Pette Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: mv489@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetics. Toxicology. Developmental Programming. Pregnancy Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jelle van den Ameele Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial disease, chromatin regulation during brain development Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/van-den-ameele-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Celluar genetics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/vento-tormo-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health 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: Dr Erica Watson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic mechanism of folate metabolism during development Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Timothy Weil Department: Department of Zoology Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk Topic: The cellular mechanisms underpinning the spatiotemporal coordination of the oocyte-to-embryo transition/ Testing the in vivo function of biomolecular condensates Website: WeilLabCambridge.com Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells |
| Name: Dr Rob White Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rw108@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular biology of Drosophila development Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/white/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alun Williams Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: aw510@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathology of blast injury Prion diseases Alzheimer's disease and Parinson's Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/aw510@cam.ac.uk Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Catherine Wilson Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, 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 Gavin Wright Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: gw2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cell surface signalling Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/wright-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fengzhu Xiong Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, The Gurdon Institute Email: fx220@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental Biology, Mechanics Website: https://scholar.harvard.edu/fengzhu_xiong/biocv Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
