Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Professor David Aanenesen Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: da5@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Genomic Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/aanensen-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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 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: Dr David Bainbridge Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: db125@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immunology of the placenta Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/bainbridge/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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: Professor Roger Barker Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair) Email: rab46@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural stem cells in Huntington's and Parkinson's disease Website: http://www.brc.cam.ac.uk/principal-investigators/roger-barker/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, 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: Professor Simon Baron Cohen Department: Department of Psychology (Department of Psychiatry) Email: s.baron-cohen@psychol.cam.ac.uk Topic: Autism Asperger Syndrome sex differences and empathy Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/sb205@cam.ac.uk 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 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/directory/dr-howard-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: 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: Cecilia Brassett Department: Email: Topic: Website: Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@hermes.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 of Surgery (Orthopaedic Research Unit) 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 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Clare Buckley Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: ceb85@cam.ac.uk Topic: My lab uses optogenetics and live confocal imaging of the zebrafish neural tube to study how the polarity of individual cells drives the organisation of a whole vertebrate organ Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/clare-buckley Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential 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 David Dunger Department: Department of Paediatrics (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: dbd25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Early detection and prevention of diabetic complications and the effects of hormonal changes on glycaemic control and growth during puberty Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Dunger/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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 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 physiology and development Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/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 Usha Goswami Department: Department of Psychology Email: ucg10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cognitive development including development of reading spelling and dyslexia Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/ucg10@cam.ac.uk Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential 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 Research 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 Myriam Hemberger Department: Babraham Institute Email: myriam.hemberger@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic determinants that ensure maintenance of early stem cell lineage identity Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/myriam-hemberger Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Hendrich Department: Department of Biochemistry (Wellcome Trust - MRC Stem Cell Institute) Email: Brian.Hendrich@cscr.cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/hendrich Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Allan Herbison Department: Email: Topic: Website: Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential 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: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: pj3@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Pre-cancer Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/jones-group 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: Felipe Karam-Teixeira Department: Email: Topic: Website: Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gavin Kelsey Department: Babraham Institute Email: gavin.kelsey@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics genomic imprinting and epigenetics Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/gavin-kelsey Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health 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: Dr Matthias Landgraf Department: Department of Zoology Email: ml10006@cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of neural networks - the role of oxidative stress and mechanisms of dendrite and synapse formation Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-matthias-landgraf 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 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 Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: h.ma@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: The genetics of Drosophila mitochondrial DNA and its influence on evolution and disease 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 Kate MacDole 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: Dr John Marioni Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research 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 Martin Miller Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: Martin.Miller@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Investigating intercellular communication in tumours by studying the transcriptome and proteome of specific cell populations Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/miller-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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: Dr Matthew Murray Department: Department of Pathology Email: mjm16@cam.ac.uk Topic: Children's Cancer and Leukaemia investigating the expression of non-coding RNAs 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 Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscle Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/murray/ 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: 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 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 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 Stefano Pluchino Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair) Email: spp24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Tissue repair in central nervous system diseases Website: http://www.brc.cam.ac.uk/principal-investigators/stefano-pluchino/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour 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: 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: Prof 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: Mr Kourosh Saeb-Parsy Department: Department of Surgery Email: ks10014@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transplantation and regenerative medicine Website: http://surgery.medschl.cam.ac.uk/research-staff/surgery-staff/saeb-parsy/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health 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: Andrew Sharkey Department: Email: Topic: Website: 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: Department of Physics (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: bds10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Tracing Stem Cell Fate in Development Maintenance and Disease Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/press... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sanjay Sinha Department: Deparment of Medicine Email: ss661@cam.ac.uk Topic: Vascular Diseases Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/sinha Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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 Dénes Szücs Department: Department of Psychology Email: ds377@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cognitive neuroscience; numerical cognition and Dyscalculia conflict detection/resolution fMRI EEG Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/ds377@cam.ac.uk 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 Ludovic Vallier Department: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research) Email: lv225@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/lvallier Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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: Professor George Vassiliou Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Acute myeloid leukaemia clonal haematopoiesis Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/People/pi/vassiliou Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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: Professor Christine Watson Department: Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division) Email: cjw53@cam.ac.uk Topic: STAT signalling mammary gland biology Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-watson Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, 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 Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-timothy-weil Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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: Dr Tim Williams Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: tlw27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biology of urinary exosomes and biomarkers of renal disease Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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: Dr Douglas Winton Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research 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 |
