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 Sebastian Ahnert Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sea31@cam.ac.uk Topic: Network analysis genotype-phenotype maps biological self-assembly protein quaternary structure evolution complexity Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/ahnert-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Aldridge Department: Department of Zoology Email: d.aldridge@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Freshwater ecology and conservation; ecology and control of invasive species Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-aldridge Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bill Amos Department: Department of Zoology Email: w.amos@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary genetics Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/william-amos Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Robert Asher Department: Department of Zoology Email: rja58@cam.ac.uk Topic: Morphology and interrelationships of living and extinct mammals Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/robert-asher Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Madan Babu Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: madanm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Systems biology regulatory genomics intrinsically disordered proteins biological networks GPCR signalling gene regulation and gene expression noise Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/m-m-babu Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Balmford Department: Department of Zoology Email: apb12@cam.ac.uk Topic: Costs and benefits of conservation; conservation and agriculture Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-balmford Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alex Bateman Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: agb@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Analysis of protein and RNA sequence Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/bateman Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sir David Baulcombe Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: dcb40@cam.ac.uk Topic: Gene expression Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidbaulcombe Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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 Matthew Berriman Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mb4@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Parasite genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/berriman-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Blaxter Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Tree of life Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/programmes/tree-of-life Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jamie Blundell Department: Department of Oncology Email: jrb75@cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary dynamics of cancer a disease of somatic evolution in our tissues. Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/our-research/blundell Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sam Brockington Department: Department of Plant Science Email: sb771@cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolution and diversity Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sambrockington Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Brooke Department: Department of Zoology Email: m.brooke@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Island conservation priorities seabird biology population dynamics of endangered species Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-brooke Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Malcolm Burrows Department: Department of Zoology Email: mb135@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural processing in local circuits that control natural limb movements Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/malcolm-burrows Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Carr Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk Topic: Virology and molecular plant pathology Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/johncarr Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jason Chin Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolution and synthesis of new function Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/j-chin Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicola Clayton Department: Department of Psychology Email: nsc22@cam.ac.uk Topic: The evolution and development of complex cognition (episodic memory future planning theory of mind) Website: http://www.psychol.cam.ac.uk/people/nsc22@cam.ac.uk Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tim Clutton-Brock Department: Department of Zoology Email: thcb@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: The evolution of animal breeding systems Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/tim-clutton-brock Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Coomes Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: dac18@cam.ac.uk Topic: Forest ecology and conservation Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidcoomes Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Isidro Cortes-Ciriano Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: icortes@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Cancer Genomics Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/cortes-ciriano Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nik Cunniffe Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Theoretical and computational epidemiology Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/nikcunniffe Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julia Davies Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transport Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/juliadavies Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lynn Dicks Department: Department of Zoology Email: Topic: Agro-ecology policy and the food and farming industry Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/lynn-dicks Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: se389@cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sebastianevesvandenakker Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Walter Federle Department: Department of Zoology Email: wf222@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biomechanics of animal adhesion insect-plant interactions Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/walter-federle Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Fraser Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jaf21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Combining computer modelling and experimental work to investigate the relationship between membrane potential cell volume and intracellular ion concentrations in normal and arrhythmic hearts Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fraser/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Gaffney Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dg13@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Genomics of gene regulation Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/gaffney-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Moritz Gerstung Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: moritz.gerstung@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Cancer Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/gerstung Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Gilligan Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cag1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology and modelling Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chrisgilligan Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health 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 Beverley Glover Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: bjg26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolution and development Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/beverleyglover Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Goldman Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Theoretical molecular evolution comparative genomics data analysis and modelling statistical computational molecular sequence analysis Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/goldman Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Grant Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajg60@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bacteria Pathogenesis Infection Microbiology Virulence Host-pathogen Zoonoses Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajg60@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Howard Griffiths Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: hg230@cam.ac.uk Topic: Physiological ecology Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/howardgriffiths Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: D Ben Hall Department: MRC Cancer Unit Email: bh418@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational models of cancer networks evolution and spatial growth. Website: https://www.mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk/research/benjamin-hall-folder Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jim Haseloff Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jh295@cam.ac.uk Topic: Synthetic Biology for engineering plant growth Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/jimhaseloff Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jason Head Department: Department of Zoology Email: jjh71@cam.ac.uk Topic: vertebrate palaeontology Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-jason-head Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Yka Helariutta Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: yrjo.helariutta@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication carbon allocation and hormonal signaling in plants Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/helariutta-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ian Henderson Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: irh25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic and epigenetic inheritance in plants Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/ianhenderson Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Herbert-Read Department: Department of Zoology Email: Topic: Collective behaviour and behavioural ecology Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-herbert-read Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julian Hibberd Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jmh65@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular physiology Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/julianhibberd Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Philipp Holliger Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: ph1@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Synthetic biology of nucleic acid replication Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/p-holliger Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christopher Howe Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/howe.html Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matt Hurles Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: meh@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Genomic mutation and genetic disease Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/hurles-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Jiggins Department: Department of Zoology Email: c.jiggins@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary genetics Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/chris-jiggins Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rufus Johnstone Department: Department of Zoology Email: raj1003@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: Animal communication mate choice and reproductive skew Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/rufus-johnstone Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexander Jones Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: alexander.jones@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Determining the mechanisms controlling plant hormone patterns and dynamics Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/jones-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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: Professor Rebecca Kilner Department: Department of Zoology Email: rmk1002@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: Animal behaviour; parent-offspring communication and conflict Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/rebecca-kilner Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Johannes Kromdijk Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jk417@cam.ac.uk Topic: Environment plant physiology Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/johanneskromdijk Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dominic@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Natural genetic variation (in malaria) Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/kwiatkowski-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mara Lawniczak Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ml12@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Vector-parasite interactions Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lawniczak-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helen Leggett Department: Department of Zoology Email: hl448@cam.ac.uk Topic: Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-helen-leggett Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fiona Leigh Department: NIAB Email: fiona.leigh@niab.com Topic: Molecular Plant Breeding and the Study of Crop Genetic Diversity Website: https://www.niab.com/about-us/people/dr-fiona-leigh Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ottoline Leyser Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: ottoline.leyser@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the role of plant hormones in plant developmental plasticity Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/directory/leyser-ottoline Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology 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 Andrea Manica Department: Department of Zoology Email: am315@cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary Ecology; Origin and evolution of anatomically modern humans Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrea-manica Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Marioni Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: marioni@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Computational and evolutionary genomics Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/marioni/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, 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: Dr Matthew Mason Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: mjm68@cam.ac.uk Topic: Function of the middle ear in vertebrates Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-mason Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Miska Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/eric-miska Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emily Mitchell Department: Department of Zoology Email: ek338@cam.ac.uk Topic: Palaeocology and Evolutionary Ecology Website: https://www.esc.cam.ac.uk/directory/emily-mitchell Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Mundy Department: Department of Zoology Email: nim21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Adaptive evolutionary genetics of vertebrates Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/nicholas-mundy Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr François Nédélec Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: francois.nedelec@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell morphogenesis and developmental biology using synthetic and systems biology approaches and computer modelling Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/nedelec-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Duncan Odom Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: Duncan.Odom@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Systems biology of cellular phenotypes regulation of miRNA expression liver and pancreas biology Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/odom-group Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Giles Oldroyd Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: giles.oldroyd@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of symbiotic associations in plants Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/oldroyd-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Adam Pellegrini Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: ap2188@cam.ac.uk Topic: How ecosystem functioning will respond to global change with a current focus on how disturbances affect carbon cycling Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/pellegrini-adam Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Preece Department: Department of Zoology Email: r.c.preece@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Malacology; Quaternary research Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/richard-preece Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivier Restif Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: or226@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mathematical models for infectious disease dynamics Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Robinson Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: sarah.robinson@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant development with a particular focus on biomechanics Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/robinson-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alan Robinson Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: alan.robinson@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Bioinformatics of mitochondrial metabolism and evolution Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/alan-robinson Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Henrik Salje Department: Department of Genetics Email: henrik.salje@pasteur.fr Topic: Infectious disease dynamics Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emilia Santos Department: Department of Zoology Email: es754@cam.ac.uk Topic: Morphology and Evolution Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/emilia-santos Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Aylwyn Scally Department: Department of Genetics Email: aos21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary genomics Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/aylwyn-scally Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Schornack Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis developmental processes Website: www.schornacklab.net Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alison Smith Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: as25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant metabolism Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/alisonsmith Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Claire Spottiswoode Department: Department of Zoology Email: cns26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bird behavioural ecology and life histories Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/claire-spottiswoode Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor William Sutherland Department: Department of Zoology Email: w.sutherland@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Conservation biology Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/zoostaff/sutherland.htm Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Sutherland Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Chemical origins of molecular biology Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/bill-sutherland Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Tanentzap Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: ajt65@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ecosystems and global change Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/andrewtanentzap Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Thomson Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/thomson-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Janet Thornton Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: thornton@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Protein structure function and evolution; ageing Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Thornton/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edgar Turner Department: Department of Zoology Email: ect23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Conservation science insect ecology Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-edgar-turner Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ross Waller Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular function diversity and evolution in cells Website: http://www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/eukdiv/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alex Webb Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: aarw2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Circadian signal transduction Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/alexwebb Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Martin Welch Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathogenicity determinants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and development of novel anti-pseudomonal therapies Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/welch.html Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Welch Department: Department of Genetics Email: jjw23@cam.ac.uk Topic: The causes of molecular evolution Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-welch Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Eske Willerslev Department: Department of Zoology Email: ew482@cam.ac.uk Topic: evolutionary biology ancient DNA megafaunal extinction Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/professor-eske-willerslev Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
