Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Dr David Adams Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: da1@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Experimental cancer genetics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/adams-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr 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: 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 Sarah Aitken Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: sa696@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genomic pathology; Cancer evolution; Image analysis Website: https://www.aitkenlab.org Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexandre Almeida Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: aa2369@cam.ac.uk Topic: High-resolution and large-scale approaches to investigate the function and diversity of the human microbiome in health and disease Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-alexandre-almeida Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity 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 Carl Anderson Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ca3@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Genomics of inflammation and immunity Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/anderson-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Department: Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biosciences (Molecular Cell Biology) Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr William Astle Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: wja24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Statistical methods with applications in genetics, genomics and haematology Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/willia... Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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 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 Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Pedro Beltrao Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: pbeltrao@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Evolution of cellular networks Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/beltrao Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ewan Birney Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: birney@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Developing algorithms and data-mining techniques for example to find new cis-regulatory elements Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/ewan-birney Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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 Michael Boemo Department: Department of Pathology Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developing computational methods that show how dysregulation or faults in cell cycle mechanisms can result in cancer Website: https://www.boemogroup.org/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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 Leonardo Bottolo Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: lb664@cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational methods for single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with high-throughput sequencing (scATAC-seq) Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/dr-leonardo-bottolo/ Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bray Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk Topic: From stem cells to tissues: Notch regulatory dynamics in development and disease Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sarah-bray Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alvis Brazma Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: brazma@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Gene expression and genotype data analysis; gene networks; algorithms for computational biology Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/alvis-brazma Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Brenton Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: james.brenton@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Ovarian cancer prognostic markers predictive markers bioinformaticsexpression profiling clinical trial design using molecular end points Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/brenton-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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: Professor Carlos Caldas Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Carlos.Caldas@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Breast cancer; genomics proteomics metabolomics and bioinformatics Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/caldas-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Peter Campbell Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: pc8@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cancer genetics and genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/campbell-peter Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivia Casanueva Department: Babraham Institute Email: olivia.casanueva@babraham.ac.uk Topic: chaperones and the causes underlying inter-individual variability in longevity Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/olivia-casanueva Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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 Betty Chung Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk Topic: RiboSwitches, Gene expression, Translation control, Host:pathogen interactions Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rosana Collepardo Department: Department of Genetics Email: rc597@cam.ac.uk Topic: Multi-scale modelling of chromatin organization and related biomolecules. Multi-scale modelling of liquid-liquid phase separation in gene organization Website: http://www.collepardolab.org/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Conlan Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology and mathematical modelling Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity 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 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 Ana Cvejic Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: as889@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental Haematopoiesis Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-ana-cvejic/ Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Davenport Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ed5@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Functional genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/davenport-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Dupree Department: Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Topic: plant cell walls, dietary fibre, glycobiology, enzymology Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/dupree Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Durbin Department: Department of Genetics Email: rd109@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mathematical and computational genetics; bioinformatics; genome evolution; ancient and environmental DNA; cichlid Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/durbin Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Douglas Easton Department: Public Health and Primary Care Email: dfe20@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic epidemiology (especially cancer) and statistical genetics Website: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/centre-for-cancer-genetic-epidemiology... Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anton Enright Department: Department of Pathology Email: aje39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Algorithms protocols and datasets for functional genomics. Regulatory RNAs Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/anton-enright Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christine Farr Department: Department of Genetics Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-farr Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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 Rob Finn Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: rdf@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Computational approaches to understanding microbiomes Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/finn Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Paul Flicek Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: flicek@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Computational egigenomics and models for genome annotation Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/vg/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andres Floto Department: Department of Medicine Email: arf27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Innate immunity; bacterial genetics; antibiotic discovery Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/floto/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity 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 Mathew Garnett Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/garnett-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Moritz Gerstung Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: moritz.gerstung@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Cancer Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/gerstung Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Cedric Ghevaert Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: cg348@cam.ac.uk Topic: Megakaryocyte and platelet biology In vitro production of cellular components for transfusion in humans Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/ghevaert Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivier Giger Department: Department of Pathology Email: otg22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour, Colorectal Cancer, Hereditary Cancer Syndromes, Brain Cancer Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/olivier-giger Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Gilbertson Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Richard.Gilbertson@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular origins of brain tumours with the aim of developing new cancer cures Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/gilbertson-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Goldman Department: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk Topic: theoretical molecular evolution, comparative genomics data analysis and modelling, statistical computational molecular sequence analysis, algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/goldman/ Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bertie Gottgens Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/gottgens Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jules Griffin Department: Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: j.l.griffin@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Development of NMR spectroscopy mass spectrometry and pattern recognition techniques for metabolomics Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/griffin.html Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Greg Hannon Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hannon-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jake Harris Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cjh92@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetics, chromatin, immunity Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chromatin-and-memory Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity 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 Brian Hendrich Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hendrich Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hodson Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jon Houseley Department: Babraham Institute Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms by which cells adapt to their environment Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/jon-houseley Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr 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: Dr Michael Imbeault Department: Department of Genetics Email: mi339@cam.ac.uk Topic: Functional characterization of KRAB-ZFPs and their role in the establishment of species-specific gene regulatory networks Website: https://gen.cam.ac.uk Themes: 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: Evolution, behaviour and genomics of insects 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 Frank Jiggins Department: Department of Genetics Email: f.jiggins@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary genetics of pathogens and immune systems Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/frank-jiggins Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira Department: Genetics / Physiology, Email: felipe.karam-teixeira@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Germline Stem Cell Biology Website: https://karamteixeira.wixsite.com/website Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Arthur Kaser Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell. Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/arthur-kaser/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Adrian Kelly Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: apk23@cam.ac.uk Topic: MHC Class II antigen presentation; immunology of Salmonella infection Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/adrian-kelly Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Kouzarides Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/tony-kouzarides Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr 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: Dr Torsten Krude Department: Department of Zoology Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of human chromosome replication Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-torsten-krude Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edmund Kunji Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/kunji-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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: Professor Ernest Laue Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: e.d.laue@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Chromatin remodelling and genome structure Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/laue Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Trevor Lawley Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: tl2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Host-microbiota interactions Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lawley-lab Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity 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: Professor Eamonn Maher Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: erm1000@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: renal cell carcinoma phaeochromocytoma multiple primary cancers genomic imprinting disorders and developmental disorders Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/professor-eamonn-maher/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrea Manica Department: Zoology Email: am315@cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolutionary Ecology: response of animals and humans to changing environments Website: https://eeg.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, 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 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 Hilary Martin Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: hcm@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Population and medical genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/martin-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Charlie Massie Department: Department of Oncology Email: cem45@cam.ac.uk Topic: Risk stratification and precision medicine in early stage prostate cancer using non-invasive biomarkers and high-sensitivity genomics approaches. Website: https://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/our-research/massie Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Juan Mata Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genome-wide responses to stress. Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mata Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Florian Merkle Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fm436@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of neurological disease using human stem cell-derived and animal model systems Website: http://www.merklelab.org/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Gos Micklem Department: Department of Genetics Email: g.micklem@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Bioinformatics computational biology data integration synthetic biology Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/gos-micklem Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics 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 Edwige Moyroud Department: The Sainsbury Laboratory and Department of Genetics Email: em500@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetics, Development, Evolution, Plant biology, Evo-Devo, Flower development, Molecular Biology, Imaging, Modeling, Pattern formation, Cell differentiation, Pollinator behaviour Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-edwige-moyroud Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transmissible cancers Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leila Muresan Department: PDN Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microscopy image analysis Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/muresan Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthew Murray Department: Department of Pathology Email: mjm16@cam.ac.uk Topic: Investigating genomic and non-coding RNA abnormalties in cancer Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-murray Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jyoti Nangalia Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/nangalia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sergey Nejentsev Department: Department of Medicine Email: sn262@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic and functional mechanisms of susceptibility to infection Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/nejentsev/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential 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 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julian Parkhill Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jp369@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial evolution and genomics Website: https://pathgenevocam.github.io Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leopold Parts Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: lp2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Genetic screens of cellular traits Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/parts-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski Department: Plant Sciences Email: up220@cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski.html Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Virginia Pedicord Department: Department of Medicine Email: vap33@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microbiota effects on host physiology Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/virginia-pedicord/ |
| Name: Dr Clive Petry Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: cjp1002@cam.ac.uk Topic: The link between altered fetal growth and the future development of diseases Website: http://paediatrics.medschl.cam.ac.uk/about-us/people/senior-academic-sta... Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julien Prudent Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: julien.prudent@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Interactions between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum in cell physiology and disease Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/julien-prudent Themes: 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 Eleanor Raffan Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience & Institute of Metabolic Science Email: er311@cam.ac.uk Topic: Metabolic disease including obesity - molecular, genetic and physiological aspects; animal genetics Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/eleanor-raffan Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan Department: Department of Medicine Email: lr404@cam.ac.uk Topic: The pathogenesis of tuberculosis and the basis of vastly different susceptibilities to this disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/Ramakrishnan/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Lucy Raymond Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: flr24@cam.ac.uk Topic: The genetic basis of intellectual disability Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-lucy-raymond Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Evan Reid Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ealr4@cam.ac.uk Topic: Unravelling the molecular pathology of axon death Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-evan-reid Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells 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 Rahul Roychoudhuri Department: Babraham Institute Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcription factor regulation of cell fate-specification and function within the T cell lineage Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/rahul-roychoudhuri Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Steve Russell Department: Department of Genetics (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: s.russell@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Drosophila SOX domain genes. genomics approaches to gene function and systems biology Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/steve-russell Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julian Sale Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/jes/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr 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 David Sargan Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: drs20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Comparative and disease genetics. Mapping Brachycephalic Obstructive Airway Syndrome (BOAS) associated genes, cancer prediposition genes; inherited eye diseases and other inherited diseases in dogs and other companion animals Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/drs20@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr 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 Nadia Schoenmakers Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: naaa2@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic basis of congenital hypothyroidism Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/nadia-sch... Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Barbara Skelly Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: bjs1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular basis of inherited diseases in the cat and dog Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/bjs1000@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Derek Smith Department: Department of Zoology Email: d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolution of pathogens Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/derek-smith Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicole Soranzo Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ns6@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Human complex traits Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/soranzo-group Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mikhail Spivakov Department: Babraham Institute Email: Mikhail.Spivakov@babraham.ac.uk Topic: The logic and robustness of gene regulation Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/mikhail-spivakov Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mike Stratton Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: cl24@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cancer genetics and genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/stratton-sir-mike Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr 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: 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 Richard Timms Department: Department of Medicine (CITIID) Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system Website: https://www.timmslab.com Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, 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.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-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: Professor George Vassiliou Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Leukamia, pre-leukaemia, clonal haematopoiesis, clonal evolution Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/vassiliou Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Celluar genetics Website: https://ventolab.org/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Chris Wallace Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: cew54@cam.ac.uk Topic: Statistical immuno-genetics Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/t-to-z/chris-... Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ross Waller Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells Website: http://www.wallercellevolution.com Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lucy Weinert Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: lw461@cam.ac.uk Topic: The ecology and genomics of bacterial pathogens Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, 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: 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 |
