The Functional & Evolutionary Genomics Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Molecular Biology, Genetics & Gene Expression
- Cancer Genetics & Genomics
- Medical Genomics, Pathology & Disease
- Computational Biology & Bioinformatics
- Epigenetics & Chromatin Remodelling
- Cell Biology, Structure & Function
- Microbiology, Bacterial Evolution & Immunology
- Plant Biology & Agriculture
- Developmental Biology & Stem Cell Research
- Ecology & Evolution
Principal investigators in this theme:
| Name: Dr David Adams Topic: Experimental cancer genetics Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: da1@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/adams-group Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Ahnert Topic: Network analysis genotype-phenotype maps biological self-assembly protein quaternary structure evolution complexity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sea31@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/ahnert-group Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julie Ahringer Topic: Regulation of chromatin structure and function in C. elegans Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: ja219@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/ahringer Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Aitken Topic: Genomic pathology; Cancer evolution; Image analysis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: sa696@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.aitkenlab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexandre Almeida Topic: High-resolution and large-scale approaches to investigate the function and diversity of the human microbiome in health and disease Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: aa2369@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-alexandre-almeida Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bill Amos Topic: Evolutionary genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Zoology Email: w.amos@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/william-amos Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Carl Anderson Topic: Genomics of inflammation and immunity Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ca3@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/anderson-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Topic: Biosciences (Molecular Cell Biology) Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Department: Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr William Astle Topic: Statistical methods with applications in genetics, genomics and haematology Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: wja24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/willia... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Madan Babu Topic: Systems biology regulatory genomics intrinsically disordered proteins biological networks GPCR signalling gene regulation and gene expression noise Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: madanm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/m-m-babu Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof/Ass Prof Kate Baker Topic: Genomics epidemiology of bacterial pathogens and antimicrobial resistance Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Genetics Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk Website: https://baker-lab.github.io/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sir David Baulcombe Topic: Gene expression Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: dcb40@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/davidbaulcombe Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Erica Bello Topic: Functional genomics and gene editing in complex human in vitro models of disease Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Milner Therapeutics Insitute Email: eb956@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/target-discovery-group/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Pedro Beltrao Topic: Evolution of cellular networks Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: pbeltrao@ebi.ac.uk Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/beltrao Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ewan Birney Topic: Developing algorithms and data-mining techniques for example to find new cis-regulatory elements Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: birney@ebi.ac.uk Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/ewan-birney Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Blaxter Topic: Tree of life Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/programmes/tree-of-life Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Boemo Topic: Developing computational methods that show how dysregulation or faults in cell cycle mechanisms can result in cancer Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.boemogroup.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Thorsten Boroviak Topic: Implantation germ cell specification and the continuum of pluripotent states in primate embryogenesis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: teb45@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/thorsten-bovoriak/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leonardo Bottolo Topic: Computational methods for single-cell RNA-sequencing (scRNA-seq) and single-cell Assay for Transposase-Accessible Chromatin with high-throughput sequencing (scATAC-seq) Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: lb664@cam.ac.uk Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/dr-leonardo-bottolo/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bray Topic: From stem cells to tissues: Notch regulatory dynamics in development and disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sarah-bray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alvis Brazma Topic: Gene expression and genotype data analysis; gene networks; algorithms for computational biology Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: brazma@ebi.ac.uk Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/about/people/alvis-brazma Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Brenton Topic: Ovarian cancer prognostic markers predictive markers bioinformaticsexpression profiling clinical trial design using molecular end points Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: james.brenton@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/brenton-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sam Brockington Topic: Evolution and diversity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Science Email: sb771@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sambrockington Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Carlos Caldas Topic: Breast cancer; genomics proteomics metabolomics and bioinformatics Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Carlos.Caldas@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/caldas-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Peter Campbell Topic: Cancer genetics and genomics Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: pc8@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/campbell-peter Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor D Stephen Charnock-Jones Topic: Placental development high throughput sequencing genomics regulation of endothelial cell function in health and disease translational research Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Department: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: dscj1@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-steve-charnock-... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rosana Collepardo Topic: Multi-scale modelling of chromatin organization and related biomolecules. Multi-scale modelling of liquid-liquid phase separation in gene organization Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: rc597@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.collepardolab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Conlan Topic: Epidemiology and mathematical modelling Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anne Corcoran Topic: Epigenetic and chromatin remodeling mechanisms that regulate immunoglobulin gene rearrangement (VDJ recombination) in B lymphocytes in particular non-coding RNA transcription and nuclear organization Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Babraham Institute Email: anne.corcoran@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/anne-corcoran Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Isidro Cortes-Ciriano Topic: Cancer Genomics Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: icortes@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/cortes-ciriano Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ana Cvejic Topic: Developmental Haematopoiesis Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: as889@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-ana-cvejic/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Davenport Topic: Functional genomics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ed5@sanger.ac.uk Website: www.davenportlab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Dupree Topic: plant cell walls, dietary fibre, glycobiology, enzymology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/dupree Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Durbin Topic: Mathematical and computational genetics; bioinformatics; genome evolution; ancient and environmental DNA; cichlid Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: rd109@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/durbin Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Douglas Easton Topic: Genetic epidemiology (especially cancer) and statistical genetics Themes: Cancer, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Department: Public Health and Primary Care Email: dfe20@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phpc.cam.ac.uk/people/centre-for-cancer-genetic-epidemiology... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anton Enright Topic: Algorithms protocols and datasets for functional genomics. Regulatory RNAs Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: aje39@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/anton-enright Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christine Farr Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-farr Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics and epigenetics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health Department: Department of Genetics Email: afsmith@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/anne-ferguson-smith Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rob Finn Topic: Computational approaches to understanding microbiomes Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: rdf@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/finn Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Paul Flicek Topic: Computational egigenomics and models for genome annotation Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: flicek@ebi.ac.uk Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/vg/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andres Floto Topic: Innate immunity; bacterial genetics; antibiotic discovery Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: arf27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.hlri.cam.ac.uk/investigators/andres-floto/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Melissa Gammons Topic: Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt signalling in rare and common disease pathenogenesis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: melissag@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: NA Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mathew Garnett Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/garnett-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Cedric Ghevaert Topic: Megakaryocyte and platelet biology In vitro production of cellular components for transfusion in humans Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: cg348@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/ghevaert Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Gilbertson Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular origins of brain tumours with the aim of developing new cancer cures Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Richard.Gilbertson@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/gilbertson-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Goldman Topic: theoretical molecular evolution, comparative genomics data analysis and modelling, statistical computational molecular sequence analysis, algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/goldman/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bertie Gottgens Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/gottgens Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jules Griffin Topic: Development of NMR spectroscopy mass spectrometry and pattern recognition techniques for metabolomics Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: j.l.griffin@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/griffin.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Greg Hannon Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hannon-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jake Harris Topic: Epigenetics, chromatin, immunity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cjh92@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chromatin-and-memory Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ian Henderson Topic: Genetic and epigenetic inheritance in plants Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: irh25@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/ianhenderson Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Hendrich Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hendrich Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hodson Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Florian Hollfelder Topic: Synthetic and chemical biology: mechanistic enzymology, enzyme discovery, biocatalysis for sustainable development, directed evolution, btechnologies for droplet microfluidics, single cell transciptomics, developmental cell biology in 3D, antibody engineering, functional metagenomics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Department: Biochemistry Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk Website: https://hollfelder.bioc.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jon Houseley Topic: Mechanisms by which cells adapt to their environment Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/jon-houseley Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matt Hurles Topic: Genomic mutation and genetic disease Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: meh@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/hurles-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Imbeault Topic: Functional characterization of KRAB-ZFPs and their role in the establishment of species-specific gene regulatory networks Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: mi339@cam.ac.uk Website: https://gen.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Jiggins Topic: Evolutionary Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Zoology Email: cj107@cam.ac.uk Website: https://heliconius.zoo.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Frank Jiggins Topic: Evolutionary genetics of pathogens and immune systems Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: f.jiggins@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/frank-jiggins Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Siddhartha Kar Topic: cancer epidemiology, cancer genetic epidemiology, statistical genetics, clonal haematopoiesis Themes: Cancer, Women's Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Oncology Email: sk718@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.earlycancer.cam.ac.uk/dr-siddhartha-kar Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira Topic: Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Germline Stem Cell Biology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Genetics / Physiology, Email: felipe.karam-teixeira@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: https://karamteixeira.wixsite.com/website Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Arthur Kaser Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell. Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/arthur-kaser/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Kouzarides Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/tony-kouzarides Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Johannes Kromdijk Topic: Environment plant physiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jk417@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/johanneskromdijk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Torsten Krude Topic: Control of human chromosome replication Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Zoology Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-torsten-krude Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edmund Kunji Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/kunji-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski Topic: Natural genetic variation (in malaria) Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dominic@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/kwiatkowski-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ernest Laue Topic: Chromatin remodelling and genome structure Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: e.d.laue@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/laue Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Trevor Lawley Topic: Host-microbiota interactions Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: tl2@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lawley-lab Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mara Lawniczak Topic: Evolutionary genetics and genomics; Malaria; Biodiversity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Department: Tree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mara@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/ma Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hansong Ma Topic: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: h.ma@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/ma Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Eamonn Maher Topic: renal cell carcinoma phaeochromocytoma multiple primary cancers genomic imprinting disorders and developmental disorders Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: erm1000@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/professor-eamonn-maher/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrea Manica Topic: Evolutionary Ecology: response of animals and humans to changing environments Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Zoology Email: am315@cam.ac.uk Website: https://eeg.zoo.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stefan Marciniak Topic: The Marciniak lab studies cell biology and genetics of rare lung diseases. Projects in alpha1-antitrypsin deficiency focus on its cell biology. Mesothelioma projects involve (i) the development of cancer organoid models, (ii) characterising the disease using new single cell technologies, and (iii) using nanotechnology to deliver drugs to mesothelioma cell. Our familial pneumothorax projects crated the NHS Pneumothorax Gene Panel and now focus on AI-assisted diagnosis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: sjm20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-stefan-marciniak Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Marioni Topic: Developing computational tools to handle big data - using single cell genomics to study cell fate and early development Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: John.Marioni@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/marioni-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Marioni Topic: Computational and evolutionary genomics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: marioni@ebi.ac.uk Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/marioni/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hilary Martin Topic: Population and medical genomics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: hcm@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/martin-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Juan Mata Topic: Genome-wide responses to stress. Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mata Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Florian Merkle Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular basis of neurological disease using human stem cell-derived and animal model systems Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fm436@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.merklelab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Gos Micklem Topic: Bioinformatics computational biology data integration synthetic biology Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: g.micklem@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/gos-micklem Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Miska Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/eric-miska Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edwige Moyroud Topic: Genetics, Development, Evolution, Plant biology, Evo-Devo, Flower development, Molecular Biology, Imaging, Modeling, Pattern formation, Cell differentiation, Pollinator behaviour Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: The Sainsbury Laboratory and Department of Genetics Email: em500@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/people/dr-edwige-moyroud Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Topic: Transmissible cancers Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leila Muresan Topic: Microscopy image analysis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/muresan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthew Murray Topic: Investigating genomic and non-coding RNA abnormalties in cancer Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Pathology Email: mjm16@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/matthew-murray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jyoti Nangalia Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/nangalia Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sergey Nejentsev Topic: Genetic and functional mechanisms of susceptibility to infection Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: sn262@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/nejentsev/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julian Parkhill Topic: Bacterial evolution and genomics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jp369@cam.ac.uk Website: https://pathgenevocam.github.io Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leopold Parts Topic: Genetic screens of cellular traits Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: lp2@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/parts-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Plant Sciences Email: up220@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Virginia Pedicord Topic: Microbiota effects on host physiology Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Medicine Email: vap33@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/virginia-pedicord/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Julien Prudent Topic: Interactions between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum in cell physiology and disease Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: julien.prudent@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/julien-prudent Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eleanor Raffan Topic: Metabolic disease and obesity - molecular, genetic and physiological insights from spontaneous veterinary models of disease. Also interspecies communication! Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology, Department: PDN Email: er311@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/eleanor-raffan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan Topic: The pathogenesis of tuberculosis and the basis of vastly different susceptibilities to this disease Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Medicine Email: lr404@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/Ramakrishnan/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Lucy Raymond Topic: The genetic basis of intellectual disability Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: flr24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-lucy-raymond Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Evan Reid Topic: Unravelling the molecular pathology of axon death Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ealr4@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-evan-reid Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Rowitch Topic: Glial Cells and Response to Injury Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Department of Paediatrics Email: dhr25@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/rowitch Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Steve Russell Topic: Drosophila SOX domain genes. genomics approaches to gene function and systems biology Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: s.russell@gen.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/steve-russell Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julian Sale Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/jes/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emilia Santos Topic: Morphology and Evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Zoology Email: es754@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/emilia-santos Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Sargan 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, partially breed specific canine cancers. Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: drs20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/drs20%40cam.ac.uk Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Aylwyn Scally Topic: Evolutionary genomics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: aos21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/aylwyn-scally Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nadia Schoenmakers Topic: Genetic basis of congenital hypothyroidism Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: naaa2@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/nadia-sch... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Barbara Skelly Topic: Molecular basis of inherited diseases in the cat and dog Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: bjs1000@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/bjs1000@cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Derek Smith Topic: Evolution of pathogens Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Zoology Email: d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/derek-smith Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicole Soranzo Topic: Human complex traits Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ns6@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/soranzo-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mikhail Spivakov Topic: The logic and robustness of gene regulation Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Babraham Institute Email: Mikhail.Spivakov@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/mikhail-spivakov Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mike Stratton Topic: Cancer genetics and genomics Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: cl24@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/people/directory/stratton-sir-mike Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova Topic: Genetic interrogation of epigenetic pathways Themes:Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: it257@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.tchasovnikarova-lab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Thomson Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/thomson-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Timms Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (CITIID) Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.timmslab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mathew Van de Pette Topic: Epigenetics. Toxicology. Developmental Programming. Pregnancy Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: mv489@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor George Vassiliou Topic: Leukamia, pre-leukaemia, clonal haematopoiesis, clonal evolution Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/vassiliou Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo Topic: Celluar genetics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://ventolab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Chris Wallace Topic: Statistical immuno-genetics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: cew54@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/t-to-z/chris-... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ross Waller Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.wallercellevolution.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lucy Weinert Topic: The ecology and genomics of bacterial pathogens Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: lw461@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Welch Topic: The causes of molecular evolution Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: Department of Genetics Email: jjw23@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-welch Applications from potential students are welcome |
