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: 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: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells 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 Kate Baker Topic: Microbial Genomic Epidemiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Department: Genetics Email: kb827@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk/staff/kate-baker Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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 Institute Email: eb956@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/target-discovery-group/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD 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, Clinical Science 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, Clinical Science 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: Dr Erik Clark Topic: Early embryonic patterning in Drosophila; quantitative imaging and modelling of gene regulation; arthropod evo-devo Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: ec491@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/clark-group 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, Women's Health 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 wall polysaccharides, food, biomaterials, glycobiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, 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 fish speciation Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics Department: 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: 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 Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Goldman Topic: Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, 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/ Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer 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: Prof. 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: 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, Infection and Immunity 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, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Women's Health 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 and Endocrinology, Clinical Science 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: Professor Edmund Kunji Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells 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: Genome structure and chromatin remodelling Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: edl1@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/laue Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Adria LeBoeuf Topic: Evolution and impact of socially transferred materials Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Zoology Email: acl79@cam.ac.uk Website: https://leboeuflab.com 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 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 role of cellular stress in rare lung diseases 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 Maria Marti Solano Topic: Computational pharmacology and structural bioinformatics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mm2402@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/marti Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD 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: Professor Eoin McKinney Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endrocrinology Department: Medicine Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/departments/cambridge-institute-for-the... 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 and Endocrinology 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: Professor Graham Murray Topic: Causes, mechanisms and treatments of mental disorder. Psychiatric and brain imaging genetics. Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Psychiatry Email: gm285@cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/gm285/ 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 and Endocrinology, Clinical Science 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: Understanding human DNA function by engineering Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: lp2@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/group/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: pedicordlab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| 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 including obesity - molecular, genetic and physiological aspects; animal genetics Themes: Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience & Institute of Metabolic Science Email: er311@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/eleanor-raffan Applications from potential 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 and Endocrinology, Clinical Science 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, Clinical Science 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: Associate Professor Alberto Rosello-Diez Topic: Control of size and proportions during limb development and regeneration Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: PDN Email: ar2204@cam.ac.uk Website: www.rosellodiezlab.com 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, Clinical Science 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: Professor Mina Ryten Topic: The role of RNA splicing in neurological diseases Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: mr2022@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: www.rytenlab 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 predisposition 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 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 and Endocrinology, Clinical Science 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, Clinical Science 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: 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: Dr Jelle van den Ameele Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial genetics, gene expression, chromatin, mitochondrial disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/van-den-ameele-group 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 |
| Name: Dr Chun Hao Wong Topic: Functional genomics in human cellular models using CRISPR, high-throughput screening and high-content imaging Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Milner Therapeutics Institute Email: wc389@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/functional-genomics-screening-lab-fgsl/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Geoffrey Woods Topic: Human pain genetics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Clinical Science Department: CIMR Email: cw347@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-geoff-woods Sorry no students can be taken this year |
