Principal investigators in this theme:
| Name: Dr Jim Ajioka Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: ja131@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biology and evolutionary genetics of Toxoplasma Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-ajioka Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexandre Almeida Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: aa2369@cam.ac.uk Topic: High-resolution and large-scale approaches to investigate the function and diversity of the human microbiome in health and disease Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-alexandre-almeida Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas Department: Department of Pathology Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk Topic: Parasitology Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/artavanis-tsakonas Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gabriel Balmus Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: gb318@cam.ac.uk Topic: DNA Damage Response in ageing and neurodegeneration Website: www.balmuslab.org Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Barbara Blacklaws Department: Veterinary Medicine Email: bab2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathogenesis of and immunity to virus infections Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/bab2@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Andrew Blagborough Department: Department of Pathology Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk Topic: Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-blagborough Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Blaxter Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mb35@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Tree of life Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/programmes/tree-of-life Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Sir Henry Dale Fellow Alex Borodavka Department: Biochemistry Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biophysics of viral replication mechanisms Website: https://www.borodavkalab.org/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Louise Boyle Department: Department of Pathology Email: lhb22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Antigen presentation to cells of the immune system Website: www.teamtapbpr.co.uk Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Bradley Department: Department of Medicine Email: jrb1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation and function of death receptors in the microvasculature; factors influencing access to treatment and outcomes for patients with chronic kidney disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/bradley/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ian Brierley Department: Pathology Email: ib103@cam.ac.uk Topic: Translational control in virus gene expression Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ian-brierley Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Guy Brown Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gcb3@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microglia, neuroinflammation & neurodegeneration Website: www.microglia.info/guybrown Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Clare Bryant Department: Department of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine Email: ceb27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pattern Recognition Receptor signalling in inflammatory and infectious disease Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ceb27%40cam.ac.uk Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Raymond Bujdoso Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: rb202@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular pathology in prion disease Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/rb202@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Folma Buss Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanism of myosin motor proteins in health and disease. Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-folma-buss Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Cinzia Cantacessi Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: cc779@cam.ac.uk Topic: Parasitology, host-parasite interactions, metagenomics Website: https://www.infectiousdisease.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-cinzia-cantacessi Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Carr Department: Plant Sciences Email: jpc1005@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular plant virology and molecular plant pathology Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-carr Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mike Chapman Department: Department of Haematology (NHSBT) Email: mac54@cam.ac.uk Topic: Myeloma and normal lymphoid biology Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-mike-chapman-2/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Jeongmin Choi Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/jeongmin-choi Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Betty Chung Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk Topic: RiboSwitches, Gene expression, Translation control, Host:pathogen interactions Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Murray Clarke Department: Department of Medicine (Section of CardioRespiratory Medicine) Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clarke/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Menna Clathworthy Department: Department of Medicine Email: mrc38@cam.ac.uk Topic: Tissue immunity in health and disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clatworthy/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Francesco Colucci Department: Obstetrics and Gynaecology Email: fc287@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immunology of reproduction, Infections, Cancer Website: https://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-francesco-colucci/ Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Conlan Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology and mathematical modelling Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajkc2@cam.ac.uk Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anne Corcoran Department: Babraham Institute Email: anne.corcoran@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetic and chromatin remodeling mechanisms that regulate immunoglobulin gene rearrangement (VDJ recombination) in B lymphocytes in particular non-coding RNA transcription and nuclear organization Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/anne-corcoran Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Colin Crump Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk Topic: Virus assembly, egress and host cell interactions Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/colin-crump Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nik Cunniffe Department: Plant Sciences Email: njc1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Modelling the spread, detection, evolution and control of plant pests and pathogens. Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/cunniffe-nik Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Davenport Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ed5@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Functional genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/davenport-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Daniela De Angelis Department: MRC Biostatistics Unit Email: daniela.deangelis@mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evidence synthesis to inform health Website: https://www.mrc-bsu.cam.ac.uk/people/in-alphabetical-order/a-to-g/daniel... Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maike de la Roche Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Maike.DeLaRoche@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the role of the Hedgehog signalling pathway in the adaptive anti-tumour response Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/de-la-roche-group Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lida Derevnina Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: LD645@cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant immunity, effector biology, host pathogen interaction Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/crop-pathogen-immunity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Doorbar Department: Department of Pathology Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-doorbar Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ming-Qing Du Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: mqd20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Lymphomagenesis; molecular pathology in diagnosis and prognosis Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ming-du Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maria Adelaida Duque Correa Department: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: mad75@cam.ac.uk Topic: Intestinal parasitic worms and impact of infection on stem cells Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/dr-maria-duque-correa Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Edgar Department: Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology) Email: je333@cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-edgar Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: se389@cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant-parasite/pathogen interactions Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/sebastianevesvandenakker Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Ferguson Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk Topic: Innate immune sensing of viruses Website: http://www.fergusonlab.path.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rob Finn Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: rdf@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Computational approaches to understanding microbiomes Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/finn Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Firth Department: Department of Pathology Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk Topic: RNA virus gene expression, comparative genomics and molecular biology Website: firthlab.path.cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Andres Floto Department: Department of Medicine Email: arf27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Innate immunity; bacterial genetics; antibiotic discovery Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/floto/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gillian Fraser Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: gmf25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial motility and flagella biogenesis; Bacterial export pathways Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/gillian-fraser Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Gay Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/gay.html Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Cedric Ghevaert Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: cg348@cam.ac.uk Topic: Megakaryocyte and platelet biology In vitro production of cellular components for transfusion in humans Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/ghevaert Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ian Goodfellow Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: ig299@cam.ac.uk Topic: Characterisation of virus-host interactions Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/goodfellow/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Stephen Graham Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: scg34@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking and viral infection Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/graham/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Grant Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ajg60@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microbial Pathogenesis Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ajg60%40cam.ac.uk Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Gillian Griffiths Department: Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: gg305@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of secretion at the immunological synapse Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-gillian-griffiths-fmedsci-frs Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Harriet Groom Department: Department of Medicine Email: hctg2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Retroviruses (HIV), SARS-CoV2, host-virus interactions Website: www.groomlab.co.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Halim Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/halim-group Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jake Harris Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: cjh92@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epigenetics, chromatin, immunity Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/chromatin-and-memory Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jonathan Heeney Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jlh66@cam.ac.uk Topic: Zoonotic Viruses innate host responses and transcriptome subtraction for detection of novel viruses immunity and vaccine design Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jlh66@cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hodson Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Florian Hollfelder Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk Topic: Synthetic and chemical biology: mechanistic enzymology, directed evolution, technologies for droplet microfluidics, since cell transciptomics, developmental cell biology in 3D Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/hollfelder Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Holmes Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: mah1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Infectious diseases Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Holmes Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: nh106@cam.ac.uk Topic: CD45: T lymphocyte activation Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-holmes Themes: Infection and Immunity Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Liz Hook Department: Department of Patholgy Email: ceh25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/liz-hook Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Howarth Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mh2186@cam.ac.uk Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Howarth/research Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate Hughes Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/hughes Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Zamin Iqbal Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: zi@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Algorithms for analysing genomes and populations antibiotic resistance DNA search indexes TB point of care diagnostics global surveillance of pathogens Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/iqbal Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nerea Irigoyen Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: ni236@cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the role of Zika virus genome translation in viral pathogenicity and disease Website: ttps://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-nerea-irigoyen Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leo James Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/l-james Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Jayne Department: Department of Medicine Email: dj106@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clinical trials in vasculitis and SLE Website: http://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/directory/dj106@cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Randall Johnson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Arthur Kaser Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell. Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/arthur-kaser/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Adrian Kelly Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: apk23@cam.ac.uk Topic: MHC Class II antigen presentation; immunology of Salmonella infection Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/adrian-kelly Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Vassilis Koronakis Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/vassilis-koronakis Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Mr Vasilis Kosmoliaptsis Department: Department of Surgery Email: vk256@cam.ac.uk Topic: Alloantigens and HLA immunogenicity transplantation Website: http://surgery.medschl.cam.ac.uk/research-staff/surgery-staff/kosmoliapt... Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dominic Kwiatkowski Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dominic@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Natural genetic variation (in malaria) Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/kwiatkowski-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Trevor Lawley Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: tl2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Host-microbiota interactions Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lawley-lab Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mara Lawniczak Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ml12@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Vector-parasite interactions Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lawniczak-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marcus Lee Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ml31@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Malaria Parasite Drug Resistance Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lee-group Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helen Leggett Department: Department of Zoology Email: hl448@cam.ac.uk Topic: Host-Parasite Evolution and Genetics Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-helen-leggett Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Lehner Department: Department of Medicine Email: pjl30@cam.ac.uk Topic: Viral silencing and immune evasion pathways Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/paul-lehner/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Xuan Li Department: Department of Medicine Email: xl315@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microtubule-dependent mechanism in regulating inflammatory diseases Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/xuan-li Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michelle Linterman Department: Babraham Institute Email: michelle.linterman@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Cellular and molecular changes in T-cell aging Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/michelle-linterman Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Valeria Lulla Department: Department of Pathology, Division of Virology Email: vl284@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular virology Website: https://lullalab.owlstown.net/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Bidesh Mahata Department: Department of Pathology Email: bm562@cam.ac.uk Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/bidesh-mahata Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Pietro Mastroeni Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: pm274@cam.ac.uk Topic: Host responses and pathogenesis in bacterial infection and vaccine development Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/pm274@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nicholas Matheson Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) Email: njm25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Viral and cellular regulation of immunometabolism Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/nick-matheson/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr William McEwan Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: wm305@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immunity in Alzheimer’s disease and other neurodegenerative conditions Website: https://mcewan-lab.com/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew McKenzie Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: anm@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Transgenic models of immune and haematopoietic disorders Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/a-mckenzie Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ioanna Mela Department: Pharmacology Email: im337@cam.ac.uk Topic: DNA nanotechnology for the sensing, targeting and destruction of bacteria Website: ioannamela.com Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: sm2116@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell niche pathophysiology Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-simon-mendez-ferrer/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Mechanisms of Airway Defence Vito Mennella Department: MRC TU Unit Email: vm430@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of defence of airway cells from environmental pollutants and infections agents Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/staff/vito-mennella Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Merrick Department: Department of Pathology Email: cjm48@cam.ac.uk Topic: Malaria Parasite Biology Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/catherine-merrick Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Su Metcalfe Department: Department of Surgery Email: smm1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Use of nanotechnology to deliver growth factors in vivo to promote brain repair Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/Networkdirectory/smm1001%40cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Prof. Yorgo Modis Department: Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC-LMB) Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the role of viral RNA and endogenous viral elements in infection and immune homeostasis using structural, biochemical, and cell-based approaches Website: https://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ymodis/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ashley Moffett Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: am485@cam.ac.uk Topic: NK cells pregnancy trophoblast HLA Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ashley-moffett Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transmissible cancers Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Nathan Department: Department of Medicine Email: jan33@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cellular mechanisms of oxygen and nutrient sensing Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/james-nathan/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sergey Nejentsev Department: Department of Medicine Email: sn262@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic and functional mechanisms of susceptibility to infection Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/nejentsev/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Klaus Okkenhaug Department: Department of Pathology Email: ko256@cam.ac.uk Topic: PI3K in immunity infection and cancer Website: https://www.okkengroup.path.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Miles Parkes Department: Department of Medicine Email: mp372@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetics of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: GWAS post-GWAS and clinical translation of derived knowledge Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/parkes/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julian Parkhill Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jp369@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial evolution and genomics Website: https://pathgenevocam.github.io Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski Department: Plant Sciences Email: up220@cam.ac.uk Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski.html Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Virginia Pedicord Department: Department of Medicine Email: vap33@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microbiota effects on host physiology Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/virginia-pedicord/ |
| Name: Mr Gavin Pettigrew Department: Department of Surgery Email: gjp25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Alloantigen recognition and antigen presentation (transplantation immunology) Website: http://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/directory/gjp25@cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stefano Pluchino Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: spp24@cam.ac.uk Topic: regenerative neuroimmunology; progressive multiple sclerosis; cellular senescence; mitochondrial metabolism; Website: www.pluchinolab.org Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Taufiq Rahman Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mtur2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Calcium signalling, chemical modulation of ion channels and receptors, rational drug design, computer-aided drug discovery Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/rahman Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Lalita Ramakrishnan Department: Department of Medicine Email: lr404@cam.ac.uk Topic: The pathogenesis of tuberculosis and the basis of vastly different susceptibilities to this disease Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/Ramakrishnan/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felix Randow Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell-autonomous and innate immunity Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/f-randow Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Julian Rayner Department: Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Email: jcr1003@cam.ac.uk Topic: Using molecular understanding of malaria parasites to identify and prioritise drug and vaccine targets Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-julian-rayner Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivier Restif Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: or226@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mathematical models for infectious disease dynamics Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/or226@cam.ac.uk Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rahul Roychoudhuri Department: Babraham Institute Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcription factor regulation of cell fate-specification and function within the T cell lineage Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/rahul-roychoudhuri Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kourosh Saeb-Parsy Department: Department of Surgery Email: ks10014@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transplantation, Regenerative Medicine and Cancer Immunotherapy Website: www.saeb-parsy.group.cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Henrik Salje Department: Department of Genetics Email: hs743@cam.ac.uk Topic: Infectious disease dynamics Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Jeanne Salje Department: CIMR/Biochemistry/Pathology Email: jss53@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-jeanne-salje Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor George Salmond Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/salmond.html Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Milka Sarris Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/milka-sarris Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Wilhelm Schwaeble Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: hws24@cam.ac.uk Topic: The role of complement in health and disease Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Sharkey Department: Department of Pathology Email: as168@cam.ac.uk Topic: Website: https://www.repro.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-andrew-sharkey Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Sinclair Department: Medicine Email: js152@cam.ac.uk Topic: Host virus interactions during cytomegalovirus latent and lytic infection Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/john-sinclair/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Derek Smith Department: Department of Zoology Email: d.smith@zoo.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolution of pathogens Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/derek-smith Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Geoffrey Smith Department: Pathology Email: Hod.sec@path.cam.ac.uk Topic: Vaccinia virus replication spread immune evasion and pathogenesis. Vaccine development. Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/geoffrey-smith Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Ken Smith Department: Department of Medicine Email: kgcs2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immune regulation autoimmunity and disease outcome Website: www.citiid.cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Soilleux Department: Department of Pathology Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/elizabeth-soilleux Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicole Soranzo Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ns6@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Human complex traits Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/soranzo-group Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Charlotte Summers Department: Department of Medicine Email: cs493@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Neutrophil-endothelial cell interaction in acute and chronic inflammation Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/summers/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alana Thackray Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: amt27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular pathology of prion diseases, viral infection and immunity, infectious diseases Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/amt27%40cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Thomson Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: nrt@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial genomics and evolution Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/thomson-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Teresa Tiffert Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/tiffert/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Laurence Tiley Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: lst21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Influenza virus infection dynamics and vaccine development Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-laurence-tiley Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Timms Department: Department of Medicine (CITIID) Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system Website: https://www.timmslab.com Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Caroline Trotter Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: clt56@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology of vaccine-preventable diseases and the impact of immunisation Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/clt56@cam.ac.uk Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Dan Tucker Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: awt1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Virus diseases of pigs Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/awt1000@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Martin Turner Department: Babraham Institute Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/martin-turner Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Hendrik van Veen Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/vanveen Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roser Vento-Tormo Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: rv4@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Celluar genetics Website: https://ventolab.org/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ross Waller Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells Website: http://www.wallercellevolution.com Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christopher Watson Department: Department of Surgery Email: cjew2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Improving the opportunities for transplantation with particular reference to in situ and ex situ liver perfusion Website: https://surgery.medschl.cam.ac.uk/staff/watson/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Michael Weekes Department: Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: mpw1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Innate immune evasion by intracellular pathogens Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-michael-weekes Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lucy Weinert Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: lw461@cam.ac.uk Topic: The ecology and genomics of bacterial pathogens Website: https://www.research.vet.cam.ac.uk/research-staff-directory/principal-in... Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Martin Welch Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathogenicity determinants in Pseudomonas aeruginosa and development of novel anti-pseudomonal therapiesMicrobial Physiology and Metabolism Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/welch.html Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Williams Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: tlw27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biology of extracellular vesicles and biomarkers of renal disease Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/tlw27 Themes: Infection and Immunity, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Wills Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Infectious Diseases) Email: mrw1004@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immunobiology of human cytomegalovirus Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/wills/ Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Wood Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jlnw2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Epidemiology, emergence and control of zoonotic infections Website: https://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-james-wood-obe Themes: Infection and Immunity Applications from potential students are welcome |
