Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Dr Sebastian Ahnert Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sea31@cam.ac.uk Topic: Network analysis genotype-phenotype maps biological self-assembly protein quaternary structure evolution complexity Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/ahnert-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Aitken Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: sa696@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genomic pathology; Cancer evolution; Image analysis Website: https://www.aitkenlab.org Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr 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 Joy Archer Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ja331@cam.ac.uk Topic: Veterinary Clinical Pathology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ja331@cam.ac.uk Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Radu Aricescu Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: radu@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: The Structural Biology of Synaptic Connectivity Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/radu-aricescu/ Themes: Molecules and Cells 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: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Department: Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biosciences (Molecular Cell Biology) Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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 David Barford Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: dbarford@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanism and regulation of chromosome segregation in mitosis Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/david-barford/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Srinjan Basu Department: Department of Physiology, Devlopment and Neuroscience, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: sb451@cam.ac.uk Topic: Towards a single-molecule perspective of early mammalian development Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/basu Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Howard Baylis Department: Department of Zoology Email: hab28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Intracellular signalling mechanisms regulating the development and physiology of C. elegans Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/baylis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elia Benito Gutierrez Department: Zoology Email: eb647 Topic: Evo-Devo Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/elia-benito-gutierrez Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Mariann Bienz Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mb2@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular Mechanism of Wnt signalling and cancer Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/m-bienz Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells 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: Dr Michael Boemo Department: Department of Pathology Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developing computational methods that show how dysregulation or faults in cell cycle mechanisms can result in cancer Website: https://www.boemogroup.org/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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 Sarah Bray Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk Topic: From stem cells to tissues: Notch regulatory dynamics in development and disease Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sarah-bray Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Bill Broadhurst Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: r.w.broadhurst@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/broadhurst.html Themes: Molecules and Cells 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 Clare Buckley Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: ceb85@cam.ac.uk Topic: Our lab uses optogenetics and live confocal imaging of the zebrafish neural tube and mouse embryonic stem cells to uncover the mechanisms that coordinate polarisation and morphogenesis of epithelial tubes during development. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/clare-buckley Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Bullock Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: sbullock@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Shedding light on microtubule-based transport Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/sbullock/ Themes: Molecules and Cells 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: Dr Andrew Carter Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: cartera@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: The Structure and Mechanism of Dynein Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/cartera/main.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jose Casal-Jimenez Department: Department of Zoology Email: jec85@cam.ac.uk Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/jose-casal Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells 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: Professor Jason Chin Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolution and synthesis of new function Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/j-chin Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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 Nick Coleman Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human papillomaviruses Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-coleman Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rosana Collepardo Department: Department of Genetics Email: rc597@cam.ac.uk Topic: Multi-scale modelling of chromatin organization and related biomolecules. Multi-scale modelling of liquid-liquid phase separation in gene organization Website: http://www.collepardolab.org/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: fc307@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Cook Department: Babraham Institute Email: simon.cook@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of MAP and SAPK pathways and their role in cell proliferation apoptosis and oncogenesis Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/simon-cook Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Crawford Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ac151@cam.ac.uk Topic: Sensory transduction in the inner ear Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-crawford Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Gerry Crossan Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gcrossan@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Maintenance of genome stability in the germline Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/gerry-crossan/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential 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: Professor Julia Davies Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk Topic: Signalling Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/juliadavies Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Pier Paolo D'Avino Department: Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division) Email: ppd21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation and mechanics of cell division and its de-regulation in cancer cells Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/paolo-davino Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential 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 Marc de la Roche Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mad58@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncogenic Wnt signaling in cancer Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/delaroche Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Janet Deane Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jed55@cam.ac.uk Topic: The role of sphingolipids in health and disease Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-janet-deane Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emmanuel Derivery Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: derivery@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of asymmetric trafficking Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/emmanuel-derivery/ Themes: Molecules and Cells 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 Paul Dupree Department: Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Topic: plant cell walls, dietary fibre, glycobiology, enzymology Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/dupree Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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: Professor Mike Edwardson Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: jme1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: AFM imaging of biomolecules Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Edwardson Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Sarah Elderkin Department: Babraham Institute Email: sarah.elderkin@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Investigation into the mechanisms and factors that enable regulated genome function in vivo Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/sarah-elderkin Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anton Enright Department: Department of Pathology Email: aje39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Algorithms protocols and datasets for functional genomics. Regulatory RNAs Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/anton-enright Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sadaf Farooqi Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Farooqi Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christine Farr Department: Department of Genetics Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-farr Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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 David Fernandez-Antoran Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: df336@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell competition and radiation biology Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/fernandez-antoran Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells 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: Dr Angeleen Fleming Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: Af425@cam.ac.uk Topic: How protein clearance pathways such as autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system affect disease severity. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/angeleen-fleming Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Oliver Florey Department: Babraham Institute Email: oliver.florey@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Autophagy (self eating) macroendocytosis (digestion of extracellular material) and entosis (a recently discovered form of cell cannibalism) Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/oliver-florey Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Forhead Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kristian Franze Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/franze/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells 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: Dr Daniel Gaffney Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dg13@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Genomics of gene regulation Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/gaffney-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jenny Gallop Department: Department of Biochemistry (Gurdon Institute) Email: j.gallop@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane-triggered actin polymerization: molecular mechanisms and morphogenesis Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/gallop Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mathew Garnett Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/garnett-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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: Professor John Gibson Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jsg1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ion and water homeostasis in red cells and chondrocytes Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jsg1001@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Olivier Giger Department: Department of Pathology Email: otg22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Gastrointestinal Stromal Tumour, Colorectal Cancer, Hereditary Cancer Syndromes, Brain Cancer Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/olivier-giger Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Gilbertson Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Richard.Gilbertson@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular origins of brain tumours with the aim of developing new cancer cures Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/gilbertson-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dino Giussani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/giussani Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Glover Department: Department of Genetics Email: dmg25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitotic protein kinases centrosomes microtubule associated proteins Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-glover Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bertie Gottgens Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/gottgens Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julian Gough Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gough@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational Genomics Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/julian-gough/ Themes: Molecules and Cells 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: Professor Tony Green Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: arg1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Haematopoietic stem cells/leukemia Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/green Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gribble Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Signalling in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/fiona-gri... Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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 Mark Gurnell Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AI/Gurnell/index.php Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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: Professor Greg Hannon Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hannon-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matthew Harper Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mth29@cam.ac.uk Topic: Platelet death in thrombosis and thrombocytopenia Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/harper Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Phillip Hawkins Department: Babraham Institute Email: phillip.hawkins@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway regulating cell growth Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/phillip-hawkins Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ramanujan Hegde Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rhegde@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane protein biosynthesis and quality control Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/r-hegde Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Yka Helariutta Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: yrjo.helariutta@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication carbon allocation and hormonal signaling in plants Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/helariutta-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Henderson Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rh15@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: High resolution 3D structures by electron cryomicroscopy Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/r-henderson Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Robert Henderson Department: Pharmacology Email: rmh1003@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure and function of biological macromolecules examined using the atomic force microscope Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Henderson Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Brian Hendrich Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hendrich Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Judy Hirst Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: The structure and mechanism, function and medically-relevant dysfunction, of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hirst-group Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hodson Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: 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: Dr Philipp Holliger Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: ph1@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Synthetic biology of nucleic acid replication Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/p-holliger Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Emeritus Christine Holt Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ceh33@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental Neuroscience Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-holt Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells 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: Dr Jon Houseley Department: Babraham Institute Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms by which cells adapt to their environment Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/jon-houseley Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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: Professor Christopher Howe Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/howe.html Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Huang Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/huang/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 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: Professor James Huntington Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jah52@cam.ac.uk Topic: Basic and translational research into thrombosis, haemophilia and antitrypsin deficiency Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-jim-huntington Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Marko Hyvönen Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mh256@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanism of TGF-β family signalling. Development of chemical tools using fragment-based and structure-guided drug discovery methods. Website: https://hyvonen.bioc.cam.ac.uk Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Laura Itzhaki Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: lsi10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Tandem-repeat proteins: Folding, function, role in disease, and therapeutic intervention Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lsi10@cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen Jackson Department: CRUK Cambridge Institute Email: spj13@cam.ac.uk Topic: Maintenance of genome stability/DNA repair Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/jackson-group Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Tony Jackson Department: Biochemistry Email: apj10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Sodium channels and other plasma membrane proteins Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/jackson-tony Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells 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: 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 Fiona Karet Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: fek1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Renal tubular homeostasis in health and disease Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-fiona-karet Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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 Walid Khaled Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk Topic: The interface between basic developmental biology and cancer development Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/wtk22@cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Svetlana Khoronenkova Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: sk870@cam.ac.uk Topic: DNA repair and neurodegenerative diseases Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/khoronenkova Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Golnar Kolahgar Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: gk262@cam.ac.uk Topic: Extrinsic regulation of intestinal proliferation and gut maintenance in Drosophila Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/golnar-kolahgar Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells 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: Professor Tony Kouzarides Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/tony-kouzarides Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Patrycja Kozik Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: pkozik@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Dendritic cells and initiation of the immune responses Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/patrycja-kozik/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Torsten Krude Department: Department of Zoology Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of human chromosome replication Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-torsten-krude Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nicholas Ktistakis Department: Babraham Institute Email: nicholas.ktistakis@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of autophagy Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/nicholas-ktistakis Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Wanda Kukulski Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kukulski@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Linking membrane architecture to function by correlative microscopy Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/wanda-kukulski/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Janet Kumita Department: Pharmacology Email: jrk38@cam.ac.uk Topic: Protein Self-Assembly: Linking Biomolecular Condensates and Amyloid with Biological Function and Disease Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/kumita Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edmund Kunji Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/kunji-group Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Graham Ladds Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: grl30@cam.ac.uk Topic: Multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the molecular basis of G protein signalling Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Ladds Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andras Lakatos Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: al291@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathomechanistic and therapeutic discoveries at single cell resolution using novel human organoid models of neurodegenerative diseases Website: http://www.brc.cam.ac.uk/principal-investigators/andras-lakatos/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Heike Laman Department: Department of Pathology Email: hl316@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ubiquitin ligases, cancer, Parkinson's disease, proteostasis, mitochondria, cell cycle Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/heike-laman Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Madeline Lancaster Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mlancast@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Human brain development in cerebral organoids Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/madeline-lancaster/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Delphine Larrieu Department: Pharmacology Email: dl437@cam.ac.uk Topic: Nuclear envelope dysfunction in aging and premature aging syndromes Website: https://www.larrieulab.com/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ernest Laue Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: e.d.laue@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Chromatin remodelling and genome structure Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/laue Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee Department: Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jhl62@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cells and niches in tissue homeostasis, regeneration, and disease Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/lee Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells 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: 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 Kathryn Lilley Department: Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: k.s.lilley@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: The spatial and developmental transiptome and proteome Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/lilley.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Lindon Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: acl34@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of human cell division by proteolysis Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lindon Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells 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 Trevor Littlewood Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: tdl2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncogenic signalling in cancer Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/littlewood Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Jan Löwe Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jyl@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: The bacterial cytoskeleton and other molecular machines Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/jan-lowe/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ben Luisi Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: bfl20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural biology of assemblies and regulatory complexes Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/luisi.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Lummis Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: sl120@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neurotransmitter receptors Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/lummis Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Luzio Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jpl10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane traffic in the late endocytic pathway Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-paul-luzio Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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: Professor Eamonn Maher Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: erm1000@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: renal cell carcinoma phaeochromocytoma multiple primary cancers genomic imprinting disorders and developmental disorders Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/professor-eamonn-maher/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stefan Marciniak Department: Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: sjm20@cam.ac.uk Topic: The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-stefan-marciniak Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maria Marti Solano Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mm2402@cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational pharmacology and structural bioinformatics Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr L. Miguel Martins Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: lm795@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondria and cell death regulation following toxic injury Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/l-m-martins-programme Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Mason Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: mjm39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ion Channels in Leukaemia Calcium Signalling in Non-Excitable Cells Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/michael-mason Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Juan Mata Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genome-wide responses to stress. Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mata Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ian McGough Department: Babraham Institute Email: ian.mcgough@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Morphogen Signalling in Development and Ageing Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/ian-mcgough Themes: Molecules and Cells 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: Dr 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 Liz Miller Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: emiller@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Protein transport and quality control in the secretory pathway Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/liz-miller/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Paul Miller Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: pm676@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pharmacological approaches to control central nervous system (CNS) activity Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/miller/summary Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michal Minczuk Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michal.minczuk@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial genome engineering to unravel the genetic links between mitochondrial gene regulation and human disease for future therapies Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/minczuk-group Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Miska Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/eric-miska Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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: Dr Sara Morais de Silva Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: slm88@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cross-talk between cell cycle proteins and metabolic pathways. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sara-morais-de-silva Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Helen Mott Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: hrm28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure, dynamics and interactions of proteins involved in signal transduction Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mott Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sean Munro Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: sean@mrc-lmb..cam.ac.uk Topic: Functional organisation of the Golgi apparatus Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/s-munro Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transmissible cancers Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leila Muresan Department: PDN Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microscopy image analysis Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/muresan Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Murphy Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/mike-murphy Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-murray Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Garib Murshudov Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: garib@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational Structural Biology Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/garib-murshudov/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jyoti Nangalia Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/nangalia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr François Nédélec Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: francois.nedelec@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell morphogenesis and developmental biology using synthetic and systems biology approaches and computer modelling Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/nedelec-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kelly Nguyen Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: knguyen@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanism of telomere maintenance and the roles of telomeres in human diseases Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/kelly-nguyen/ Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Nietlispach Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: dn206@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy structural biology of membrane proteins G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/nietlispach.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Cahir O'Kane Department: Department of Genetics Email: cjo1003@cam.ac.uk Topic: Axonal endoplasmic reticulum in Drosophila, and its roles in health and disease Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/okane Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John O'Neill Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: oneillj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cellular Rhythms Signalling and Metabolic Regulation Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/john-oneill/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Darerca Owen Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: do@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure function relationships in small G proteins involved in cancer progression Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/owen.html Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Owen Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: djo30@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural biology of transport vesicle and organelle biogenesis Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| 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: Dr Lori Passmore Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: passmore@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Macromolecular Machines that regulate mRNAs Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/l-passmore Themes: Molecules and Cells 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 Manav Pathania Department: Department of Oncology Email: mp915@cam.ac.uk Topic: Brain tumours Website: https://www.pathanialab.com/ Themes: Cancer, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kiran Raosaheb Patil Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: kp533@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Topic: Gut microbiota and xenobiotics Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/patil-programme Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ole Paulsen Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: op210@cam.ac.uk Topic: Network oscillations and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and neocortex Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/ole-paulsen Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Luca Pellegrini Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: lp212@cam.ac.uk Topic: DNA repair and recombination Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/pellegrini.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Perry Department: Institute of Metabolic Science Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/john-perry/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Evangelia Petsalaki Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Cell signalling, systems biology, computational biology Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anna Philpott Department: Department of Oncology Email: ap113@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental biology cell cycle cancer neurogenesis Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/philpott.html Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julien Prudent Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: julien.prudent@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Interactions between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum in cell physiology and disease Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/julien-prudent Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Ms Eqbal Radwan Department: Biology Email: ernp2030@gmail.com Topic: Plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, nanobiotechnology in plant production Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J8Iu9SYAAAAJ&hl=en Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells 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: 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: Dr Emma Rawlins Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: elr21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem and progenitor cells in the mammalian lung Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/rawlins Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Teresa Rayon Department: Babraham Institute Email: teresa.rayon@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Comparative Stem Cell Dynamics lab Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/teresa-rayon Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randy Read Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: rjr27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Methods for structural biology Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-randy-j-read-frs Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Evan Reid Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ealr4@cam.ac.uk Topic: Unravelling the molecular pathology of axon death Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-evan-reid Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Wolf Reik Department: Babraham Institute Email: wolf.reik@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics genomic imprinting and epigenetic reprogramming Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/wolf-reik Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Frank Reimann Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AffiliatePI/Reiman.php Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hugh Robinson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: hpcr@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural dynamics synaptic integration and functional analysis of cell types in the cortex Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/robinson/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Robinson Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: msr12@cam.ac.uk Topic: Coated vesicles adaptors Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-margaret-robinson-frs Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katja Roper Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kroeper@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of cell shape by the cytoskeleton during development and tissue morphogenesis Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/katja-roper/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Rubinsztein Department: CIMR Email: dcr1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: autophagy and neurodegeneration Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-david-rubinsztein-fmedsci-frs Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christopher Russo Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: crusso@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Atomic resolution imaging of biological specimen by electron cryomicroscopy Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/christopher-russo/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stewart Sage Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sos10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Calcium signalling in blood platelets Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/stewart-sage Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Julian Sale Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/jes/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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 David Savage Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Savage/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Dee Scadden Department: Biochemistry Email: Adjs100@cam.ac.uk Topic: Analysis of ds RNA hyper-edited by ADARs Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/scadden.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Sjors Scheres Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: scheres@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Visualising molecular machines in action Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/sjors-scheres Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Schornack Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis developmental processes Website: www.schornacklab.net Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christof Schwiening Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: cjs30@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neuronal intracellular pH microdomains and their functional importance Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?cjs30 Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthew Seaman Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: mnjs100@cam.ac.uk Topic: The molecular mechanisms of endosome-to-Golgi retrieval Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-matthew-seaman Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marisa Segal Department: Department of Genetics Email: ms433@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell cycle control of mitotic spindle morphogenesis in budding yeast Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/marisa-segal Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sanjay Sinha Department: Deparment of Medicine Email: ss661@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cardiovascular disease modelling and regenerative medicine Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/sinha Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Symeon Siniossoglou Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ss560@cam.ac.uk Topic: Linking phospholipid metabolism to membrane and organelle function Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-symeon-siniossoglou Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Smith Department: Biochemistry Email: cwjs1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/smith-chris Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ewan Smith Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: es336@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pain; chemoreception; neuronal excitabilityPain mechanisms / naked mole-rat extremophile biology Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Smith Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells 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 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 Daniel St Johnston Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: d.stjohnston@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell polarity in development and cancer Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/stjohnston Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Len Stephens Department: Babraham Institute Email: len.stephens@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway in neutrophils Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/len-stephens Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katherine Stott Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: ks123@cam.ac.uk Topic: Organisational and regulatory roles of disordered proteins Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/stott Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Azim Surani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian germ cells; epigenetic reprogramming Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Sutherland Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Chemical origins of molecular biology Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/bill-sutherland Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Chris Tate Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: cgt@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural Biology of integral membrane proteins Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/chris-tate Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: it257@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic interrogation of epigenetic pathways Website: https://www.tchasovnikarova-lab.org Themes: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: 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 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 Marco Tripodi Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mtripodi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: The space of actions - Neural circuits for transforming spatial representations into actions Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/tripodi/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells 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 Suzanne Turner Department: Pathology (Division of Cellular and Molecular pathology) Email: sdt36@cam.ac.uk Topic: Paediatric cancer Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/suzanne-turner Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis Department: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: kt404@cam.ac.uk Topic: RNA modifications in stem cell homeostasis Website: https://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-konstantinos-tzelepis/ Themes: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: 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: Professor George Vassiliou Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Leukamia, pre-leukaemia, clonal haematopoiesis, clonal evolution Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/vassiliou Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sir John Walker Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: walker@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure, function, assembly and regulation of ATP synthase Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/walker-group Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer 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 Alan Warren Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ajw1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of ribosome assembly Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-alan-j-warren-fmedsci Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Timothy Weil Department: Department of Zoology Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk Topic: The cellular mechanisms underpinning the spatiotemporal coordination of the oocyte-to-embryo transition/ Testing the in vivo function of biomolecular condensates Website: WeilLabCambridge.com Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells |
| Name: Dr Heidi Welch Department: Babraham Institute Email: heidi.welch@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Intracellular signal transduction through small G proteins and their regulators Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/heidi-welch Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alex Whitworth Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: a.whitworth@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/whitworth-group Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roger Williams Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rlw@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural studies of phospholipid signalling Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/r-williams Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anne Willis Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: aew80@cam.ac.uk Topic: RNA biology Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/willis-research Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Wilson Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gavin Wright Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: gw2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cell surface signalling Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/wright-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fengzhu Xiong Department: Gurdon Institute, Depart of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: fx220@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental morphogenesis, cell dynamics, tissue mechanics Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/people/fengzhu-xiong/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joseph Yeeles Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jyeeles@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of chromosome replication Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/joseph-yeeles/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
