The Molecules and Cells Research Theme includes the following sub-groups:
- Cell Biology
- Cancer Biology
- Developmental Biology
- Genetics & Genomics
- Immunology
- Biochemistry
- Microbiology
- Neuroscience
- Biophysics
- Cardiovascular Biology
- Cell Signalling
Principal Investigators in this theme:
| Name: Dr Sarah Aitken Topic: Genomic pathology; Cancer evolution; Image analysis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: sa696@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.aitkenlab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jim Ajioka Topic: Biology and evolutionary genetics of Toxoplasma Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: ja131@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-ajioka Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maria P. Alcolea Topic: Epithelial Cell Fate and Plasticity Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology Email: mpa28@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/alcolea Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joy Archer Topic: Veterinary Clinical Pathology Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ja331@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ja331@cam.ac.uk Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Radu Aricescu Topic: The Structural Biology of Synaptic Connectivity Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: radu@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/radu-aricescu/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas Topic: Parasitology Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/artavanis-tsakonas Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Topic: Biosciences (Molecular Cell Biology) Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Topic: Molecular Cell Biology, Cell Signalling, Oxygen-Sensing, Hypoxia Biology, Metabolism Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://crukcambridgecentre.org.uk/users/mashcroft5402 Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edward Avezov Topic: Organelle Cell Biology of neurodegeneration Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: ea347@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://ukdri.ac.uk/team/edward-avezov Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gabriel Balmus Topic: DNA Damage Response in ageing and neurodegeneration Themes: Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: gb318@cam.ac.uk Website: www.balmuslab.org Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Barford Topic: Mechanism and regulation of chromosome segregation in mitosis Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: dbarford@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/david-barford/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sumru Bayin Topic: Neural stem cell biology during development and repair Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Gurdon Institute, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: nsb44@cam.ac.uk Website: www.bayinlab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Howard Baylis Topic: Intracellular signalling mechanisms regulating the development and physiology of C. elegans Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Zoology Email: hab28@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research/groups/baylis Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Erica Bello Topic: Functional genomics and gene editing in complex human in vitro models of disease Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Milner Therapeutics Institute Email: eb956@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/target-discovery-group/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elia Benito Gutierrez Topic: Evo-Devo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Zoology Email: eb647@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/elia-benito-gutierrez Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Anne Bertolotti Topic: Cellular aspects of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: aberto@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/a-bertolotti Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mariann Bienz Topic: Protein quality control in neurodegenerative diseases Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mb2@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/m-bienz Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Andrew Blagborough Topic: Malaria transmission Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-blagborough Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Boemo Topic: Developing computational methods that show how dysregulation or faults in cell cycle mechanisms can result in cancer Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.boemogroup.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Claudia Bonfio Topic: Origins of life, primitive cells, artificial cells, liposomes, coacervates Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: cb2036@cam.ac.uk Website: www.bonfiolab.eu Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alex Borodavka Topic: Mechanisms of RNA virus replication, RNA structure, ribonucleoprotein condensates Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.borodavkalab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof John Bradley Topic: Regulation and function of death receptors in the microvasculature Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Medicine Email: jrb1000@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/bradley/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bray Topic: From stem cells to tissues: Notch regulatory dynamics in development and disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sarah-bray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bill Broadhurst Topic: Structural dynamics of modular polyketide synthases Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rwb1002@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/broadhurst Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Bullock Topic: Cytoskeletal transport and mRNA trafficking Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: sbullock@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/sbullock/ Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Folma Buss Topic: Molecular mechanism of myosin motor proteins in health and disease. Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-folma-buss Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Carter Topic: The Structure and Mechanism of Dynein Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: cartera@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/cartera/main.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jose Casal-Jimenez Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Zoology Email: jec85@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/jose-casal Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mike Chapman Topic: Myeloma and normal lymphoid biology Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (NHSBT) Email: mac54@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-mike-chapman-2/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Jason Chin Topic: Evolution and synthesis of new function Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/j-chin Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Jeongmin Choi Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/directory/jeongmin-choi Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Betty Chung Topic: Gene expression, Translation control, abiotic (temperature, pH etc..) and biotic (infection) stresses, Host:pathogen interactions, Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Erik Clark Topic: Early embryonic patterning in Drosophila; quantitative imaging and modelling of gene regulation; arthropod evo-devo Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: ec491@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/clark-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Murray Clarke Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (Section of CardioRespiratory Medicine) Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/clarke/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nick Coleman Topic: Human papillomaviruses Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-coleman Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Rosana Collepardo Topic: Multi-scale modelling of chromatin organization and related biomolecules. Multi-scale modelling of liquid-liquid phase separation in gene organization Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: rc597@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.collepardolab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Miguel Constancia Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Metabolic Research Laboratories (MRL) Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-miguel-constancia Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas Topic: Pathology Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: fc307@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Crawford Topic: Sensory transduction in the inner ear Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ac151@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-crawford Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Gerry Crossan Topic: Maintenance of genome stability in the germline Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gcrossan@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/gerry-crossan/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Colin Crump Topic: Virus assembly, egress and host cell interactions Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/colin-crump Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Julia Davies Topic: Signalling Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/juliadavies Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Pier Paolo D'Avino Topic: Regulation and mechanics of cell division and its de-regulation in cancer cells Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division) Email: ppd21@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/paolo-davino Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marc de la Roche Topic: Oncogenic Wnt signaling in cancer Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mad58@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/delaroche Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Janet Deane Topic: The role of sphingolipids in health and disease Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jed55@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-janet-deane Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emmanuel Derivery Topic: Mechanisms of asymmetric trafficking Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: derivery@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/emmanuel-derivery/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Doorbar Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-doorbar Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Dupree Topic: Plant cell wall polysaccharides, food, biomaterials, glycobiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/dupree Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Edgar Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology) Email: je333@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-edgar Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Elderkin Topic: Investigation into the mechanisms and factors that enable regulated genome function in vivo Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: sarah.elderkin@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/sarah-elderkin Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anton Enright Topic: Algorithms protocols and datasets for functional genomics. Regulatory RNAs Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: aje39@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/anton-enright Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sadaf Farooqi Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-sadaf-farooqi Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christine Farr Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-farr Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Fazakerley Topic: Cell Biology of Insulin Action and Resistance Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Clinical Biochemistry Email: djf72@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-daniel-fazakerley Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Ferguson Topic: Innate immune sensing of viruses Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.fergusonlab.path.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr David Fernandez-Antoran Topic: Cell competition and radiation biology Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: df336@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/fernandez-antoran Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Firth Topic: RNA virus gene expression, comparative genomics and molecular biology Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-firth Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Oliver Florey Topic: Autophagy (self eating) macroendocytosis (digestion of extracellular material) and entosis (a recently discovered form of cell cannibalism) Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: oliver.florey@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/oliver-florey Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Forhead Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kristian Franze Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/franze/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gillian Fraser Topic: Bacterial motility and flagella biogenesis; Bacterial export pathways Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: gmf25@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/gillian-fraser Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jennifer Gallop Topic: Dynamics and regulation of filopodia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry and Gurdon Institute Email: jlg38@cam.ac.uk Website: www.gallop.group Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Melissa Gammons Topic: Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt signalling in rare and common disease pathenogenesis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: melissag@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: NA Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mathew Garnett Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/garnett-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Gay Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/gay.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Gibson Topic: Ion and water homeostasis in red cells and chondrocytes Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jsg1001@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jsg1001@cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Glover Topic: Mitotic protein kinases centrosomes microtubule associated proteins Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: dmg25@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-glover Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Camilla Godlee Topic: Investigating the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with eukaryotic membranes Themes: Department: Biochemistry and Pathology Email: cbjg2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/faculty/camilla-godlee Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nick Goldman Topic: Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, comparative genomics data analysis and modelling, statistical computational molecular sequence analysis, algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/goldman/ Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Bertie Gottgens Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/gottgens Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julian Gough Topic: Computational Genomics Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gough@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/julian-gough/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof. Stephen Graham Topic: Virus: Host interactions, innate immunity, vaccines, emerging viral diseases Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: scg34@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.atomicvirology.path.cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alessandra Granata Topic: Modelling Vascular Dementia and Stroke using patients’ iPSC Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: ag686@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/agranata Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Green Topic: Haematopoietic stem cells/leukemia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: arg1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/green Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ingo Greger Topic: Glutamate receptor structure/function/pharmacology Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: ig@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/ingo-greger/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gribble Topic: Signalling in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-fiona-gribble Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Harriet Groom Topic: Retroviruses (HIV), SARS-CoV2, host-virus interactions Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine Email: hctg2@cam.ac.uk Website: www.groomlab.co.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Gurnell Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-mark-gurnell Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Halim Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/halim-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Greg Hannon Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hannon-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Iris Hardege Topic: Understanding the fundamentals of neurotransmission and how small brains generate complex behaviours. Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Zoology Email: ih287@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-iris-hardege Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matthew Harper Topic: Platelet death in thrombosis and thrombocytopenia Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mth29@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/harper Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ramanujan Hegde Topic: Membrane protein biosynthesis and quality control Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rhegde@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/r-hegde Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Henderson Topic: High resolution 3D structures by electron cryomicroscopy Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rh15@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/r-henderson Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Robert Henderson Topic: Structure and function of biological macromolecules examined using the atomic force microscope Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Pharmacology Email: rmh1003@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Henderson Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Brian Hendrich Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hendrich Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christoph Hess Topic: Immunometabolism Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Medicine Email: ch818@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-christoph-hess Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Judy Hirst Topic: The structure and mechanism, function and medically-relevant dysfunction, of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hirst-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/hodson Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Prof. Florian Hollfelder Topic: Synthetic and chemical biology: mechanistic enzymology, enzyme discovery, biocatalysis for sustainable development, directed evolution, btechnologies for droplet microfluidics, single cell transciptomics, developmental cell biology in 3D, antibody engineering, functional metagenomics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk Website: https://hollfelder.bioc.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Philipp Holliger Topic: Synthetic biology of nucleic acid replication Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: ph1@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/p-holliger Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Emeritus Christine Holt Topic: Developmental Neuroscience Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ceh33@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-holt Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Liz Hook Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: ceh25@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/liz-hook Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jon Houseley Topic: Mechanisms by which cells adapt to their environment Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/jon-houseley Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Howarth Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mh2186@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Howarth/research Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christopher Howe Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/howe.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Chris Huang Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/huang/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate Hughes Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/hughes Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Marko Hyvönen Topic: Molecular mechanism of TGF-β family signalling. Development of chemical tools using fragment-based and structure-guided drug discovery methods. Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mh256@cam.ac.uk Website: https://hyvonen.bioc.cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Laura Itzhaki Topic: Tandem-repeat proteins: Folding, function, role in disease, and therapeutic intervention Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: lsi10@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lsi10@cam.ac.uk Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen Jackson Topic: Maintenance of genome stability/DNA repair Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: CRUK Cambridge Institute Email: spj13@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/jackson-group Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Tony Jackson Topic: Sodium channels and other plasma membrane proteins Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: apj10@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/jackson-tony Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leo James Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/l-james Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randall Johnson Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alexander Jones Topic: Deciphering cellular information processing via plant hormones Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: alexander.jones@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/jones-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helle Jorgensen Topic: Regulation of cell plasticity and heterogeneity in health and cardiovascular disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Department: Medicine Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk Website: www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/hjorgensen Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir Topic: Myelin plasticity and regeneration Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: rk385@cam.ac.u Website: Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Arthur Kaser Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell. Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/arthur-kaser/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Walid Khaled Topic: Tumour initiation and ageing Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Pharmacology - Stem cell Institute Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk Website: www.wtklab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Golnar Kolahgar Topic: Extrinsic regulation of intestinal proliferation and gut maintenance in Drosophila Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: gk262@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/golnar-kolahgar Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Vassilis Koronakis Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/vassilis-koronakis Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Kouzarides Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/tony-kouzarides Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Patrycja Kozik Topic: Dendritic cells and initiation of the immune responses Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: pkozik@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/patrycja-kozik/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Torsten Krude Topic: Control of human chromosome replication Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Zoology Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-torsten-krude Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nicholas Ktistakis Topic: Mechanisms of autophagy Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: nicholas.ktistakis@babraham.ac.uk Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/nicholas-ktistakis Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Wanda Kukulski Topic: Linking membrane architecture to function by correlative microscopy Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kukulski@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/wanda-kukulski/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Janet Kumita Topic: Protein Self-Assembly: Linking Biomolecular Condensates and Amyloid with Biological Function and Disease Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Pharmacology Email: jrk38@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/kumita Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Edmund Kunji Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/kunji-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Graham Ladds Topic: Multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the molecular basis of G protein signalling Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: grl30@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Ladds Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andras Lakatos Topic: Pathomechanistic and therapeutic discoveries at single cell resolution using novel human organoid models of neurodegenerative diseases Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: al291@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.brc.cam.ac.uk/principal-investigators/andras-lakatos/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Heike Laman Topic: Ubiquitin ligases, cancer, Parkinson's disease, proteostasis, mitochondria, cell cycle Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: hl316@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/heike-laman Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Madeline Lancaster Topic: Human brain development in cerebral organoids Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mlancast@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/madeline-lancaster/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Delphine Larrieu Topic: Nuclear envelope dysfunction in ageing and premature ageing syndromes Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Pharmacology Email: dl437@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.larrieulab.com/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Ernest Laue Topic: Genome structure and chromatin remodelling Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: edl1@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/laue Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee Topic: Stem cells and niches in tissue homeostasis, regeneration, and disease Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jhl62@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/lee Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Lehner Topic: Viral silencing and immune evasion pathways Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine Email: pjl30@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.citiid.cam.ac.uk/paul-lehner/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Wei Li Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Medicine Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/wli Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kathryn Lilley Topic: Multiomics, technology development, proteostasis, RNA binding proteomics, computational biology Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: k.s.lilley@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/lilley.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Lindon Topic: Control of human cell division by proteolysis Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: acl34@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lindon Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Trevor Littlewood Topic: Oncogenic signalling in cancer Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: tdl2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/littlewood Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Jan Löwe Topic: The bacterial cytoskeleton and other molecular machines Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jyl@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/jan-lowe/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ben Luisi Topic: Structural biology of assemblies and regulatory complexes Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: bfl20@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/luisi.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Valeria Lulla Topic: Molecular virology of RNA viruses, organoid infection model, viral infections of CNS Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: vl284@cam.ac.uk Website: https://lullalab.owlstown.net/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Lummis Topic: Neurotransmitter receptors Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: sl120@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/lummis Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Luzio Topic: Membrane traffic in the late endocytic pathway Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jpl10@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-paul-luzio Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Bidesh Mahata Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: bm562@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/bidesh-mahata Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stefan Marciniak Topic: The role of cellular stress in rare lung diseases Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: sjm20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-stefan-marciniak Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maria Marti Solano Topic: Computational pharmacology and structural bioinformatics Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mm2402@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/marti Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Juan Mata Topic: Genome-wide responses to stress. Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mata Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Frank McCaughan Topic: Lung cancer; squamous lung cancer; early detection, SOX2 Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Medicine - Heart and Lung Research Institute Email: fm319@cam.ac.uk Website: Not currently available due to recovery from university cyber attack Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate McDole Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/kate-mcdole/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ian McGough Topic: Morphogen Signalling in Development and Ageing Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: ian.mcgough@babraham.ac.uk Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/ian-mcgough Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Eoin McKinney Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Medicine Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.immunology.cam.ac.uk/departments/cambridge-institute-for-the... Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer Topic: Stem cell niche pathophysiology Themes: Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: sm2116@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-simon-mendez-ferrer/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Vito Mennella Topic: Molecular mechanisms of defence of airway cells from environmental pollutants and infections agents Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC TU Unit Email: vm430@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/staff/vito-mennella Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Liz Miller Topic: Protein transport and quality control in the secretory pathway Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: emiller@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/liz-miller/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Paul Miller Topic: Pharmacological approaches to control central nervous system (CNS) activity Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: pm676@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/miller/summary Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michal Minczuk Topic: Mitochondrial genome engineering to unravel the genetic links between mitochondrial gene regulation and human disease for future therapies Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michal.minczuk@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/minczuk-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Miska Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/eric-miska Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Yorgo Modis Topic: Understanding the role of viral RNA and endogenous viral elements in infection and immune homeostasis using structural, biochemical, and cell-based approaches Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC-LMB) Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ymodis/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helen Mott Topic: Structure, dynamics and interactions of proteins involved in signal transduction Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: hrm28@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mott Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sean Munro Topic: Functional organisation of the Golgi apparatus Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: sean@mrc-lmb..cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/s-munro Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Murchison Topic: Transmissible cancers Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.tcg.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Leila Muresan Topic: Microscopy image analysis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/muresan Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Murphy Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/mike-murphy Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Murray Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-murray Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Graham Murray Topic: Causes, mechanisms and treatments of mental disorder. Psychiatric and brain imaging genetics. Themes: Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Psychiatry Email: gm285@cam.ac.uk Website: https://neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/member/gm285/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Garib Murshudov Topic: Computational Structural Biology Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: garib@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/garib-murshudov/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jyoti Nangalia Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/nangalia Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr François Nédélec Topic: Cell morphogenesis and developmental biology using synthetic and systems biology approaches and computer modelling Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: francois.nedelec@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/nedelec-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kelly Nguyen Topic: Molecular mechanism of telomere maintenance and the roles of telomeres in human diseases Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: knguyen@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/kelly-nguyen/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Daniel Nietlispach Topic: G protein-coupled receptors, structural biology, NMR spectroscopy Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: dn206@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/nietlispach Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Cahir O'Kane Topic: Axonal endoplasmic reticulum in Drosophila, and its roles in health and disease Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Genetics Email: cjo1003@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/research-groups/okane Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John O'Neill Topic: Cellular Rhythms Signalling and Metabolic Regulation Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: oneillj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/john-oneill/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-sir-stephen-orahilly Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Owen Topic: Structural Cell biology of membrane trafficking and organelle biogenesis Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: CIMR Email: djo30@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-david-owen Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Miles Parkes Topic: Genetics of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: GWAS post-GWAS and clinical translation of derived knowledge Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine Email: mp372@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/parkes/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Leopold Parts Topic: Understanding human DNA function by engineering Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: lp2@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/group/parts-group/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lori Passmore Topic: Macromolecular Machines that regulate mRNAs Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: passmore@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/l-passmore Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Plant Sciences Email: up220@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Manav Pathania Topic: Brain tumours Themes: Cancer, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Department of Oncology Email: mp915@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pathanialab.com/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kiran Raosaheb Patil Topic: Gut microbiota and xenobiotics Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: kp533@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/patil-programme Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ole Paulsen Topic: Network oscillations and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and neocortex Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: op210@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/ole-paulsen Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof. Luca Pellegrini Topic: Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and recombination Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: lp212@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/pellegrini.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Perry Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Institute of Metabolic Science Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk/people/john-perry/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Evangelia Petsalaki Topic: Cell signalling, network analysis, systems biology, computational biology Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki/ Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Anna Philpott Topic: developmental biology, stem cell biology, cancer Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: ap113@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/philpott Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julien Prudent Topic: Interactions between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum in cell physiology and disease Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: julien.prudent@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/julien-prudent Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Ms Eqbal Radwan Topic: Plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, nanobiotechnology in plant production Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Biology Email: ernp2030@gmail.com Website: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=J8Iu9SYAAAAJ&hl=en Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felix Randow Topic: Cell-autonomous and innate immunity Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/f-randow Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Rawlins Topic: Stem and progenitor cells in the mammalian lung Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: PDN/Gurdon Email: elr21@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/rawlins Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Teresa Rayon Topic: Comparative Stem Cell Dynamics lab Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: teresa.rayon@babraham.ac.uk Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/teresa-rayon Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randy Read Topic: Methods for structural biology Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: CIMR Haematology Email: rjr27@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-randy-j-read-frs Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Evan Reid Topic: Unravelling the molecular pathology of axon death Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ealr4@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-evan-reid Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Frank Reimann Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk Website: ttps://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-frank-reimann Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr. Hugh Robinson Topic: Electrophysiology of Cancer Cells, Cancer Neuroscience Themes: Cancer, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: hpcr@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/robinson/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Robinson Topic: Coated vesicles adaptors Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: CIMR Clinical Biochemistry Email: msr12@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-margaret-robinson-frs Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor David Ron Topic: Protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: dr360@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-david-ron-md-fmedsci-frs Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katja Roper Topic: The Cell Biology and Mechanics of Dynamic Epithelia during Organ Formation Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: PDN; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kr250@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/katja-roper/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Associate Professor Alberto Rosello-Diez Topic: Control of size and proportions during limb development and regeneration Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: PDN Email: ar2204@cam.ac.uk Website: www.rosellodiezlab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Prof Rahul Roychoudhuri Topic: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk Website: http://roychoudhurilab.org/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Rubinsztein Topic: Autophagy and neurodegeneration Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: CIMR Medical Genetics Email: dcr1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-david-rubinsztein-fmedsci-frs Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christopher Russo Topic: Atomic resolution imaging of biological specimen by electron cryomicroscopy Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: crusso@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/christopher-russo/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stewart Sage Topic: Calcium signalling in blood platelets Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sos10@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/stewart-sage Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Julian Sale Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/jes/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor George Salmond Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/salmond.html Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Milka Sarris Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/milka-sarris Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Savage Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-david-savage Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Dee Scadden Topic: Analysis of ds RNA hyper-edited by ADARs Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: Adjs100@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/scadden.html Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Sjors Scheres Topic: Visualising molecular machines in action Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: scheres@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/sjors-scheres Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Schornack Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis developmental processes Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk Website: www.schornacklab.net Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christof Schwiening Topic: Neuronal intracellular pH microdomains and their functional importance Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: cjs30@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?cjs30 Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Matthew Seaman Topic: The molecular mechanisms of endosome-to-Golgi retrieval Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: mnjs100@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-matthew-seaman Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marisa Segal Topic: Cell cycle control of mitotic spindle morphogenesis in budding yeast Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics Email: ms433@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/marisa-segal Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sanjay Sinha Topic: Cardiovascular disease modelling and regenerative medicine Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Clinical Science Department: Deparment of Medicine Email: ss661@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/sinha Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Symeon Siniossoglou Topic: Linking phospholipid metabolism to membrane and organelle function Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ss560@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/dr-symeon-siniossoglou Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ewan Smith Topic: Neurobiology of pain / Extremophile biology of the naked mole-rat Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: es336@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Smith Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Elizabeth Soilleux 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 Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/elizabeth-soilleux Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Daniel St Johnston Topic: Cell polarity in development and cancer Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: d.stjohnston@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/stjohnston Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Len Stephens Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway in neutrophils Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: len.stephens@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/len-stephens Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katherine Stott Topic: Organisational and regulatory roles of disordered proteins Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: ks123@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/stott Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Azim Surani Topic: Mammalian germ cells; epigenetic reprogramming Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Sutherland Topic: Origins of Life Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/bill-sutherland Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Chris Tate Topic: Structural Biology of integral membrane proteins Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: cgt@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/chris-tate Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova Topic: Genetic interrogation of epigenetic pathways Themes: Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: it257@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.tchasovnikarova-lab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sarah Teichmann Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk Website: www.teichlab.org Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Teresa Tiffert Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/tiffert/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Richard Timms Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medicine (CITIID) Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.timmslab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marco Tripodi Topic: The space of actions - Neural circuits for transforming spatial representations into actions Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mtripodi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/tripodi/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Martin Turner Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/martin-turner Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Suzanne Turner Topic: Paediatric cancer Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Pathology Email: sdt36@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/suzanne-turner Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger Topic: Lactation; biosynthesis; mammary gland biology; womens health Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Epidemiology and Public Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Biochemistry and Pharmacology Email: ajt215@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cambridgelactationlab.com/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis Topic: RNA modifications in stem cell homeostasis Themes: Department: Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: kt404@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-konstantinos-tzelepis/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jelle van den Ameele Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial genetics, gene expression, chromatin, mitochondrial disease Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Clinical Science Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/van-den-ameele-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Hendrik van Veen Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/vanveen Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor George Vassiliou Topic: Leukamia, pre-leukaemia, clonal haematopoiesis, clonal evolution Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/vassiliou Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sir John Walker Topic: Structure, function, assembly and regulation of ATP synthase Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: walker@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/walker-group Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ross Waller Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.wallercellevolution.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alan Warren Topic: Mechanisms of ribosome assembly Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ajw1000@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/staff/professor-alan-j-warren-fmedsci Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Erica Watson Topic: Mechanisms of folate metabolism during development Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Timothy Weil Topic: Regulation of mRNA, oocyte-to-embryo transition, biomolecular condensates Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Department: Department of Zoology Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.weillabcambridge.com/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Heidi Welch Topic: Intracellular signal transduction through small G proteins and their regulators Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: heidi.welch@babraham.ac.uk Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/heidi-welch Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Martin Welch Topic: Microbial Cell-Cell Communication, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Polymicrobial Microbiology Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology (incl. Plant Biology), Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/welch Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alex Whitworth Topic: Investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: a.whitworth@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/whitworth-group Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roger Williams Topic: Structural studies of phospholipid signalling Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rlw@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/r-williams Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anne Willis Topic: Post-transcriptional control of gene expression Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: aew80@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/willis-research Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Wilson Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Chun Hao Wong Topic: Functional genomics in human cellular models using CRISPR, high-throughput screening and high-content imaging Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Milner Therapeutics Institute Email: wc389@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.milner.cam.ac.uk/functional-genomics-screening-lab-fgsl/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fengzhu Xiong Topic: Developmental morphogenesis, cell dynamics, tissue mechanics Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Gurdon Institute, Depart of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: fx220@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/people/fengzhu-xiong/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joseph Yeeles Topic: Mechanisms of chromosome replication Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jyeeles@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/joseph-yeeles/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Evgeny Zatulovskiy Topic: Cell size regulation and cell fate decisions in animal cells Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: ez225@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.zatulovskiylab.org/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
