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 Sebastian Ahnert Topic: Network analysis genotype-phenotype maps biological self-assembly protein quaternary structure evolution complexity Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sea31@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/ahnert-group Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
Name: 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 Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Topic: Biosciences (Molecular Cell Biology) Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, Department: Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
Name: Dr Edward Avezov Topic: Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Department: Clinical Neurosciences Email: ea347@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: 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 Srinjan Basu Topic: Towards a single-molecule perspective of early mammalian development Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology, Devlopment and Neuroscience, Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: sb451@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/basu 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, Molecules and Cells, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour 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/ Applications from potential 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 Mariann Bienz Topic: Molecular Mechanism of Wnt signalling and cancer 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: Sir Henry Dale Fellow Alex Borodavka Topic: Biophysics of viral replication mechanisms; RNA therapeutics 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: Professor John Bradley Topic: Regulation and function of death receptors in the microvasculature Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, 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: Dr 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: Professor Guy Brown Topic: Microglia, neuroinflammation & neurodegeneration Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gcb3@cam.ac.uk Website: www.microglia.info/guybrown Sorry no students can be taken this year |
Name: Dr Clare Buckley 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. Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: ceb85@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/clare-buckley Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
Name: Dr Simon Bullock Topic: Shedding light on microtubule-based transport 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/ Applications from potential 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: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung 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/ Applications from potential 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/research/principal-investigators/miguel-co... 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 walls, dietary fibre, glycobiology, enzymology Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/dupree Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: 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, Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/i-sadaf-f... 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 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 Angeleen Fleming Topic: How protein clearance pathways such as autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system affect disease severity. Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: Af425@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/angeleen-fleming 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 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, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 Richard Gilbertson Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular origins of brain tumours with the aim of developing new cancer cures Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute) Email: Richard.Gilbertson@cruk.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/gilbertson-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: 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: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry 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: theoretical molecular evolution, comparative genomics data analysis and modelling, statistical computational molecular sequence analysis, algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Epidemiology and Public Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/goldman/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Professor Bertie Gottgens Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/people/pi/gottgens Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
Name: Dr 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: Dr Stephen Graham Topic: Virus:host interactions Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: scg34@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/graham/ 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: 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/research/principal-investigators/fiona-gri... 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: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AI/Gurnell/index.php 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: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 Phillip Hawkins Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway regulating cell growth Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: Babraham Institute Email: phillip.hawkins@babraham.ac.uk Website: https://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/phillip-hawkins Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer 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 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: Professor Florian Hollfelder Topic: Synthetic and chemical biology: mechanistic enzymology, directed evolution, technologies for droplet microfluidics, since cell transciptomics, developmental cell biology in 3D Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Department: Department of 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: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 Helle Jorgensen Topic: Regulation of Smooth Muscle Cells plasticity and heterogeneity in health and cardiovascular disease Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Department: Medicine Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.hlri.cam.ac.uk/investigators/helle-jorgensen/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Professor Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir Topic: Myelin plasticity and regeneration Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Department: Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute Email: rk385@cam.ac.u Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/ 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: Dr Walid Khaled Topic: Tumour initiation and ageing Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk Website: www.wtklab.com Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Dr Svetlana Khoronenkova Topic: DNA repair and neurodegenerative diseases Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: sk870@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/khoronenkova Sorry no students can be taken this year |
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: Dr Edmund Kunji Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine and Endocrinology, 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: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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: Department of 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 aging and premature aging 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: Chromatin remodelling and genome structure Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: e.d.laue@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/laue Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Dr 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 Kathryn Lilley Topic: The spatial and developmental transiptome and proteome Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) 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: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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 Eamonn Maher Topic: renal cell carcinoma phaeochromocytoma multiple primary cancers genomic imprinting disorders and developmental disorders Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: erm1000@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/professor-eamonn-maher/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Professor Stefan Marciniak Topic: The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease 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: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mm2402@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/marti Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Dr L. Miguel Martins Topic: Mitochondria and cell death regulation following toxic injury Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: lm795@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/l-m-martins-programme Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Dr Juan Mata Topic: Genome-wide responses to stress. Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/mata Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Dr 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: 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: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, 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: Prof. 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, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/muresan Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: 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: 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: Dr Daniel Nietlispach Topic: G protein-coupled receptors, structural biology, NMR spectroscopy Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: dn206@bioc.cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/nietlispach Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Professor 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: Department of 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, Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: Professor David Owen Topic: Structural Cell biology of membrane trafficking and organelle biogenesis Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: CIMR Email: djo30@cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Sorry no students can be taken this year |
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: Genetic screens of cellular traits Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: lp2@sanger.ac.uk Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/parts-group Applications from potential students are welcome |
Name: 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 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: Dr Luca Pellegrini Topic: Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and recombination Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Department: Department of 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, systems biology, computational biology Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
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 Taufiq Rahman Topic: Calcium signalling, chemical modulation of ion channels and receptors, rational drug design, computer-aided drug discovery Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mtur2@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/rahman 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: Physiology Development and Neuroscience 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: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) 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: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AffiliatePI/Reiman.php 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: Department of 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: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) 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: Regulation of cell shape by the cytoskeleton during development and tissue morphogenesis Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kroeper@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/katja-roper/ 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 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, Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/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 Department: Department 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 Chris Smith Topic: Regulation of alternative pre-mRNA splicing Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: Biochemistry Email: cwjs1@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/smith-chris Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer 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: Chemical origins of molecular biology 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:Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Department: The Gurdon Institute Email: it257@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.tchasovnikarova-lab.org Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
Name: Dr Teresa Tiffert Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cellsy 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 (Division of Cellular and Molecular 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 Konstantinos Tzelepis Topic: RNA modifications in stem cell homeostasis Themes:Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, 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: 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 Timothy Weil Topic: The cellular mechanisms underpinning the spatiotemporal coordination of the oocyte-to-embryo transition/ Testing the in vivo function of biomolecular condensates Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Department: Department of Zoology Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk Website: 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 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 Applications from potential 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: RNA biology Themes: Molecules and Cells Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: aew80@cam.ac.uk Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/willis-research Applications from potential 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 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 |