Molecules and Cells
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
How to find a research supervisor
Research supervisors are either staff members of the University, or based in one of the research units or institutions associated with the University.
Supervisors are in high demand and may not be able to respond to your enquiry immediately, so please be patient. Some may already be supervising the maximum number of PhD students they can, and won’t be able to take on any new students.
Browse potential research supervisors:
accepting applications from prospective postgraduate students
accepting applications from summer students
Supervisors accepting applications from prospective Postgraduate Students:
Dr Sarah Aitken
MRC Toxicology Unit
Topic: Genomic pathology; Cancer evolution; Image analysis
Email: sa696@cam.ac.uk
Dr Maria P. Alcolea
Department of Oncology
Topic: Epithelial Cell Fate and Plasticity
Email: mpa28@cam.ac.uk
Dr Radu Aricescu
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The Structural Biology of Synaptic Connectivity
Email: radu@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas
Department of Pathology
Topic: Parasitology
Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk
Professor Margaret Ashcroft
Medicine
Topic: Molecular Cell Biology, Cell Signalling, Oxygen-Sensing, Hypoxia Biology, Metabolism
Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Edward Avezov
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Organelle Cell Biology of neurodegeneration
Email: ea347@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Gabriel Balmus
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: DNA Damage Response in ageing and neurodegeneration
Email: gb318@cam.ac.uk
Dr David Barford
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Mechanism and regulation of chromosome segregation in mitosis
Email: dbarford@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Johannes Bargehr
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Immunomodulation in Cardiac Repair
Email: jb832@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sumru Bayin
Gurdon Institute, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Neural stem cell biology during development and repair
Email: nsb44@cam.ac.uk
Professor Howard Baylis
Department of Zoology
Topic: Intracellular signalling mechanisms regulating the development and physiology of C. elegans
Email: hab28@cam.ac.uk
Dr Anne Bertolotti
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cellular aspects of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases
Email: aberto@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Blagborough
Department of Pathology
Topic: Malaria transmission
Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Boemo
Department of Pathology and Department of Genetics
Topic: Developing AI and mathematical models to determine how genome replication and repair can be targeted in cancer and infectious diseases
Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk
Dr Claudia Bonfio
Biochemistry
Topic: Origins of life, primitive cells, artificial cells, liposomes, coacervates
Email: cb2036@cam.ac.uk
Dr Susanne Bornelöv
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Using bioinformatics and AI-based methods to study gene-regulatory processes
Email: smb208@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alex Borodavka
Biochemistry
Topic: Mechanisms of RNA virus replication, RNA structure, ribonucleoprotein condensates
Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Bray
Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: From stem cells to tissues: Notch regulatory dynamics in development and disease
Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk
Professor Bill Broadhurst
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Structural dynamics of modular polyketide synthases
Email: rwb1002@cam.ac.uk
Dr Harry Bulstrode
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Neural Stem Cell and Microenvironment Biology
Email: hb252@cam.ac.uk
Professor Folma Buss
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Molecular mechanism of myosin motor proteins in health and disease.
Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Carter
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The Structure and Mechanism of Dynein
Email: cartera@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jose Casal-Jimenez
Department of Zoology
Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth
Email: jec85@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mike Chapman
Department of Haematology (NHSBT)
Topic: Myeloma and normal lymphoid biology
Email: mac54@cam.ac.uk
Professor Jason Chin
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Evolution and synthesis of new function
Email: chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jeongmin Choi
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi
Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk
Dr Betty Chung
Pathology
Topic: Gene expression, Translation control, abiotic (temperature, pH etc..) and biotic (infection) stresses, Host:pathogen interactions,
Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Erik Clark
Department of Genetics
Topic: Early embryonic patterning in Drosophila; quantitative imaging and modelling of gene regulation; arthropod evo-devo
Email: ec491@cam.ac.uk
Professor Murray Clarke
Department of Medicine (Section of CardioRespiratory Medicine)
Topic: Novel mechanisms that induce vascular inflammation; particularly IL-1 family members and inflammasomes
Email: mchc2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nick Coleman
Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division)
Topic: Human papillomaviruses
Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk
Professor Rosana Collepardo
Department of Genetics
Topic: Multi-scale modelling of chromatin organization and related biomolecules. Multi-scale modelling of liquid-liquid phase separation in gene organization
Email: rc597@cam.ac.uk
Dr Miguel Constancia
Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Metabolic Research Laboratories (MRL)
Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease
Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Pathology
Email: fc307@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Coorens
European Bioinformatics Institute
Topic: Somatic evolution and phylogenetics; lineage tracing of cells; origins of cancer
Email: coorens@ebi.ac.uk
Dr Gerry Crossan
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Maintenance of genome stability in the germline
Email: gcrossan@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Colin Crump
Department of Pathology (Virology Division)
Topic: Virus assembly, egress and host cell interactions
Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk
Professor Julia Davies
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Signalling
Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk
Dr Pier Paolo D'Avino
Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division)
Topic: Regulation and mechanics of cell division and its de-regulation in cancer cells
Email: ppd21@cam.ac.uk
Dr Marc de la Roche
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Oncogenic Wnt signaling in cancer
Email: mad58@cam.ac.uk
Dr Janet Deane
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: The role of sphingolipids in health and disease
Email: jed55@cam.ac.uk
Dr Emmanuel Derivery
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Mechanisms of asymmetric trafficking
Email: derivery@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr John Doorbar
Department of Pathology
Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs)
Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk
Professor Paul Dupree
Biochemistry
Topic: Plant cell wall polysaccharides, food, biomaterials, glycobiology
Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk
Dr James Edgar
Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology)
Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation
Email: je333@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Elderkin
Babraham Institute
Topic: Investigation into the mechanisms and factors that enable regulated genome function in vivo
Email: sarah.elderkin@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Anton Enright
Department of Pathology
Topic: Algorithms protocols and datasets for functional genomics. Regulatory RNAs
Email: aje39@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jess Ewald
EMBL-EBI
Topic: Environmental toxicology
Email: jewald@ebi.ac.uk
Professor Sadaf Farooqi
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity
Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Christine Farr
Department of Genetics
Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II
Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Fazakerley
Clinical Biochemistry
Topic: Cell Biology of Insulin Action and Resistance
Email: djf72@cam.ac.uk
Dr Brian Ferguson
Department of Pathology (Immunology Division)
Topic: Innate immune sensing of viruses
Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk
Dr David Fernandez-Antoran
The Gurdon Institute
Topic: Cell competition and radiation biology
Email: df336@cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Firth
Department of Pathology
Topic: RNA virus gene expression, comparative genomics and molecular biology
Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk
Dr Oliver Florey
Babraham Institute
Topic: Autophagy (self eating) macroendocytosis (digestion of extracellular material) and entosis (a recently discovered form of cell cannibalism)
Email: oliver.florey@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Kristian Franze
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system
Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jennifer Gallop
Department of Biochemistry and Gurdon Institute
Topic: Dynamics and regulation of filopodia
Email: jlg38@cam.ac.uk
Dr Melissa Gammons
Department of Medical Genetics
Topic: Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt signalling in rare and common disease pathenogenesis
Email: melissag@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Mathew Garnett
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics
Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Gay
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease
Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Professor John Gibson
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Ion and water homeostasis in red cells and chondrocytes
Email: jsg1001@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Glover
Department of Genetics
Topic: Mitotic protein kinases centrosomes microtubule associated proteins
Email: dmg25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Camilla Godlee
Biochemistry and Pathology
Topic: Investigating the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with eukaryotic membranes
Email: cbjg2@cam.ac.uk
Professor Bertie Gottgens
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Blood development, blood stem cells, leukaemia
Email: bg200@cam.ac.uk
Dr Julian Gough
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Computational Genomics
Email: gough@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen Graham
Pathology
Topic: Virus: Host interactions, innate immunity, vaccines, emerging viral diseases
Email: scg34@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alessandra Granata
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Modelling Vascular Dementia and Stroke using patients’ iPSC
Email: ag686@cam.ac.uk
Professor Tony Green
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Haematopoietic stem cells/leukemia
Email: arg1000@cam.ac.uk
Professor Fiona Gribble
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Signalling in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis
Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Harriet Groom
Department of Medicine
Topic: Retroviruses (HIV), SARS-CoV2, host-virus interactions
Email: hctg2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark Gurnell
Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly
Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Halim
Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells
Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Professor Greg Hannon
Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development
Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Dr Iris Hardege
Zoology
Topic: Understanding the fundamentals of neurotransmission and how small brains generate complex behaviours.
Email: ih287@cam.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Harper
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Platelet death in thrombosis and thrombocytopenia
Email: mth29@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ramanujan Hegde
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Membrane protein biosynthesis and quality control
Email: rhegde@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Brian Hendrich
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate
Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Christoph Hess
Medicine
Topic: Immunometabolism
Email: ch818@cam.ac.uk
Professor Judy Hirst
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: The structure and mechanism, function and medically-relevant dysfunction, of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase)
Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Hodson
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Elucidating the mechanisms of transformation from normal B lymphocyte to malignant B cell lymphoma
Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk
Professor Florian Hollfelder
Biochemistry
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
Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk
Dr Philipp Holliger
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Synthetic biology of nucleic acid replication
Email: ph1@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Liz Hook
Department of Pathology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: ceh25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jon Houseley
Babraham Institute
Topic: Molecular biology of ageing and adaptation
Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Mark Howarth
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: mh2186@cam.ac.uk
Professor Christopher Howe
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis
Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Huang
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis
Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kate Hughes
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation
Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk
Professor Marko Hyvönen
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular mechanism of TGF-β family signalling. Development of chemical tools using fragment-based and structure-guided drug discovery methods.
Email: mh256@cam.ac.uk
Professor Laura Itzhaki
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Tandem-repeat proteins: Folding, function, role in disease, and therapeutic intervention
Email: lsi10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tony Jackson
Biochemistry
Topic: Sodium channels and other plasma membrane proteins
Email: apj10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Leo James
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination
Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Randall Johnson
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems
Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alexander Jones
Sainsbury Laboratory
Topic: Deciphering cellular information processing via plant hormones
Email: alexander.jones@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Helle Jorgensen
Medicine
Topic: Regulation of cell plasticity and heterogeneity in health and cardiovascular disease
Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir
Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Myelin plasticity and regeneration
Email: rk385@cam.ac.u
Professor Arthur Kaser
Department of Medicine & Cambridge Institute of Therapeutic Immunology and Infectious Disease
Topic: Metabo-genetics of autoinflammation/autoimmunity (focus on Crohn's and Still's disease). Core metabolism of the cell.
Email: ak729@cam.ac.uk
Prof Walid Khaled
Pharmacology - Stem cell Institute
Topic: Tumour initiation and ageing
Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk
Dr Golnar Kolahgar
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Extrinsic regulation of intestinal proliferation and gut maintenance in Drosophila
Email: gk262@cam.ac.uk
Professor Vassilis Koronakis
Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry
Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk
Professor Tony Kouzarides
Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators
Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk
Dr Patrycja Kozik
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Dendritic cells and initiation of the immune responses
Email: pkozik@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Torsten Krude
Department of Zoology
Topic: Control of human chromosome replication
Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nicholas Ktistakis
Babraham Institute
Topic: Mechanisms of autophagy
Email: nicholas.ktistakis@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Wanda Kukulski
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Linking membrane architecture to function by correlative microscopy
Email: kukulski@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Janet Kumita
Pharmacology
Topic: Protein Self-Assembly: Linking Biomolecular Condensates and Amyloid with Biological Function and Disease
Email: jrk38@cam.ac.uk
Professor Edmund Kunji
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins
Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Graham Ladds
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the molecular basis of G protein signalling
Email: grl30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andras Lakatos
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Pathomechanistic and therapeutic discoveries at single cell resolution using novel human organoid models of neurodegenerative diseases
Email: al291@cam.ac.uk
Professor Heike Laman
Pathology
Topic: Ubiquitin ligases, cancer, Parkinson's disease, proteostasis, mitochondria, cell cycle
Email: hl316@cam.ac.uk
Dr Madeline Lancaster
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Human brain development in cerebral organoids
Email: mlancast@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee
Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Stem cells and niches in tissue homeostasis, regeneration, and disease
Email: jhl62@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ben Lehner
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Generative Biology
Email: bl11@sanger.ac.uk
Professor Paul Lehner
Department of Medicine
Topic: Viral silencing and immune evasion pathways
Email: pjl30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Wei Li
Medicine
Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases
Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk
Professor Kathryn Lilley
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Multiomics, technology development, proteostasis, RNA binding proteomics, computational biology
Email: k.s.lilley@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Lindon
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Control of human cell division by proteolysis
Email: acl34@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Dr Jan Löwe
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The bacterial cytoskeleton and other molecular machines
Email: jyl@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ben Luisi
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Structural biology of assemblies and regulatory complexes
Email: bfl20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Valeria Lulla
Pathology
Topic: Molecular virology of RNA viruses, organoid infection model, viral infections of CNS
Email: vl284@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Lummis
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Neurotransmitter receptors
Email: sl120@cam.ac.uk
Dr Bidesh Mahata
Department of Pathology
Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity
Email: bm562@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stefan Marciniak
Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: The role of cellular stress in rare lung diseases
Email: sjm20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Maria Marti Solano
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Computational pharmacology and structural bioinformatics
Email: mm2402@cam.ac.uk
Dr Juan Mata
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Genome-wide responses to stress.
Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk
Dr Frank McCaughan
Medicine - Heart and Lung Research Institute
Topic: Lung cancer; squamous lung cancer; early detection, SOX2
Email: fm319@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kate McDole
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Morphogenesis of the early mammalian embryo
Email: kmcdole@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Ian McGough
Babraham Institute
Topic: Morphogen Signalling in Development and Ageing
Email: ian.mcgough@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Eoin McKinney
Medicine
Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning
Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk
Professor Simón Méndez-Ferrer
Haematology
Topic: Haematopoietic microenvironment
Email: sm2116@cam.ac.uk
Dr Vito Mennella
MRC TU Unit
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of defence of airway cells from environmental pollutants and infections agents
Email: vm430@cam.ac.uk
Dr Paul Miller
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Pharmacological approaches to control central nervous system (CNS) activity
Email: pm676@cam.ac.uk
Dr Michal Minczuk
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Mitochondrial genome engineering to unravel the genetic links between mitochondrial gene regulation and human disease for future therapies
Email: michal.minczuk@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Eric Miska
Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA
Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk
Professor Yorgo Modis
Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC-LMB)
Topic: Understanding the role of viral RNA and endogenous viral elements in infection and immune homeostasis using structural, biochemical, and cell-based approaches
Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Helen Mott
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Structure, dynamics and interactions of proteins involved in signal transduction
Email: hrm28@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sean Munro
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Functional organisation of the Golgi apparatus
Email: sean@mrc-lmb..cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Murchison
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Transmissible cancers
Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Leila Muresan
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Microscopy image analysis
Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Murphy
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling
Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Murray
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Professor Graham Murray
Psychiatry
Topic: Causes, mechanisms and treatments of mental disorder. Psychiatric and brain imaging genetics.
Email: gm285@cam.ac.uk
Dr Garib Murshudov
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Computational Structural Biology
Email: garib@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jyoti Nangalia
Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing
Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk
Dr François Nédélec
Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory)
Topic: Cell morphogenesis and developmental biology using synthetic and systems biology approaches and computer modelling
Email: francois.nedelec@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Kelly Nguyen
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular mechanism of telomere maintenance and the roles of telomeres in human diseases
Email: knguyen@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Daniel Nietlispach
Biochemistry
Topic: G protein-coupled receptors, structural biology, NMR spectroscopy
Email: dn206@cam.ac.uk
Professor Cahir O'Kane
Genetics
Topic: Axonal endoplasmic reticulum in Drosophila, and its roles in health and disease
Email: cjo1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr John O'Neill
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cellular Rhythms Signalling and Metabolic Regulation
Email: oneillj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease
Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Professor David Owen
CIMR
Topic: Structural Cell biology of membrane trafficking and organelle biogenesis
Email: djo30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Miles Parkes
Department of Medicine
Topic: Genetics of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: GWAS post-GWAS and clinical translation of derived knowledge
Email: mp372@cam.ac.uk
Dr Leopold Parts
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Understanding human DNA function by engineering
Email: lp2@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Lori Passmore
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Macromolecular Machines that regulate mRNAs
Email: passmore@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Uta Paszkowski
Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics
Email: up220@cam.ac.uk
Dr Manav Pathania
Department of Oncology
Topic: Brain tumours
Email: mp915@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kiran Raosaheb Patil
MRC Toxicology Unit
Topic: Gut microbiota and xenobiotics
Email: kp533@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ole Paulsen
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Network oscillations and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and neocortex
Email: op210@cam.ac.uk
Professor Luca Pellegrini
Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and recombination
Email: lp212@cam.ac.uk
Professor John Perry
Institute of Metabolic Science
Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health
Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Professor Anna Philpott
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: developmental biology, stem cell biology, cancer
Email: ap113@cam.ac.uk
Ms Eqbal Radwan
Biology
Topic: Plant biotechnology, plant molecular biology, nanobiotechnology in plant production
Email: ernp2030@gmail.com
Dr Felix Randow
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cell-autonomous and innate immunity
Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Emma Rawlins
PDN/Gurdon
Topic: Stem and progenitor cells in the mammalian lung
Email: elr21@cam.ac.uk
Dr Teresa Rayon
Babraham Institute
Topic: Comparative Stem Cell Dynamics lab
Email: teresa.rayon@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Randy Read
CIMR Haematology
Topic: Methods for structural biology
Email: rjr27@cam.ac.uk
Professor Evan Reid
Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Unravelling the molecular pathology of axon death
Email: ealr4@cam.ac.uk
Professor Frank Reimann
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells
Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk
Dr Hugh Robinson
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Electrophysiology of Cancer Cells, Cancer Neuroscience
Email: hpcr@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Ron
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum
Email: dr360@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Katja Roper
PDN; MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The Cell Biology and Mechanics of Dynamic Epithelia during Organ Formation
Email: kr250@cam.ac.uk
Associate Professor Alberto Rosello-Diez
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Control of size and proportions during limb development and regeneration
Email: ar2204@cam.ac.uk
Professor Rahul Roychoudhuri
Pathology
Topic: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Rubinsztein
CIMR Medical Genetics
Topic: Autophagy and neurodegeneration
Email: dcr1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Christopher Russo
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Atomic resolution imaging of biological specimen by electron cryomicroscopy
Email: crusso@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Julian Sale
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis
Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor George Salmond
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion
Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Milka Sarris
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses
Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Savage
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance
Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Sjors Scheres
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Visualising molecular machines in action
Email: scheres@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Sebastian Schornack
Sainsbury Laboratory
Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis developmental processes
Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Christof Schwiening
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Neuronal intracellular pH microdomains and their functional importance
Email: cjs30@cam.ac.uk
Professor Matthew Seaman
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: The molecular mechanisms of endosome-to-Golgi retrieval
Email: mnjs100@cam.ac.uk
Dr Marisa Segal
Department of Genetics
Topic: Cell cycle control of mitotic spindle morphogenesis in budding yeast
Email: ms433@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sanjay Sinha
Deparment of Medicine
Topic: Cardiovascular disease modelling and regenerative medicine
Email: ss661@cam.ac.uk
Dr Symeon Siniossoglou
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Linking phospholipid metabolism to membrane and organelle function
Email: ss560@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ewan Smith
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Neurobiology of pain / Extremophile biology of the naked mole-rat
Email: es336@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Soilleux
Department of Pathology
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
Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk
Professor Daniel St Johnston
Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Cell polarity in development and cancer
Email: d.stjohnston@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Babraham Institute
Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway in neutrophils
Email: len.stephens@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Katherine Stott
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Organisational and regulatory roles of disordered proteins
Email: ks123@cam.ac.uk
Professor Azim Surani
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Mammalian germ cells; epigenetic reprogramming
Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Dr John Sutherland
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Origins of Life
Email: johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Chris Tate
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Structural Biology of integral membrane proteins
Email: cgt@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Iva Tchasovnikarova
The Gurdon Institute
Topic: Genetic interrogation of epigenetic pathways
Email: it257@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Teichmann
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine
Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas
Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr Teresa Tiffert
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte
Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Timms
Department of Medicine (CITIID)
Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Marco Tripodi
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The space of actions - Neural circuits for transforming spatial representations into actions
Email: mtripodi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Martin Turner
Babraham Institute
Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation
Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Suzanne Turner
Pathology
Topic: Paediatric cancer
Email: sdt36@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Topic: Lactation; biosynthesis; mammary gland biology; womens health
Email: ajt215@cam.ac.uk
Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: RNA modifications in stem cell homeostasis
Email: kt404@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jelle van den Ameele
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial genetics, gene expression, chromatin, mitochondrial disease
Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk
Professor Hendrik van Veen
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters
Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk
Professor George Vassiliou
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Leukamia, pre-leukaemia, clonal haematopoiesis, clonal evolution
Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ross Waller
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells
Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk
Professor Alan Warren
Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Mechanisms of ribosome assembly
Email: ajw1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Erica Watson
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mechanisms of folate metabolism during development
Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Timothy Weil
Department of Zoology
Topic: Regulation of mRNA, oocyte-to-embryo transition, biomolecular condensates
Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk
Dr Heidi Welch
Babraham Institute
Topic: Intracellular signal transduction through small G proteins and their regulators
Email: heidi.welch@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Martin Welch
Biochemistry
Topic: Microbial Cell-Cell Communication, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Polymicrobial Microbiology
Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alex Whitworth
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Investigating mitochondrial dysfunction in neurodegenerative diseases
Email: a.whitworth@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Roger Williams
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Structural studies of phospholipid signalling
Email: rlw@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Anne Willis
MRC Toxicology Unit
Topic: Post-transcriptional control of gene expression
Email: aew80@cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Wilson
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling
Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk
Dr Chun Hao Wong
Milner Therapeutics Institute
Topic: Functional genomics in human cellular models using CRISPR, high-throughput screening and high-content imaging
Email: wc389@cam.ac.uk
Dr Fengzhu Xiong
Gurdon Institute, Depart of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Developmental morphogenesis, cell dynamics, tissue mechanics
Email: fx220@cam.ac.uk
Dr Joseph Yeeles
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Mechanisms of chromosome replication
Email: jyeeles@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Evgeny Zatulovskiy
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Cell size regulation and cell fate decisions in animal cells
Email: ez225@cam.ac.uk
Professor Matthias Zilbauer
Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Intestinal stem cell biology and human health and disease
Email: mz304@cam.ac.uk
Research supervisors accepting applications from summer students
Dr Maria P. Alcolea
Department of Oncology
Topic: Epithelial Cell Fate and Plasticity
Email: mpa28@cam.ac.uk
Dr Radu Aricescu
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The Structural Biology of Synaptic Connectivity
Email: radu@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas
Department of Pathology
Topic: Parasitology
Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk
Dr Edward Avezov
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Organelle Cell Biology of neurodegeneration
Email: ea347@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Gabriel Balmus
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: DNA Damage Response in ageing and neurodegeneration
Email: gb318@cam.ac.uk
Dr David Barford
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Mechanism and regulation of chromosome segregation in mitosis
Email: dbarford@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Sumru Bayin
Gurdon Institute, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Neural stem cell biology during development and repair
Email: nsb44@cam.ac.uk
Professor Howard Baylis
Department of Zoology
Topic: Intracellular signalling mechanisms regulating the development and physiology of C. elegans
Email: hab28@cam.ac.uk
Dr Anne Bertolotti
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cellular aspects of protein misfolding in neurodegenerative diseases
Email: aberto@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Blagborough
Department of Pathology
Topic: Malaria transmission
Email: amb283@cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Boemo
Department of Pathology and Department of Genetics
Topic: Developing AI and mathematical models to determine how genome replication and repair can be targeted in cancer and infectious diseases
Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk
Dr Claudia Bonfio
Biochemistry
Topic: Origins of life, primitive cells, artificial cells, liposomes, coacervates
Email: cb2036@cam.ac.uk
Dr Susanne Bornelöv
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Using bioinformatics and AI-based methods to study gene-regulatory processes
Email: smb208@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alex Borodavka
Biochemistry
Topic: Mechanisms of RNA virus replication, RNA structure, ribonucleoprotein condensates
Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Bray
Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: From stem cells to tissues: Notch regulatory dynamics in development and disease
Email: sjb32@cam.ac.uk
Professor Bill Broadhurst
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Structural dynamics of modular polyketide synthases
Email: rwb1002@cam.ac.uk
Dr Simon Bullock
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cytoskeletal transport and mRNA trafficking
Email: sbullock@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Harry Bulstrode
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Neural Stem Cell and Microenvironment Biology
Email: hb252@cam.ac.uk
Professor Folma Buss
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Molecular mechanism of myosin motor proteins in health and disease.
Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andrew Carter
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The Structure and Mechanism of Dynein
Email: cartera@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jose Casal-Jimenez
Department of Zoology
Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth
Email: jec85@cam.ac.uk
Professor Jason Chin
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Evolution and synthesis of new function
Email: chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Jeongmin Choi
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Symbiosis with Beneficial Fungi
Email: jc913@cam.ac.uk
Dr Betty Chung
Pathology
Topic: Gene expression, Translation control, abiotic (temperature, pH etc..) and biotic (infection) stresses, Host:pathogen interactions,
Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Erik Clark
Department of Genetics
Topic: Early embryonic patterning in Drosophila; quantitative imaging and modelling of gene regulation; arthropod evo-devo
Email: ec491@cam.ac.uk
Professor Nick Coleman
Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division)
Topic: Human papillomaviruses
Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk
Professor Rosana Collepardo
Department of Genetics
Topic: Multi-scale modelling of chromatin organization and related biomolecules. Multi-scale modelling of liquid-liquid phase separation in gene organization
Email: rc597@cam.ac.uk
Dr Miguel Constancia
Obstetrics & Gynaecology; Metabolic Research Laboratories (MRL)
Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease
Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Pathology
Email: fc307@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Coorens
European Bioinformatics Institute
Topic: Somatic evolution and phylogenetics; lineage tracing of cells; origins of cancer
Email: coorens@ebi.ac.uk
Dr Gerry Crossan
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Maintenance of genome stability in the germline
Email: gcrossan@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Colin Crump
Department of Pathology (Virology Division)
Topic: Virus assembly, egress and host cell interactions
Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk
Professor Julia Davies
Department of Plant Sciences
Topic: Signalling
Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk
Dr Pier Paolo D'Avino
Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division)
Topic: Regulation and mechanics of cell division and its de-regulation in cancer cells
Email: ppd21@cam.ac.uk
Dr Janet Deane
Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: The role of sphingolipids in health and disease
Email: jed55@cam.ac.uk
Dr Emmanuel Derivery
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Mechanisms of asymmetric trafficking
Email: derivery@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr John Doorbar
Department of Pathology
Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs)
Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk
Professor Paul Dupree
Biochemistry
Topic: Plant cell wall polysaccharides, food, biomaterials, glycobiology
Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk
Dr James Edgar
Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology)
Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation
Email: je333@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sarah Elderkin
Babraham Institute
Topic: Investigation into the mechanisms and factors that enable regulated genome function in vivo
Email: sarah.elderkin@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Anton Enright
Department of Pathology
Topic: Algorithms protocols and datasets for functional genomics. Regulatory RNAs
Email: aje39@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jess Ewald
EMBL-EBI
Topic: Environmental toxicology
Email: jewald@ebi.ac.uk
Professor Sadaf Farooqi
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity
Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Christine Farr
Department of Genetics
Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II
Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk
Dr Daniel Fazakerley
Clinical Biochemistry
Topic: Cell Biology of Insulin Action and Resistance
Email: djf72@cam.ac.uk
Dr Brian Ferguson
Department of Pathology (Immunology Division)
Topic: Innate immune sensing of viruses
Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk
Dr David Fernandez-Antoran
The Gurdon Institute
Topic: Cell competition and radiation biology
Email: df336@cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Firth
Department of Pathology
Topic: RNA virus gene expression, comparative genomics and molecular biology
Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk
Dr Oliver Florey
Babraham Institute
Topic: Autophagy (self eating) macroendocytosis (digestion of extracellular material) and entosis (a recently discovered form of cell cannibalism)
Email: oliver.florey@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Kristian Franze
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system
Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mathew Garnett
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics
Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk
Professor Nicholas Gay
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease
Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Professor John Gibson
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Ion and water homeostasis in red cells and chondrocytes
Email: jsg1001@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Glover
Department of Genetics
Topic: Mitotic protein kinases centrosomes microtubule associated proteins
Email: dmg25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Camilla Godlee
Biochemistry and Pathology
Topic: Investigating the interactions of pathogenic bacteria with eukaryotic membranes
Email: cbjg2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nick Goldman
EMBL-European Bioinformatics Institute
Topic: Molecular evolution, phylogenetics, comparative genomics data analysis and modelling, statistical computational molecular sequence analysis, algorithms for Next Generation Sequencing
Email: goldman@ebi.ac.uk
Dr Julian Gough
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Computational Genomics
Email: gough@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Alessandra Granata
Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Modelling Vascular Dementia and Stroke using patients’ iPSC
Email: ag686@cam.ac.uk
Professor Tony Green
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Haematopoietic stem cells/leukemia
Email: arg1000@cam.ac.uk
Professor Fiona Gribble
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Signalling in the gut-brain-pancreatic axis
Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk
Dr Harriet Groom
Department of Medicine
Topic: Retroviruses (HIV), SARS-CoV2, host-virus interactions
Email: hctg2@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mark Gurnell
Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly
Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Tim Halim
Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells
Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Professor Greg Hannon
Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute)
Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development
Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Dr Iris Hardege
Zoology
Topic: Understanding the fundamentals of neurotransmission and how small brains generate complex behaviours.
Email: ih287@cam.ac.uk
Dr Matthew Harper
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Platelet death in thrombosis and thrombocytopenia
Email: mth29@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ramanujan Hegde
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Membrane protein biosynthesis and quality control
Email: rhegde@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Henderson
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: High resolution 3D structures by electron cryomicroscopy
Email: rh15@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Brian Hendrich
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate
Email: bdh24@cam.ac.uk
Professor Christoph Hess
Medicine
Topic: Immunometabolism
Email: ch818@cam.ac.uk
Professor Judy Hirst
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: The structure and mechanism, function and medically-relevant dysfunction, of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase)
Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Florian Hollfelder
Biochemistry
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
Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk
Dr Philipp Holliger
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Synthetic biology of nucleic acid replication
Email: ph1@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Liz Hook
Department of Pathology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: ceh25@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jon Houseley
Babraham Institute
Topic: Molecular biology of ageing and adaptation
Email: jon.houseley@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Mark Howarth
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Innovating Protein Technologies for Therapeutic and Vaccine Design
Email: mh2186@cam.ac.uk
Professor Christopher Howe
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis
Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Professor Chris Huang
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Calcium and cellular activation processes in skeletal and cardiac muscle including mechanisms of cardiac arrhythmogenesis
Email: clh11@cam.ac.uk
Dr Kate Hughes
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation
Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk
Professor Marko Hyvönen
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular mechanism of TGF-β family signalling. Development of chemical tools using fragment-based and structure-guided drug discovery methods.
Email: mh256@cam.ac.uk
Professor Laura Itzhaki
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Tandem-repeat proteins: Folding, function, role in disease, and therapeutic intervention
Email: lsi10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Tony Jackson
Biochemistry
Topic: Sodium channels and other plasma membrane proteins
Email: apj10@cam.ac.uk
Dr Leo James
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination
Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Randall Johnson
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems
Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk
Dr Alexander Jones
Sainsbury Laboratory
Topic: Deciphering cellular information processing via plant hormones
Email: alexander.jones@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Helle Jorgensen
Medicine
Topic: Regulation of cell plasticity and heterogeneity in health and cardiovascular disease
Email: hfj22@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ragnhildur Thóra Káradóttir
Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Myelin plasticity and regeneration
Email: rk385@cam.ac.u
Prof Walid Khaled
Pharmacology - Stem cell Institute
Topic: Tumour initiation and ageing
Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk
Dr Golnar Kolahgar
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Extrinsic regulation of intestinal proliferation and gut maintenance in Drosophila
Email: gk262@cam.ac.uk
Professor Vassilis Koronakis
Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division)
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry
Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk
Professor Tony Kouzarides
Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators
Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk
Dr Patrycja Kozik
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Dendritic cells and initiation of the immune responses
Email: pkozik@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Torsten Krude
Department of Zoology
Topic: Control of human chromosome replication
Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk
Dr Nicholas Ktistakis
Babraham Institute
Topic: Mechanisms of autophagy
Email: nicholas.ktistakis@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Wanda Kukulski
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Linking membrane architecture to function by correlative microscopy
Email: kukulski@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Janet Kumita
Pharmacology
Topic: Protein Self-Assembly: Linking Biomolecular Condensates and Amyloid with Biological Function and Disease
Email: jrk38@cam.ac.uk
Professor Edmund Kunji
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Structure and function of mitochondrial transport proteins
Email: ek@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Graham Ladds
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the molecular basis of G protein signalling
Email: grl30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Andras Lakatos
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Pathomechanistic and therapeutic discoveries at single cell resolution using novel human organoid models of neurodegenerative diseases
Email: al291@cam.ac.uk
Professor Heike Laman
Pathology
Topic: Ubiquitin ligases, cancer, Parkinson's disease, proteostasis, mitochondria, cell cycle
Email: hl316@cam.ac.uk
Dr Madeline Lancaster
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Human brain development in cerebral organoids
Email: mlancast@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee
Wellcome - MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Stem cells and niches in tissue homeostasis, regeneration, and disease
Email: jhl62@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ben Lehner
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Generative Biology
Email: bl11@sanger.ac.uk
Professor Paul Lehner
Department of Medicine
Topic: Viral silencing and immune evasion pathways
Email: pjl30@cam.ac.uk
Dr Wei Li
Medicine
Topic: Molecular basis of TGFß/BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases
Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk
Professor Kathryn Lilley
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Multiomics, technology development, proteostasis, RNA binding proteomics, computational biology
Email: k.s.lilley@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Lindon
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Control of human cell division by proteolysis
Email: acl34@cam.ac.uk
Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi
Welcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Artificial Intelligence
Email: ml19@sanger.acuk
Dr Jan Löwe
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The bacterial cytoskeleton and other molecular machines
Email: jyl@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ben Luisi
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Structural biology of assemblies and regulatory complexes
Email: bfl20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Valeria Lulla
Pathology
Topic: Molecular virology of RNA viruses, organoid infection model, viral infections of CNS
Email: vl284@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Lummis
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Neurotransmitter receptors
Email: sl120@cam.ac.uk
Dr Bidesh Mahata
Department of Pathology
Topic: Steroid-producing immune cells in regulating cancer inflammation and immunity
Email: bm562@cam.ac.uk
Professor Stefan Marciniak
Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: The role of cellular stress in rare lung diseases
Email: sjm20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Juan Mata
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Genome-wide responses to stress.
Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk
Dr Frank McCaughan
Medicine - Heart and Lung Research Institute
Topic: Lung cancer; squamous lung cancer; early detection, SOX2
Email: fm319@cam.ac.uk
Dr Ian McGough
Babraham Institute
Topic: Morphogen Signalling in Development and Ageing
Email: ian.mcgough@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Eoin McKinney
Medicine
Topic: Autoimmunity, Inflammatory disease, immunology, genomics, Machine Learning
Email: efm30@cam.ac.uk
Professor Simón Méndez-Ferrer
Haematology
Topic: Haematopoietic microenvironment
Email: sm2116@cam.ac.uk
Dr Vito Mennella
MRC TU Unit
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of defence of airway cells from environmental pollutants and infections agents
Email: vm430@cam.ac.uk
Dr Paul Miller
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Pharmacological approaches to control central nervous system (CNS) activity
Email: pm676@cam.ac.uk
Dr Michal Minczuk
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Mitochondrial genome engineering to unravel the genetic links between mitochondrial gene regulation and human disease for future therapies
Email: michal.minczuk@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Eric Miska
Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA
Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk
Professor Yorgo Modis
Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit, MRC-LMB)
Topic: Understanding the role of viral RNA and endogenous viral elements in infection and immune homeostasis using structural, biochemical, and cell-based approaches
Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Helen Mott
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Structure, dynamics and interactions of proteins involved in signal transduction
Email: hrm28@cam.ac.uk
Dr Sean Munro
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Functional organisation of the Golgi apparatus
Email: sean@mrc-lmb..cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Murchison
Department of Veterinary Medicine
Topic: Transmissible cancers
Email: epm27@cam.ac.uk
Dr Leila Muresan
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Microscopy image analysis
Email: lam94@cam.ac.uk
Dr Michael Murphy
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling
Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Andrew Murray
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Mitochondrial physiology in health and disease
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Professor Graham Murray
Psychiatry
Topic: Causes, mechanisms and treatments of mental disorder. Psychiatric and brain imaging genetics.
Email: gm285@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jyoti Nangalia
Wellcome Sanger Institute and Cambridge Stem Cell Institute
Topic: Clonal Evolution, Cancer and Ageing
Email: jn218@cam.ac.uk
Dr François Nédélec
Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory)
Topic: Cell morphogenesis and developmental biology using synthetic and systems biology approaches and computer modelling
Email: francois.nedelec@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Kelly Nguyen
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Molecular mechanism of telomere maintenance and the roles of telomeres in human diseases
Email: knguyen@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Daniel Nietlispach
Biochemistry
Topic: G protein-coupled receptors, structural biology, NMR spectroscopy
Email: dn206@cam.ac.uk
Professor Cahir O'Kane
Genetics
Topic: Axonal endoplasmic reticulum in Drosophila, and its roles in health and disease
Email: cjo1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr John O'Neill
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cellular Rhythms Signalling and Metabolic Regulation
Email: oneillj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Stephen O'Rahilly
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: The endocrine control of metabolism in health and disease
Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Leopold Parts
Wellcome Sanger Institute
Topic: Understanding human DNA function by engineering
Email: lp2@sanger.ac.uk
Dr Lori Passmore
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Macromolecular Machines that regulate mRNAs
Email: passmore@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Uta Paszkowski
Plant Sciences
Topic: Plant Molecular Genetics
Email: up220@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ole Paulsen
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Network oscillations and synaptic plasticity in the hippocampus and neocortex
Email: op210@cam.ac.uk
Professor Luca Pellegrini
Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of DNA replication and recombination
Email: lp212@cam.ac.uk
Professor John Perry
Institute of Metabolic Science
Topic: Using human genetic approaches to understand biological mechanisms influencing reproductive ageing and metabolic health
Email: john.perry@mrc-epid.cam.ac.uk
Dr Julien Prudent
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Interactions between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum in cell physiology and disease
Email: julien.prudent@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Felix Randow
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Cell-autonomous and innate immunity
Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Emma Rawlins
PDN/Gurdon
Topic: Stem and progenitor cells in the mammalian lung
Email: elr21@cam.ac.uk
Dr Teresa Rayon
Babraham Institute
Topic: Comparative Stem Cell Dynamics lab
Email: teresa.rayon@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Evan Reid
Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Unravelling the molecular pathology of axon death
Email: ealr4@cam.ac.uk
Professor Frank Reimann
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells
Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk
Dr Hugh Robinson
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Electrophysiology of Cancer Cells, Cancer Neuroscience
Email: hpcr@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Ron
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum
Email: dr360@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Associate Professor Alberto Rosello-Diez
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Control of size and proportions during limb development and regeneration
Email: ar2204@cam.ac.uk
Professor Rahul Roychoudhuri
Pathology
Topic: Cancer Immunology and Immunotherapy
Email: rr257@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Rubinsztein
CIMR Medical Genetics
Topic: Autophagy and neurodegeneration
Email: dcr1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Christopher Russo
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Atomic resolution imaging of biological specimen by electron cryomicroscopy
Email: crusso@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Julian Sale
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis
Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor George Salmond
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion
Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk
Dr Milka Sarris
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Immune cells and how they navigate through tissues in vivo to mount inflammatory responses
Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk
Professor David Savage
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance
Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Dr Sjors Scheres
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Visualising molecular machines in action
Email: scheres@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Sebastian Schornack
Sainsbury Laboratory
Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis developmental processes
Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Dr Christof Schwiening
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Neuronal intracellular pH microdomains and their functional importance
Email: cjs30@cam.ac.uk
Professor Matthew Seaman
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: The molecular mechanisms of endosome-to-Golgi retrieval
Email: mnjs100@cam.ac.uk
Dr Marisa Segal
Department of Genetics
Topic: Cell cycle control of mitotic spindle morphogenesis in budding yeast
Email: ms433@cam.ac.uk
Dr Symeon Siniossoglou
Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Linking phospholipid metabolism to membrane and organelle function
Email: ss560@cam.ac.uk
Professor Ewan Smith
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Neurobiology of pain / Extremophile biology of the naked mole-rat
Email: es336@cam.ac.uk
Professor Elizabeth Soilleux
Department of Pathology
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
Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk
Professor Daniel St Johnston
Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Cell polarity in development and cancer
Email: d.stjohnston@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Dr Len Stephens
Babraham Institute
Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway in neutrophils
Email: len.stephens@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Katherine Stott
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Organisational and regulatory roles of disordered proteins
Email: ks123@cam.ac.uk
Professor Azim Surani
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Topic: Mammalian germ cells; epigenetic reprogramming
Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Dr John Sutherland
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Origins of Life
Email: johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Chris Tate
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Structural Biology of integral membrane proteins
Email: cgt@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Professor Sarah Teichmann
Cambridge Stem Cell Institute & Department of Medicine
Topic: Genomics, Bioinformatics, Immunology, Human Cell Atlas
Email: sat1003@cam.ac.uk
Dr Teresa Tiffert
Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Homeostasis of human erythrocytes in health and disease; calcium regulation in malaria-infected erythrocyte
Email: jtt1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Richard Timms
Department of Medicine (CITIID)
Topic: Genetic interrogation of the ubiquitin-proteasome system
Email: rtt20@cam.ac.uk
Dr Marco Tripodi
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: The space of actions - Neural circuits for transforming spatial representations into actions
Email: mtripodi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Martin Turner
Babraham Institute
Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation
Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk
Dr Alecia-Jane Twigger
Biochemistry and Pharmacology
Topic: Lactation; biosynthesis; mammary gland biology; womens health
Email: ajt215@cam.ac.uk
Dr Jelle van den Ameele
Department of Clinical Neurosciences
Topic: Neural stem cell metabolism, mitochondrial genetics, gene expression, chromatin, mitochondrial disease
Email: jv361@cam.ac.uk
Professor Hendrik van Veen
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters
Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk
Professor George Vassiliou
Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute)
Topic: Leukamia, pre-leukaemia, clonal haematopoiesis, clonal evolution
Email: gsv20@cam.ac.uk
Professor Sir John Walker
MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit
Topic: Structure, function, assembly and regulation of ATP synthase
Email: walker@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk
Professor Ross Waller
Department of Biochemistry
Topic: Molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells
Email: rfw26@cam.ac.uk
Professor Alan Warren
Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research)
Topic: Mechanisms of ribosome assembly
Email: ajw1000@cam.ac.uk
Dr Timothy Weil
Department of Zoology
Topic: Regulation of mRNA, oocyte-to-embryo transition, biomolecular condensates
Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk
Dr Heidi Welch
Babraham Institute
Topic: Intracellular signal transduction through small G proteins and their regulators
Email: heidi.welch@babraham.ac.uk
Professor Martin Welch
Biochemistry
Topic: Microbial Cell-Cell Communication, Microbial Physiology and Metabolism, Polymicrobial Microbiology
Email: mw240@cam.ac.uk
Dr Roger Williams
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Structural studies of phospholipid signalling
Email: rlw@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk
Dr Catherine Wilson
Department of Pharmacology
Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling
Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk
Dr Chun Hao Wong
Milner Therapeutics Institute
Topic: Functional genomics in human cellular models using CRISPR, high-throughput screening and high-content imaging
Email: wc389@cam.ac.uk
Dr Fengzhu Xiong
Gurdon Institute, Depart of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Topic: Developmental morphogenesis, cell dynamics, tissue mechanics
Email: fx220@cam.ac.uk
Dr Joseph Yeeles
MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Topic: Mechanisms of chromosome replication
Email: jyeeles@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk