Principal investigators in theme:
| Name: Dr Sebastian Ahnert Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sea31@cam.ac.uk Topic: Network analysis genotype-phenotype maps biological self-assembly protein quaternary structure evolution complexity Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/ahnert-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jim Ajioka Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: ja131@cam.ac.uk Topic: Biology and evolutionary genetics of Toxoplasma Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-ajioka Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joy Archer Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: ja331@cam.ac.uk Topic: Veterinary Clinical Pathology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/ja331@cam.ac.uk Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Radu Aricescu Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: radu@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: The Structural Biology of Synaptic Connectivity Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/radu-aricescu/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas Department: Department of Pathology Email: ka447@cam.ac.uk Topic: Parasitology Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/artavanis-tsakonas Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Ashcroft Department: Department of Medicine Email: m.ashcroft@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular cell biology Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/ashcroft/ Themes: Cancer, Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr David Barford Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: dbarford@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanism and regulation of chromosome segregation in mitosis Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/david-barford/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Howard Baylis Department: Department of Zoology Email: hab28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Intracellular signalling mechanisms regulating the development and physiology of C. elegans Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-howard-baylis Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mariann Bienz Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mb2@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular Mechanism of Wnt signalling and cancer Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/m-bienz Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Andrew Blagborough Department: Email: Topic: Website: Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sir Tom Blundell Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: tom@cryst.bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural biology and bioinformatics of multiprotein systems of receptor activation signal transduction and DNA repair early stage drug discovery in cancer and tuberculosis Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/blundell.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Boemo Department: Department of Pathology Email: mb915@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developing computational methods that show how dysregulation or faults in cell cycle mechanisms can result in cancer Website: https://www.boemogroup.org/ Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alex Borodavka Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: ab2677@cam.ac.uk Topic: Viral RNA chaperones; multi-segmented RNA virus assembly mechanisms Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/research/borodavka Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Louise Boyle Department: Department of Pathology Email: lhb22@cam.ac.uk Topic: Antigen presentation to cells of the immune system Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/louise-boyle Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Bray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sjb32@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular biology of Drosophila development Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/bray_s/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Briggs Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jbriggs@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Enveloped viruses and coated vesicles - cryo-electron microscopy and tomography Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/john-briggs/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Kevin Brindle Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: kmb1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular imaging in Cancer Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/brindle.html Themes: Cancer, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Bill Broadhurst Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: r.w.broadhurst@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/broadhurst.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Guy Brown Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gcb3@cam.ac.uk Topic: Microglia meuroinflammation cell death and phagocytic signalling Website: http://www.guybrown.net Themes: Cancer, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nick Brown Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: nb117@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell adhesion and morphogenesis in Drosophila Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/brown Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Clare Buckley Department: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience Email: ceb85@cam.ac.uk Topic: My lab uses optogenetics and live confocal imaging of the zebrafish neural tube to study how the polarity of individual cells drives the organisation of a whole vertebrate organ Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/clare-buckley Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Bullock Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: sbullock@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of mRNA localisation and cytoskeletal transport Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/simon-bullock/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Folma Buss Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: fb207@cam.ac.uk Topic: Myosin motor proteins in health and disease Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mark Carrington Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mc115@cam.ac.uk Topic: The trypanosome cell surface as the molecular interface between host and pathogen gene expression MRNA turnover cell surface architecture Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/carrington.html Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Carter Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: cartera@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: The Structure and Mechanism of Dynein Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/groups/cartera/main.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jose Casal-Jimenez Department: Department of Zoology Email: jec85@cam.ac.uk Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/jose-casal Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kevin Chalut Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: kc370@cam.ac.uk Topic: How physical processes drive the development of the mammalian embryo and the function of stem cells Website: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/researchers/principal-investigators/kevin... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mike Chapman Department: Department of Haematology (NHSBT) Email: mac54@cam.ac.uk Topic: Myeloma and normal lymphoid biology Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-mike-chapman-2/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Edwin Chilvers Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Respiratory Medicine) Email: erc24@cam.ac.uk Topic: Second-messenger regulation of neutrophil priming and apoptosis Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/chilvers/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jason Chin Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: chin@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Evolution and synthesis of new function Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/j-chin Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Betty Chung Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: bcy23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Gene expression Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nick Coleman Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human papillomaviruses Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-coleman Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rosana Collepardo Department: Department of Genetics Email: rc597@cam.ac.uk Topic: Multi-scale modelling of chromatin organization and related biomolecules. Multi-scale modelling of liquid-liquid phase separation in gene organization Website: http://www.collepardolab.org/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fernando Constantino-Casas Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: fc307@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathology Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Simon Cook Department: Babraham Institute Email: simon.cook@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of MAP and SAPK pathways and their role in cell proliferation apoptosis and oncogenesis Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/simon-cook Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Andrew Crawford Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ac151@cam.ac.uk Topic: Sensory transduction mechanisms in the cochlea Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/crawford/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Gerry Crossan Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gcrossan@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Maintenance of genome stability in the germline Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/gerry-crossan/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Colin Crump Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: cmc56@cam.ac.uk Topic: Herpesvirus assembly and egress Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/colin-crump Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julia Davies Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: jmd32@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transport Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/juliadavies Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Pier Paolo D'Avino Department: Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division) Email: ppd21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation and mechanics of cell division and its de-regulation in cancer cells Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/paolo-davino Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marc de la Roche Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mad58@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncogenic Wnt signaling in cancer Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/delaroche Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Maike de la Roche Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: Maike.DeLaRoche@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the role of the Hedgehog signalling pathway in the adaptive anti-tumour response Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/de-la-roche-group Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Janet Deane Department: Department of Clinical Neurosciences (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jed55@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of neurodegeneration: the enigmatic role of sphingolipids Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/Deane Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emmanuel Derivery Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: derivery@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of asymmetric trafficking Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/emmanuel-derivery/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Doorbar Department: Department of Pathology Email: jd121@cam.ac.uk Topic: Human papilloma viruses (HPVs) Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/john-doorbar Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Dupree Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: pd101@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bioenergy proteomics bioinformatics and glycobiology Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/dupree.html Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Edgar Department: Department of Pathology (Division of Immunology) Email: je333@cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane trafficking; MHC Class II antigen presentation Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/james-edgar Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Mike Edwardson Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: jme1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Exocytosis; recycling of receptors; atomic force microscopy Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/jme1000@cam.ac.uk Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Sarah Elderkin Department: Babraham Institute Email: sarah.elderkin@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Investigation into the mechanisms and factors that enable regulated genome function in vivo Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/sarah-elderkin Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Anton Enright Department: Department of Pathology Email: aje39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Algorithms protocols and datasets for functional genomics. Regulatory RNAs Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/anton-enright Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Gerard Evan Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gie20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Using Switchable Mouse Genetic Models to Validate Therapeutic Cancer Targets Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/evan.html Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sadaf Farooqi Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: isf20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms in human obesity Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Farooqi Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christine Farr Department: Department of Genetics Email: cjf1004@cam.ac.uk Topic: Chromosome biology centromeres topoisomerase II Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-farr Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Ferguson Department: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division) Email: bf234@cam.ac.uk Topic: Innate immune signalling. Nucleic acid sensing. Host/pathogen interactions. Vaccine development. Website: http://www.fergusonlab.path.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Firth Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: aef24@cam.ac.uk Topic: RNA virus bioinformatics gene expression molecular biology Website: firthlab.path.cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rebecca Fitzgerald Department: Department of Oncology (MRC Cancer Unit) Email: rcf29@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular pathology (expression profiling molecular genetics in vitro assays) to identify risk groups (diagnostic and prognostic) for oesophageal cancer and preinvasive lesions Website: http://www.mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk/fitzgerald.html Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Angeleen Fleming Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: Af425@cam.ac.uk Topic: How protein clearance pathways such as autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system affect disease severity. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/angeleen-fleming Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Oliver Florey Department: Babraham Institute Email: oliver.florey@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Autophagy (self eating) macroendocytosis (digestion of extracellular material) and entosis (a recently discovered form of cell cannibalism) Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/oliver-florey Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Alison Forhead Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/forhead/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kristian Franze Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: kf284@cam.ac.uk Topic: Using biophysical and cell biological approaches to understand the influence of physical cues on the functioning of the nervous system Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/franze/ Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr James Fraser Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jaf21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Combining computer modelling and experimental work to investigate the relationship between membrane potential cell volume and intracellular ion concentrations in normal and arrhythmic hearts Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/fraser/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Peter Fraser Department: Babraham Institute Email: peter.fraser@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Investigation into the mechanisms and factors that enable regulated genome function in vivo Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/peter-fraser Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gillian Fraser Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: gmf25@cam.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial motility and flagella biogenesis; Bacterial export pathways Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/gillian-fraser Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Gaffney Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: dg13@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Genomics of gene regulation Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/gaffney-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jenny Gallop Department: Department of Biochemistry (Gurdon Institute) Email: j.gallop@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane-triggered actin polymerization: molecular mechanisms and morphogenesis Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/gallop Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mathew Garnett Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: mg12@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Translational Cancer Genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/garnett-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Nicholas Gay Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: n.j.gay@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Human Toll like receptors in inflammatory disease Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/gay.html Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Fanni Gergely Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: fanni.gergely@cancer.org.uk Topic: The role of cytoskeleton in cell division and polarity Website: http://www.cambridgecancer.org.uk/research-groups/gergely-group Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Gibson Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: jsg1001@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ion and water homeostasis in red cells and chondrocytes Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/jsg1001@cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Richard Gilbertson Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: Richard.Gilbertson@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the cellular and molecular origins of brain tumours with the aim of developing new cancer cures Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/gilbertson-group Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Dino Giussani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/giussani Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julian Gough Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: gough@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational Genomics Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/a-to-g/julian-gough/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Grace Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: aag1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Functional effects of genetic mutations associated with cardiac arrhythmias in genetically modified mice and clinical studies Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/grace.html Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Stephen Graham Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division) Email: scg34@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of membrane trafficking and viral infection Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/research/investigators/graham/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Green Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: arg1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Haematopoietic stem cells/leukemia Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Gribble Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research Affiliate) Email: fmg23@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/fiona-gri... Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Mark Gurnell Department: Department of Medicine (Division of Diabetes and Endocrinology / Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: mg299@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Acquired and genetic disorders of hypothalamic-pituitary-thyroid function; functional imaging in endocrine neoplasia; acromegaly Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AI/Gurnell/index.php Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Tim Halim Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: Tim.Halim@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cancer immunology - the role of innate lymphoid cells Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/halim-group Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: D Ben Hall Department: MRC Cancer Unit Email: bh418@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational models of cancer networks evolution and spatial growth. Website: https://www.mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk/research/benjamin-hall-folder Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Greg Hannon Department: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute) Email: Greg.Hannon@cruk.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biological functions and mode of actions of non-coding RNAs in normal development and cancer with particular focus on technology development Website: https://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/hannon-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matthew Harper Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mth29@cam.ac.uk Topic: Platelet death in thrombosis and thrombocytopenia Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/harper Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Phill Hawkins Department: Babraham Institute Email: phillip.hawkins@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway in neutrophils Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/phillip-hawkins Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ramanujan Hegde Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rhegde@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane protein biosynthesis and quality control Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/r-hegde Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Yka Helariutta Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: yrjo.helariutta@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: mechanisms of cell-to-cell communication carbon allocation and hormonal signaling in plants Website: http://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/helariutta-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Robert Henderson Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: rmh1003@cam.ac.uk Topic: Macromolecular structure and function examined using atomic force microscopy Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/rmh1003@cam.ac.uk Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Richard Henderson Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rh15@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: High resolution 3D structures by electron cryomicroscopy Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/r-henderson Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Brian Hendrich Department: Department of Biochemistry (Wellcome Trust - MRC Stem Cell Institute) Email: Brian.Hendrich@cscr.cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control of stem cell fate Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/hendrich Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Judy Hirst Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: judy.hirst@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: The mechanism function and medically-relevant dysfunction of mitochondrial complex I (NADH:ubiquinone oxidoreductase) Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/judy-hirst Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Hodson Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: djh1002@cam.ac.uk Topic: B lymphocyte development and malignant transformation towards leukaemia Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-daniel-hodson/ Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Florian Hollfelder Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: fh111@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanistic enzymology and directed evolution Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/hollfelder.html Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Philipp Holliger Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: ph1@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Synthetic biology of nucleic acid replication Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/p-holliger Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Liz Hook Department: Email: Topic: Website: Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christopher Howe Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: c.j.howe@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Biochemistry and evolution of photosynthesis Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/howe.html Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kate Hughes Department: Department of Veterinary Medicine Email: kh387@cam.ac.uk Topic: The interactions between different cell types within the mammary gland during regression at the end of lactation Website: http://www.vet.cam.ac.uk/directory/hughes Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor James Huntington Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jah52@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular recognition in haemostasis Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marko Hyvonen Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: mh256@cam.ac.uk Topic: Protein-protein interactions in the TGF-beta family signalling. Development of protein-protein interaction inhibitors using fragment-based drug discovery methods Website: http://www-cryst.bioc.cam.ac.uk/groups/hyvonen Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Laura Itzhaki Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: lsi10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Integrating biophysics into medicine: cell cycle regulation and protein degradation Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lsi10@cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Antony Jackson Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: a.p.jackson@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane traffic protein targeting Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/jacksont.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen Steve Jackson Department: Department of Biochemistry (Gurdon Institute) Email: s.jackson@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Maintenance of genome stability/DNA repair Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/jacksons Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John James Department: Department of Medicine Email: jj400@cam.ac.uk Topic: Understanding the dynamics of immune cell signalling networks using optical and chemical biology tools Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/james/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Leo James Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: lcj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular basis of pathogen detection and discrimination Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/l-james Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randall Johnson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: rsj33@cam.ac.uk Topic: The micro-physiology of tissues and how it affects growth development and disease in mammalian genetic systems Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/rjohnson/ Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Phil Jones Department: Department of Oncology (MRC Cancer Unit) Email: phj20@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cells and Cancer Website: http://www.mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk/jones.html Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Fiona Karet Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: fek1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Renal tubular homeostasis in health and disease Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Walid Khaled Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: wtk22@cam.ac.uk Topic: The interface between basic developmental biology and cancer development Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/wtk22@cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Svetlana Khoronenkova Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: sk870@cam.ac.uk Topic: DNA repair and neurodegenerative diseases Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/khoronenkova Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Golnar Kolahgar Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: gk262@cam.ac.uk Topic: Extrinsic regulation of intestinal proliferation and gut maintenance in Drosophila Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/golnar-kolahgar Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Vassilis Koronakis Department: Department of Pathology (Microbiology and Parasitology Division) Email: vk103@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of toxin export; Salmonella effector proteins in eukaryotic cell entry Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/vassilis-koronakis Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Tony Kouzarides Department: Department of Pathology (Virology Division/Wellcome Trust Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: tk106@cam.ac.uk Topic: Transcriptional control by chromatin regulators Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/tony-kouzarides Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Patrycja Kozik Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: pkozik@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Dendritic cells and initiation of the immune responses Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/patrycja-kozik/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Torsten Krude Department: Department of Zoology Email: tk218@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of human chromosome replication Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-torsten-krude Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nicholas Ktistakis Department: Babraham Institute Email: nicholas.ktistakis@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Lipid signalling and intracellular transport Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/nicholas-ktistakis Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Wanda Kukulski Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kukulski@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Linking membrane architecture to function by correlative microscopy Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/wanda-kukulski/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Edmund Kunji Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: edmund.kunji@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: The structure and function of mitochondrial carriers Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/edmund-kunji Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Graham Ladds Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: grl30@cam.ac.uk Topic: Multi-disciplinary approach to investigate the molecular basis of G protein signalling Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/Ladds Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Heike Laman Department: Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division) Email: hl316@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell cycle regulation lymphomagenesis haematopoiesis gamma-herpesvirus Parkinson's disease Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/heike-laman Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Madeline Lancaster Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mlancast@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Human brain development in cerebral organoids Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/madeline-lancaster/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ernest Laue Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: e.d.laue@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural biology of complexes involved in chromatin structure Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/laue.html Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Peter Lawrence Department: Department of Zoology Email: pal38@cam.ac.uk Topic: Planar cell polarity in development and growth Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/peter-lawrence Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joo-Hyeon Lee Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: jhl62@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem Cells and Niches Website: https://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/lee Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marcus Lee Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: ml31@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Malaria Parasite Drug Resistance Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/lee-group Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Wei Li Department: Department of Medicine Email: wl225@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of endothelial BMP signalling in cardiovascular diseases Website: https://www.cardiovascular.cam.ac.uk/directory/wli Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kathryn Lilley Department: Department of Biochemistry (Cambridge Systems Biology Centre) Email: k.s.lilley@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: The spatial and developmental proteome Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/lilley.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Catherine Lindon Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: acl34@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of human cell division by proteolysis Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/lindon Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michelle Linterman Department: Babraham Institute Email: michelle.linterman@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Cellular and molecular changes in T-cell aging Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/michelle-linterman Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Karen Lipkow Department: Babraham Institute Email: karen.lipkow@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Integrating cellular architecture and signalling Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/karen-lipkow Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Trevor Littlewood Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: tdl2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Oncogenic signalling in cancer Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/littlewood Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Jan Loewe Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jyl@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular machines - the bacterial cytoskeleton Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/j-lowe Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ben Luisi Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: bfl20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural biology of assemblies and regulatory complexes Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/luisi.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Sarah Lummis Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: sl120@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neurotransmitter receptors Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/lummis Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Paul Luzio Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: jpl10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Membrane traffic in the late endocytic pathway Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Paula MacGregor Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: pm560@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular basis and evolution of host-parasite interactions in African trypanosomes Website: https://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/people/uto/paula-macgregor Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Eamonn Maher Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: erm1000@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: renal cell carcinoma phaeochromocytoma multiple primary cancers genomic imprinting disorders and developmental disorders Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/professor-eamonn-maher/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stefan Marciniak Department: Department of Medicine (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: sjm20@cam.ac.uk Topic: The role of endoplasmic reticulum stress in disease Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Carla Martins Department: MRC Cancer Unit Email: c.martins@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of cancer progression lung cancer therapy Website: https://www.mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk/research/carla-martins-folder Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr L. Miguel Martins Department: MRC Toxicology Unit Email: lm795@mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondria and cell death regulation following toxic injury Website: https://www.mrc-tox.cam.ac.uk/research/l-m-martins-programme Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Mason Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: mjm39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Ion Channels in Leukaemia Calcium Signalling in Non-Excitable Cells Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/mason_mi Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Juan Mata Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: jm593@cam.ac.uk Topic: Posttranscriptional regulatory networks Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/mata.html Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Patrick Maxwell Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: phm29@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Oxygen sensing and renal diseases Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Simon Mendez-Ferrer Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: sm2116@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem cell niche pathophysiology Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-simon-mendez-ferrer/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Paul Miller Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: pm676@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pharmacological approaches to control central nervous system (CNS) activity Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/miller/summary Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Liz Miller Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: emiller@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Protein transport and quality control in the secretory pathway Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/liz-miller/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michal Minczuk Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michal.minczuk@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Discovering the genetic links between mitochondrial dysfunction and human disease Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/michal-minczuk Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Eric Miska Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: eam29@cam.ac.uk Topic: Control of gene expression through non-coding RNA Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/eric-miska Themes: Cancer, Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Yorgo Modis Department: Department of Medicine (Molecular Immunity Unit) Email: ym10000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cellular mechanisms of viral gene sensing and silencing Website: http://www.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/ymodis/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sara Morais de Silva Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: slm88@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cross-talk between cell cycle proteins and metabolic pathways. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/sara-morais-de-silva Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Kevin Moreau Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: km510@cam.ac.uk Topic: Unconventional protein trafficking across the cell membrane Website: https://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/kevin-mor... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Helen Mott Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: hrm28@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural biology of proteins and complexes involved in signal transduction Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/mott.html Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sean Munro Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: sean@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Small G proteins and membrane traffic Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/s-munro Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Michael Murphy Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: michael.murphy@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Targeting molecules to mitochondria mitochondrial radical production thiol redox state and redox signalling Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/mike-murphy Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Andrew Murray Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mitochondrial metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscle Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/murray/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Garib Murshudov Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: garib@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Computational Crystallography Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/h-to-m/garib-murshudov Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kiyoshi Nagai Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kn@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural studies of the splicing machinery and the signal recognition particle Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/k-nagai Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr François Nédélec Department: Department of Plant Sciences (Sainsbury Laboratory) Email: francois.nedelec@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell morphogenesis and developmental biology using synthetic and systems biology approaches and computer modelling Website: https://www.slcu.cam.ac.uk/research/nedelec-group Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Kelly Nguyen Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: knguyen@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanism of telomere maintenance and the roles of telomeres in human diseases Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/kelly-nguyen/ Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Daniel Nietlispach Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: dn206@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy structural biology of membrane proteins G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/nietlispach.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Cahir O'Kane Department: Department of Genetics Email: c.okane@gen.cam.ac.uk Topic: Synaptic signalling and neurodegeneration in Drosophila Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/cahir-okane Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John O'Neill Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: oneillj@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cellular Rhythms Signalling and Metabolic Regulation Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/john-oneill/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Stephen O'Rahilly Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: so104@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular basis of severe obesity in man Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/hod/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Darerca Owen Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: do@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure function relationships in small G proteins involved in cancer progression Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/owen.html Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Owen Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: djo30@cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural biology of transport vesicle and organelle biogenesis Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Miles Parkes Department: Department of Medicine Email: mp372@cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetics of Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis: GWAS post-GWAS and clinical translation of derived knowledge Website: http://www.med.cam.ac.uk/parkes/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Lori Passmore Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: passmore@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Macromolecular Machines that regulate mRNAs Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/l-passmore Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Uta Paszkowski Department: Department of Plant Sciences Email: up220@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cereal symbiosis Website: http://www.plantsci.cam.ac.uk/research/utapaszkowski Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr K J Patel Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kjp@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: in mRNA Polyadenylation Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/kj-patel Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Luca Pellegrini Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: luca@cryst.bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: DNA repair and recombination Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/pellegrini.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Evangelia Petsalaki Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: petsalaki@ebi.ac.uk Topic: cell signaling networks models data integration Website: https://www.ebi.ac.uk/research/petsalaki Themes: Cancer, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anna Philpott Department: Department of Oncology Email: ap113@cam.ac.uk Topic: Developmental biology cell cycle cancer neurogenesis Website: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/research/groupleaders/philpott.html Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julien Prudent Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: julien.prudent@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Interactions between mitochondria and the endoplasmic reticulum in cell physiology and disease Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/julien-prudent Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no PhD students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential summer students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Taufiq Rahman Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: mtur2@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cellular calcium signalling Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/mtur2@cam.ac.uk Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Venki Ramakrishnan Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: ramak@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structure of the translational apparatus Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/v-ramakrishnan Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Felix Randow Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: randow@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Genetic analysis of mammalian signal transduction Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/f-randow Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Emma Rawlins Department: Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: elr21@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stem and progenitor cells in the mammalian lung Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/rawlins Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Randy Read Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: rjr27@cam.ac.uk Topic: Protein crystallography and pathogenesis Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Wolf Reik Department: Babraham Institute Email: wolf.reik@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics genomic imprinting and epigenetic reprogramming Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/wolf-reik Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Frank Reimann Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: fr222@cam.ac.uk Topic: Stimulus-secretion coupling in gut neuroendocrine cells Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/AffiliatePI/Reiman.php Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ingo Ringshausen Department: Department of Haematology (Wellcome-MRC Cambridge Stem Cell Institute) Email: ir279@cam.ac.uk Topic: Low grade lymphoma Website: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-ingo-ringshausen/ Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Margaret Robinson Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: msr12@cam.ac.uk Topic: Coated vesicles adaptors Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hugh Robinson Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: hpcr@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural dynamics synaptic integration and functional analysis of cell types in the cortex Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/robinson/ Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Katja Roper Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: kroeper@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Regulation of cell shape by the cytoskeleton during development and tissue morphogenesis Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/katja-roper/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Rubinsztein Department: Department of Medical Genetics (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: dcr1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Autophagy and neurodegeneration Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christopher Russo Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: crusso@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Atomic resolution imaging of biological specimen by electron cryomicroscopy Website: https://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/christopher-russo/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Stewart Sage Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: sos10@cam.ac.uk Topic: Calcium signalling in blood platelets Website: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/staff/sage/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Molecules and Cells Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Julian Sale Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jes@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Vertebrate mutagenesis and DNA damage tolerance Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/j-sale Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor George Salmond Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: gpcs@bioc.cam.ac.uk Topic: Bacterial signalling gene regulation and protein secretion Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/salmond.html Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Milka Sarris Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: ms543@cam.ac.uk Topic: Immune cells and how they search tissues and find their way to sites of infection or tissue damage. Website: https://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/milka-sarris Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor David Savage Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science) Email: dbs23@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of insulin resistance Website: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/staff/PI/Savage/ Themes: Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Deirdre Scadden Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: adjs100@cam.ac.uk Topic: Analysis of ds RNA hyper-edited by ADARs Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/scadden.html Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sjors Scheres Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: scheres@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Visualising molecular machines in action Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/n-to-s/sjors-scheres Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Sebastian Schornack Department: Sainsbury Laboratory Email: sebastian.schornack@slcu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Common and contrasting processes in plant-pathogen interactions and symbiosis developmental processes Website: www.schornacklab.net Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Christof Schwiening Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience Email: cjs30@cam.ac.uk Topic: Neuronal intracellular pH microdomains and their functional importance Website: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?cjs30 Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Matthew Seaman Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: mnjs100@cam.ac.uk Topic: The molecular mechanisms of endosome-to-Golgi retrieval Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marisa Segal Department: Department of Genetics Email: ms433@hermes.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell cycle control of mitotic spindle morphogenesis in budding yeast Website: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/directory/marisa-segal Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hayley Sharpe Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: hjs49@cam.ac.uk Topic: Receptor tyrosine phosphatase signalling in physiology and disease Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-in... Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells, Metabolic Medicine, Integrative and Comparative Physiology Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Symeon Siniossoglou Department: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ss560@cam.ac.uk Topic: Linking phospholipid metabolism to membrane and organelle function Website: http://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-inv... Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Christopher Smith Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: cwjs1@cam.ac.uk Topic: Alternative pre-mRNA splicing Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/smithc Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Geoffrey Smith Department: Department of Pathology Email: hod.sec@path.cam.ac.uk Topic: Vaccinia virus replication spread immune evasion and pathogenesis. Vaccine development. Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/research/ Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Ewan Smith Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: es336@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pain; chemoreception; neuronal excitability Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/es336@cam.ac.uk Themes: Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Elizabeth Soilleux Department: Department of Pathology Email: ejs17@cam.ac.uk Topic: Interesting projects available in immunity (TCR/BCR repertoire) cancer biology (esp lymphoma) histopathological imaging bioinformatics AI and clinical data handling. Active collaborations with the vet school maths engineering and industry Website: https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/elizabeth-soilleux Themes: Cancer, Infection and Immunity, Medical Imaging, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Daniel St Johnston Department: Department of Genetics (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: d.stjohnston@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Cell polarity in development and cancer Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/stjohnston Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Nancy Standart Department: Department of Biochemistry Email: nms23@cam.ac.uk Topic: mRNA localisation and translation in Xenopus oocytes and eggs Website: http://www.bioc.cam.ac.uk/uto/standart.html Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Len Stephens Department: Babraham Institute Email: len.stephens@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Cellular signalling with a focus on the PI3K signalling pathway in neutrophils Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/len-stephens Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Azim Surani Department: Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute) Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mammalian germ cells; epigenetic reprogramming Website: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani Themes: Molecules and Cells, Women's Health Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr John Sutherland Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: johns@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Chemical origins of molecular biology Website: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/bill-sutherland Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Chris Tate Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: cgt@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural Biology of integral membrane proteins Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/chris-tate Themes: Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Colin Taylor Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: cwt1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular analysis of calcium signalling Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/cwt1000@cam.ac.uk Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Rebecca Taylor Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rtaylor@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Systemic control of proteostasis and ageing Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/rebecca-taylor/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Janet Thornton Department: European Bioinformatics Institute Email: thornton@ebi.ac.uk Topic: Protein structure function and evolution; ageing Website: http://www.ebi.ac.uk/Thornton/ Themes: Organisms, Evolution and Ecology, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marc Tischkowitz Department: Department of Medical Genetics Email: mdt33@medschl.cam.ac.uk Topic: Fanconi Anemia genes and hereditary breast cancer predisposition Website: https://medgen.medschl.cam.ac.uk/dr-marc-tischkowitz-2/ Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Marco Tripodi Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: mtripodi@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Neural circuitry of action: from spatial perception to motor integration Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/marco-tripodi/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Suzanne Turner Department: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division) Email: sdt36@cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of lymphomagenesis Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/suzanne-turner Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Martin Turner Department: Babraham Institute Email: martin.turner@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Lymphocyte development and activation Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/lymphocyte/martin-turner Themes: Infection and Immunity, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Hendrik van Veen Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: hwv20@cam.ac.uk Topic: Molecular mechanisms of multidrug transporters: from bacteria to man Website: http://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/directory/hwv20@cam.ac.uk Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Patrick Varga-Weisz Department: Babraham Institute Email: patrick.varga-weisz@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Chromatin dynamics Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/nuclear-dynamics/patrick-varga-weisz Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Ashok Venkitaraman Department: Department of Oncology (MRC Cancer Unit) Email: pa-venkitaraman@mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk Topic: Chromosomal instability and cancer: translating molecular insights to clinical practice Website: http://www.mrc-cu.cam.ac.uk/venkitaraman.html Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Thierry Voet Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: tv2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Single-cell genomics Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/voet-group Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Neuroscience, Psychology and Behaviour, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Michael Wakelam Department: Babraham Institute Email: michael.wakelam@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Systems biology of phosphatidic-acid-mediated signalling Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/michael-wakelam Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor John Walker Department: MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit Email: john.walker@mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk Topic: How ATP is made; proteomic discovery of new mitochondrial membrane complexes Website: http://www.mrc-mbu.cam.ac.uk/people/john-walker Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Alan Warren Department: Department of Haematology (Cambridge Institute for Medical Research) Email: ajw1000@cam.ac.uk Topic: Pathogenesis of bone marrow failure syndromes and leukaemia Website: https://www.cimr.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/principal-in... Themes: Cancer, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Professor Christine Watson Department: Department of Pathology (Cellular Molecular Pathology Division) Email: cjw53@cam.ac.uk Topic: STAT signalling mammary gland biology Website: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/christine-watson Themes: Cancer, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Timothy Weil Department: Department of Zoology Email: tw419@cam.ac.uk Topic: The cellular mechanisms underpinning the spatiotemporal coordination of the oocyte-to-embryo transition Website: http://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/directory/dr-timothy-weil Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Heidi Welch Department: Babraham Institute Email: heidi.welch@babraham.ac.uk Topic: Intracellular signal transduction through small G proteins and their regulators Website: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/signalling/heidi-welch Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Roger Williams Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: rlw@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Structural studies of phospholipid signalling Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/r-williams Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Professor Anne Willis Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: aew80@cam.ac.uk Topic: Post-transcriptional Control of Gene Expression following toxic injury Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/research/annewillis/summary Themes: Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Sorry no students can be taken this year |
| Name: Dr Catherine Wilson Department: Department of Pharmacology Email: chw39@cam.ac.uk Topic: Cardiovascular cell signalling Website: https://www.phar.cam.ac.uk/ Themes: Cardiovascular Science and Medicine, Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Gavin Wright Department: Wellcome Sanger Institute Email: gw2@sanger.ac.uk Topic: Cell surface signalling Website: https://www.sanger.ac.uk/science/groups/wright-group Themes: Reproduction, Development and Lifelong Health, Functional and Evolutionary Genomics, Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
| Name: Dr Joseph Yeeles Department: MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology Email: jyeeles@mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk Topic: Mechanisms of chromosome replication Website: http://www2.mrc-lmb.cam.ac.uk/group-leaders/t-to-z/joseph-yeeles/ Themes: Molecules and Cells Applications from potential students are welcome |
