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| Project Title | Project Type | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Investigating the role of calmodulin in cardiac arrhythmia | Laboratory | Dr Nordine Helassa |
| Structure functional studies of human Methionine Adenosyltranferases upregulated in hepatocellular carcinoma | Laboratory | Dr Svetlana Antonyuk |
| Studying animal metabolism in relation to health and disease | Laboratory | Prof Warwick Dunn |
| Determination of 3C-like protease-substrate specificity and reaction kinetic by proteomics | Laboratory | Dr Edward Emmott |
| Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of CO2 fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism | Laboratory | Dr James Hartwell |
| How does the YB-1 oncoprotein control protein translation in hypoxic tumour cells | Laboratory | Dr Niall Kenneth |
| Sexual selection in insects | Laboratory | Prof Zenobia Lewis |
| Biosynthesis and Bioengineering of Molecular machines | Laboratory | Prof Luning Liu |
| Why do cancers cells re-express meiotic SYCP1 protein and how can use this in the clinic | Laboratory | Dr Urszula McClurg |
| Understanding the evolution of meiotic DNA anchorage during recombination and its impact on species fitness | Laboratory | Dr Urszula McClurg |
| Is meiotic TEX12 a novel regulator of centrosome amplifications in cancer? | Laboratory | Dr Urszula McClurg |
| Investigating the role of chromatin in regulation of co-transcriptional RNA quality control | Laboratory | Dr Manolis Papamichos |
| Investigating the role of the INO80 chromatin remodeler in oncogenic transcription in cancer: Mechanism and function in acute myeloid leukemia | Laboratory | Dr Manolis Papamichos |
| Investigating the role of the INO80 chromatin remodeler in resolving transcription-replication conflicts in cancer: Mechanism and function in acute myeloid leukemia. | Laboratory | Dr Manolis Papamichos |
| Dynamic contrast enhanced MRI to assess treatment response in brain tumours | Laboratory | Prof Harish Poptani |
| Exploiting Deep Learning-based protein structure prediction for function annotation and structural biology | Desk based | Prof Dan Rigden |
| Hypoxia and inflammation crosstalk | Laboratory | Prof Sonia Rocha |
| Impact of non-antibiotic drugs on the generation of bacteria persistant to antibiotics | Laboratory | Dr J.Enrique Salcedo-Sora |
| Elucidating the mito-pH physiology, using a new generation of Multiverse Genetically Encoded Fluorescent Probes | Laboratory | Dr Massimiliano Stagi |
| Actomyosin mediated force feedback for healthy ageing | Laboratory | Dr Tobias Zech |
| Genome-empowered bioinformatic analyses of the adaptive evolution of electrostatic surface charge in respiratory proteins | Desk based | Dr Michael Berenbrink |
| Examining the role of stable IL-10 dimers in countering bacterial and cytokine-induced inflammation and disruption of the intestinal epithelium | Laboratory | Prof Barry Campbell |
| Microbial evolution, mobile genetic elements, and horizontal gene transfer | Laboratory | Dr James Hall |
| Symbiont-host interactions in insects | Laboratory | Prof Greg Hurst |
| Climate drivers of Infectious Disease Outbreaks in the Horn of Africa | Desk based | Dr Louise Kelly-Hope |
| Can a beneficial bacteria that protects plants from aphids also protect against an aphid-transmitted virus? | Laboratory | Dr Daniel Leybourne |
| Identifying successful crop mixtures for the sustainable management of cereal aphids and associated viruses | Laboratory | Dr Daniel Leybourne |
| Population genetics and molecular taxonomy of rats in South-East Asia | Laboratory | Prof Ben Makepeace |
| Comparative genomics of Rickettsiella symbionts of parasitic mites of veterinary and agricultural importance | Laboratory | Prof Ben Makepeace |
| Role of mammalian interferon-gamma in the innate immune response of tick cells to tick-borne pathogens | Laboratory | Prof Ben Makepeace |
| Impacts of land-use and climate change on tick-borne disease risk in the UK | Laboratory | Dr Caroline Millins |
| Comparative analysis of different photogrammetric approaches for 3D modelling of animal organs | Laboratory | Prof Lorenzo Ressel |
| Molecular evolution of taste perception and feeding ecology in mammals | Laboratory | Prof Soraya Shirazi-Beechey |
| Fitness cost of co-infection by different pathogens in Drosophila melanogaster | Laboratory | Venera Tyukmaeva |
| Impacts of climate change on plant-soil co-adaptation and ecosystem functioning | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Evolutionary resistance to climate change in plant populations exposed to chronic climate treatments | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Ecological responses to climate change in response to 30 years of drought, warming and watering treatments | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Genomic responses to climate change in an ecological model plant species | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Nutritional toxicity in Drosophila melanogaster | Laboratory | Dr Stuart Wigby |
| Anti-ageing drugs and male fertility: trade-offs or delayed reproductive ageing? | Laboratory | Dr Stuart Wigby |
| Mechanisms of post mating sexual selection | Laboratory | Dr Stuart Wigby |
| Impact of microbial bioprotectants on grain malting quality of barley | Laboratory | Dr Sharon Zytynska |
| Combining adaptation and physiology to predict the pace of life in diverse animals | Desk based | Prof David Atkinson |
| Impacts of warming on animal life histories and ecological processes | Desk based | Prof David Atkinson |
| Sex and the selfish gene | Desk based | Prof Andrea Betancourt |
| Receptor crosstalk mechanisms driving cancer invasion and drug resistance | Laboratory | Dr Mark Morgan |
| Structural studies of tensin specificity for integrin receptor in cell-matrix adhesion complexes | Laboratory | Dr Igor Barsukov |
| Enzyme-mediated hydrolysis of the human sebum in domestic cleaning | Laboratory | Dr Igor Barsukov |
| Analysis of polysaccharide modifying enzymes and activities of their products | Laboratory | Prof David Fernig |
| Development of a novel series of probes to measure changes in pH of the pre-synaptic vesicle | Laboratory | Dr Massimiliano Stagi |
| How do female relationships shape the social system of a group-living mammal? | Laboratory | Prof Paula Stockley |
| Does the fear of predators impede the reproduction of prey? | Desk based | Dr Liam Dougherty |
| Understanding cell signalling machinery in the pan-genome of plants | Desk based | Prof Andy Jones |
| Discovery of new post-translational modifications on human proteins and their role in disease | Desk based | Prof Andy Jones |
| The impact of sub-inhibitory antitbiotics on the Pseudomonas aeruginosa proteome in artificial sputum | Laboratory | Prof Jo Fothergill |
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