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| Project Title | Project Type | Supervisor |
|---|---|---|
| Applying Deep Learning-based methods for protein structure prediction. | Desk | Professor Dan Rigden |
| Next generation approach for annotating genomes using machine learning. | Desk | Professor Andy Jones |
| Mapping post-translational modifications across the Tree of Life. | Desk | Professor Andy Jones |
| Body shape and size evolution in tetrapods. | Desk | Dr Alice Maher |
| Understanding plasmid evolution through computational biology. | Desk | Dr James Hall |
| Climate change and Infectious Disease Outbreaks in Africa and/or Asia. | Desk | Dr Louise Kelly-Hope |
| What do animals gain from choosing the right mate? | Desk | Dr Liam Dougherty |
| Use of Artificial Intelligence in analysis of endoscopic images following complete response in Rectal Cancer. | Desk | Dr Muhammad Ahsan Javed |
| Combining adaptation and physiology to predict the pace of life in diverse animals. | Desk | Professor David Atkinson |
| Selective breeding and gait in dogs. | Laboratory | Professor Karl Bates |
| Understanding motion in the healthy human wrist. | Laboratory | Professor Karl Bates |
| Exploiting the plant root microbiome to promote crop health. | Laboratory | Dr Daniel Leybourne |
| What drives re-expression of the latent toolbox of meiotic oncogenes in cancer? | Laboratory | Dr Urszula McClurg |
| Understanding the phenotype of genetically induced obesity and cerebellum abnormalities. | Laboratory | Dr Urszula McClurg |
| Is meiotic TEX12 a novel regulator of centrosome amplifications in cancer? | Laboratory | Dr Urszula McClurg |
| Laminin alternative splicing in cancer - regulation and functional consequences. | Laboratory | Dr Kevin Hamill |
| Laminin N Terminus alpha31 signalling studies. | Laboratory | Dr Kevin Hamill |
| MuscleGaIn (Muscle-Gut axis Investigation): role or exercise and nutrition as hallmarks of ageing, frailty and muscle health. | Laboratory | Dr Masoud Isanejad |
| Microbial evolution, mobile genetic elements, and horizontal gene transfer. | Laboratory | Dr James Hall |
| A molecular approach to dissect NF-kappaB signalling in mouse embryonic stem cells. | Laboratory | Dr David Turner |
| Mechanisms controlling gene expression in hypoxia and/or inflammation. | Laboratory | Professor Sonia Rocha |
| Investigating symbiotic interactions between insects and microbes. | Laboratory | Professor Greg Hurst |
| Jekyll and Hyde: Modelling the interaction between insects and heritable microbes that have both beneficial and parasitic phenotypes. | Laboratory | Professor Greg Hurst |
| Evolutionary resistance to climate change in plant populations exposed to chronic climate treatments. | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Functional and morphological variation in the masticatory apparatus in primates. | Laboratory | Dr Alana Sharp |
| Building giants – soft and hard tissue relationships during skull growth in large mammals. | Laboratory | Dr Alana Sharp |
| The evolution of physiological adaptations to toxins. | Laboratory | Dr Hannah Rowland |
| Climate change impacts on beneficial species interactions in agriculture. | Laboratory | Dr Sharon Zytynska |
| Understanding microbial signalling in the rhizosphere to build healthier soils. | Laboratory | Dr Sharon Zytynska |
| Alpaca and llama anatomy. | Laboratory | Karin Mueller & Dr Zeeshan Durrani |
| Understanding norovirus polyprotein dynamics. | Laboratory | Dr Edward Emmott |
| Exploring the effect of depleting host deaminases on coronavirus replication and transcription. | Laboratory | Dr Edward Emmott |
| Bioengineering and Reprogramming of self-assembling protein organelles. | Laboratory | Professor Luning Liu |
| Role of epithelial stem progenitor cells in the endometrium of women with gynaecological pathologies. | Laboratory | Professor Dharani Hapangama |
| Evaluating the impact of microplastics on kidney cells. | Laboratory | Dr Louise Oni |
| The role of the endosymbiont in trypanosomatid parasite infection in Drosophila. | Laboratory | Dr Venera Tyukmaeva |
| Application of structure-based drug discovery for treatment of Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). | Laboratory | Dr Svetlana Antonyuk |
| Do cell clocks drive age-associated tissue stiffness in the eye. | Laboratory | Dr Carl Sheridan |
| What extracellular changes occur in the ageing retina? | Laboratory | Dr Victoria Kearns |
| Molecular evolution of taste perception and feeding ecology in mammals. | Laboratory | Professor Soraya Shirazi-Beechey & Dr Michael Berenbrink |
| Exploring the Liver Homology Receptor-1 (LHR-1) pathway in the maintenance of gut mucosal health. | Laboratory | Professor Barry Campbell |
| Understanding costs of phenotypic plasticity in the Water flea, Daphnia magna. | Laboratory | Dr Stew Plaistow |
| Ecological and evolutionary consequences of nanoplastic pollution. | Laboratory | Dr Stew Plaistow |
| Understanding costs of phenotypic plasticity. | Laboratory | Dr Stew Plaistow |
| Fibrillin-1 loss in musculoskeletal health across the life course (growth and ageing). | Laboratory | Dr Blandine Poulet |
| Characterising interaction between cell-surface receptor LRP1 and disease-associated molecules. | Laboratory | Dr Kazuhiro Yamamoto |
| Evolutionary resistance to climate change in plant populations exposed to chronic climate treatments. | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Genomic responses to climate change in an ecological model plant species. | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Impacts of climate change on plant-soil co-adaptation and ecosystem functioning. | Laboratory | Dr Raj Whitlock |
| Evolution of physiological adaptations to toxins. | Laboratory | Dr Hannah Rowland |
| Scaling By Death During Adult Organ Growth. | Laboratory | Dr Marisa Merino |
| Influence of Extracellular Matrix on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation into Corneal Endothelial Cells for Cell Therapy. | Laboratory | Emine Bilir |
| Role of epithelial stem progenitor cells in the endometrium of women with gynaecological pathologies. | Laboratory | Professor Dharani Hapangama |
| Characterising the cellular composition of different uterine myometrial subregions in women. | Laboratory | Professor Dharani Hapangama |
| Mechanisms of sperm choice in female insects. | Laboratory | Dr Liam Dougherty |
| Supramolecular Organisation of Morphogen Signal by Atomic Force Microscope. | Laboratory | Dr Marisa Merino |
| Influence of Extracellular Matrix on Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Differentiation into Corneal Endothelial Cells for Cell Therapy. | Laboratory | Emine Bilir |
| Vascular dysfunction related to Heavy Menstrual Bleeding. | Laboratory | Professor Dharani Hapangama |
| Genomic mechanisms of RNA surveillance and quality control. | Laboratory | Dr Manolis Papamichos Chronakis |
| Oxygen Enhanced (OE) and Dynamic Contrast Enhanced (DCE) Multispectral Optoacoustic Imaging (MSOT) to measure functional changes in a murine tumour model. | Laboratory | Professor Harish Poptani |
| Optical and Ultrasound Imaging to monitor treatment response in a murine tumour model. | Laboratory | Professor Harish Poptani |
| Correlation of Dynamic contrast Enhance (DCE) Optoacoustic Imaging (OAI) with Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) in an Ischemic Reperfusion Injury murine model. | Laboratory | Professor Harish Poptani |
| Multi-modal imaging for assessing tumour hypoxia and treatment response in rodent models. | Laboratory | Professor Harish Poptani |
| Assessing cancer metabolism and microenvironment in in ovo. | Laboratory | Professor Harish Poptani |
| Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI to assess treatment response in brain tumours. | Laboratory | Professor Harish Poptani |
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