Improving animal and human health and wellbeing across the lifecourse.
*CASE: These are CASE DTP studentships. As part of the programme, you will be required to undertake a placement with the CASE partner for a minimum of 3 months.
*AP: These are Standard DTP studentships with an associate partner where you will be required to spend approximately a total of 50% of your time with each of the partners. You will be registered at one of the partner universities of the lead supervisors.
| Project title | Main / Rothamsted supervisor | Host institution | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aging before birth: identifying early-life influences on telomeres and the epigenetic clock | Prof Rosalind John | Cardiff University | Aging, Telomeres, Epigenetics, Maternal lifestyle, Fetal programming |
| Combatting brain and body ageing through exercise | Prof Hugh Piggins | University of Bristol | Exercise, aging, circadian, metabolism, cardiovascular |
| Developing better biopharmaceuticals using biomolecular simulation and design *CASE | Dr Marc van der Kamp | University of Bristol | T cell receptor, biomolecular simulation, biopharmaceuticals, protein-protein interaction, protein design |
| Divergent trajectories of cortical development regulated by differential NMDA receptor populations | Dr Michael Ashby | University of Bristol | Neuroscience, brain development, synapse, plasticity, neural circuit |
| Elucidating the role of mechano-sensitive miRNAs in cartilage homeostasis: a multi-organism study | Dr Emma Blain | Cardiff University | Mechanobiology, cartilage, zebrafish, microRNAs |
| Linking age-related joint degradation to diet by bone metabolism and SUMOylation *AP | Dr Chrissy Hammond / Dr Tim Craig | University of Bristol (apply here) / University of the West of England (UWE) | Bone health, Diabetes, SUMOylation, metabolism, ageing |
| Mixing it up: building the tools required for next-generation molecular microbiologists to study polymicrobial disease | Prof Eshwar Mahenthiralingam | Cardiff University | Antimicrobial resistance, polymicrobial disease, genomics, cystic fibrosis microbiology, proteomics |
| Modelling the effect of ageing on Drosophila and mouse clock neurons | Prof James Hodge | University of Bristol | Drosophila, electrophysiology, computational modelling, circadian rhythms, ageing |
| Tackling antibiotic resistance through blocking of signalling pathways | Dr Susanne Gebhard | University of Bath | Microbiology, antibiotic resistance, signal transduction, drug development, molecular biology |
| Ultra-high-throughput directed evolution of antimicrobials using droplet microfluidics | Dr Fabrice Gielen | University of Exeter (Streatham) | Antimicrobial, microfluidics, evolution, high-throughput screening, bacteriophage |
| Unravelling the cause of Parkinson’s Disease in molecular detail *CASE | Prof Matthew Crump | University of Bristol | NMR Spectroscopy, Protein Biochemistry, Chemical Biology |