Engineering Biology: Student cohort

Current Final Years

Rachel Johnson Tackling antibiotic resistance through blocking of signalling pathways Tejasvi Anand Mechanisms and consequences of phase variation in bacterial immune systems
Tess Harrison Developing a new bio-imaging tool for correlative light electron microscopy Liz Moruzzi Building molecular transport machines regulated by autoinhibition and ligand-induced activation
Anjali Dhavani Shah Fungal Natural Products: Engineering Biosynthetic Pathways to Deliver Novel Bioactive Compounds Marvellous Arabambi Single molecule dynamics of enzyme catalysis for thermoadaptation and design
Lubna Danish Structural dynamics of Augmin in the creation of microtubule branches

Current Third Years

Anna Richmond Understanding mechanisms of synergy between bacterial anti-phage defences Piotr Burzynski How biofilms protect themselves against bacteriophage infection and how they fail
Brooklyn Richards Determining the molecular mode of action of Home and Personal Care (HPC) product preservatives and characterising antimicrobial resistance in problematic bacterial contaminants Tom Chambers Mechanistic analysis of DNA helicases using nanopore-based single molecule assays
Laura Parkinson Elucidating mechanisms of beta-lactam antibiotic resistance through serial crystallography and molecular simulations Felix Bowers Joint function throughout the life course
Meg Kazmierczak Simulation-led engineering of Diels-Alderase activity and selectivity for sustainable biosynthesis of new antibiotics Emily Lai Catching antibiotic factories in action

Current Second Years

Adam Harris Tackling Antibiotic Resistance with Covalent Macrocycles Jasmine Thomas-Campbell Determining the regulatory control of prokaryotic antiviral defence systems
Eli Hughes A synthetic biology magnetic toolkit for detecting bacteria Lauren Rhodes Targeting subcellular proteins and processes with designed peptides
Ellie Payne AAV-Factory: Synthetic viral nanosystem for highly efficient AAV production for gene therapy Tania Gardasevic Towards new biologic drugs: In silico design of T-call receptor affinity and specificity with biomolecular simulation
Iara Aime Cardoso Characterisation and inhibition of snake venom metalloproteinases for next-generation antivenom

Current First Years

Amanda Vel Combatting Antimicrobial Resistance with Covalent Macrocycle Libraries Mihai Vasile Electrifying Redox Enzymes for Next-Generation Biotransformations: Harnessing Light and Nanotechnology
Jisa Salim Investigating the efficacy of natural compounds on bacterial biofilm formation in the mouse replacement model, Galleria mellonella Henry Allman Engineering minimal and cargo-activated protein transport machines
Amelia Francis Building new nano-biosensors for healthcare: Linking biology to nanoscience through synthetic biology and computational modelling