Bath
- Functional roles of presynaptic opioid receptors
Lead supervisors: Dr Chris Bailey and Prof Eamonn Kelly
Student: Meg Sambrook - Ancestral functions of genes regulated by imprinting in mammals
Lead supervisors: Prof Andrew Ward and Prof Robert Kelsh (Bath)
Student: Meg Warden
Bristol
- Evolutionary shifts in the developmental control of neuron number
Lead supervisors: Stephen Montgomery and James Hodge
Student: Amaia Alcalde Anton - Probing the function of dopaminergic inputs to the cerebellum
Lead supervisors: Paul Dodson and Jonathan Witton
Student: Amy Amin - Fungal Natural Products: Engineering Biosynthetic Pathways to Deliver Novel Bioactive Compounds
Lead supervisors: Chris Willis and Andy Bailey
Student: Anjali Dhavani Shah - Interaction of Regulatory Factor X (RFX) factors and the mineralocorticoid receptor
Lead supervisors: Hans Reul and Oscar Cordero Llana
Student: Carolina Gaudenzi - Single molecule dynamics of enzyme catalysis for thermoadaptation and design
Lead supervisors: Prof Adrian Mulholland and Prof Frank Vollmer
Student: Marvellous Arabambi - The predicting individual: expectations and their influence on emotional state and welfare
Lead supervisors: Prof Mike Mendl and Prof Iain Gilchrist
Student: Nick Cherbanich - Mechanisms and consequences of phase variation in bacterial immune systems
Lead supervisors: Prof Mark Szczelkun and Dr Thomas Gorowchoswki
Student: Tejasvi Anand
Cardiff
- D-novo minibinders: developing a high throughput platform for computational design and production of tailored synthetic proteins
Lead supervisors: Dr Louis Luk and Dr Fabio Parmeggiani
Student: Alen Mouhaidli - Cutting edge novel technologies to investigate lysosomal channels and transporters important in recovery post-autophagy
Lead supervisors: Dr Emyr Lloyd-Evans and Dr Helen Waller-Evans
Student: Iwan Williams - Investigating the Mitochondrial Basis of Neuronal ageing
Lead supervisors: Dr Gaynor Ann Smith and Prof Michael Schrader
Student: Lucie Tkacova - How are astrocytes made? Transcriptional regulation of astrocyte specification across development and adulthood.
Lead supervisors: Dr Isabel Martinez Garay and Dr Florian Siebzehnrubl
Student: Niharika Singh - Visual-spatial processing within the retrosplenial cortex
Lead supervisors: Prof Seralynne Vann and Prof Frank Sengpiel
Student: Salma Haniffa - Developing a new bio-imaging tool for correlative light electron microscopy
Lead supervisors: Prof Paola Borri and Prof Paul Verkade
Student: Tess Harrison
Exeter
- NetClamp: a new experimental tool to manipulate neural networks
Lead supervisors: Dr Kyle Wedgwood and Dr Joel Tabak
Student: Akshita Jindal - Investigating the role of myoinhibitory peptide (MIP) signalling in marine larval settlement and metamorphosis
Lead supervisors: Dr Elizabeth Williams and Dr Rob Ellis
Student: Callum Teeling - Protein Choreography of the Molecular Compass
Lead supervisors: Dr JJ Phillips and Prof Adrian Mulholland
Student: Dylan Ivory - Cytoneme-mediated morphogen transport during wound healing and regeneration
Lead supervisors: Prof Steffen Scholpp and Prof Paul Martin
Student: Emma Cooper - The dynamics of microbiome interactions
Lead supervisors: Dr Faye Thompson and Prof Angus Buckling
Student: Kingsley Hunt - Structural dynamics of Augmin in the creation of microtubule branches
Lead supervisors: Prof James Wakefield and Dr Jonathan Phillips
Student: Lubna Danish
Bristol/UWE
- Phenotypic and Genotypic diversity in Moraxella catarrhalis: Using Population Biology to Understand Antimicrobial Resistance and Pathogenesis.
Lead supervisors: Dr Darryl Hill and Dr Lynne Lawrance
Student: Tom Gerrard
Exeter/MBA
- The biology and biotechnological potential of marine fungi bioprocessing
Lead supervisors: Dr Stephen Michell and Dr Michael Cunliffe
Student: Beth Tindall-Jones
Exeter/Swansea
- Corvid connections: how do social bonds influence stress, health, nutrition and cultural knowledge?
Lead supervisors: Dr Alex Thornton and Dr Andrew King
Student: Luca Hahn