Projects

October 2019 entrance:

The PhD projects available for studies leading to a University of Cambridge PhD degree commencing 1 October 2019 are listed below.

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• M. Madan Babu
  Decoding selectivity determinants in GPCR signalling
• Anne Bertolotti
  Surviving protein quality control failure
• Simon Bullock
  Shedding light on microtubule-based transport
• Andrew Carter
  How does the dynein motor carry cargos?
• Jason Chin
  Orthogonal translation of unnatural polymers
• Gerry Crossan
  Keeping sperm error-free
• Michel Goedert
  Structures of alpha-synuclein filaments
• Julian Gough
  Systematic Cell Reprogramming and Personal Genomics
• Ingo Greger
  Glutamate receptor dynamics, structure and function at synapses
• Michael Hastings
  Circadian clock brain circuits and Tidal, lunar and circadian clocks
• Philipp Holliger
  Synthetic Genetics
• Leo James
  Unravelling HIV capsid manipulation of host cells
• Gregory Jefferis
  Neural Circuits for Sex and Memory in the Fly
• Wanda Kukulski
  Mechanisms of interaction between cell membranes
• Andrew McKenzie
  Interpreting neuroimmune dialogue
• Harvey McMahon
  Parkinson’s disease: molecular deficits
• Sean Munro
  How do vesicles know where they are going?
• Kelly Nguyen
  Molecular mechanism of telomere maintenance
• John O'Neill
  Breaking the body clock & putting it back together
• Lori Passmore
  Mechanisms of molecular machines
• KJ Patel
  Metabolic origins of endogenous DNA damage in stem cells
• Venki Ramakrishnan
  Ribosomes – structure, function and regulation
• Felix Randow
  How cells defend their cytosol against invading bacteria
• Christopher Russo
  Studying the physics of cryo-EM to design and build new microscopes for biology
• Julian Sale
  Identifying sequences that trip up DNA replication
• William Schafer
  Probing the structure and function of neural connectomes
• Sjors Scheres
  Structures of alpha-synuclein filaments
• John Sutherland
  Integration of cellular subsystems at the origin of life
• Marco Tripodi
  Neural circuits for movement, from assembly to function
• Roger Williams
  Feast or famine. A trilogy of kinases
• Joseph Yeeles
  The Human Replisome

 

The LMB exceptionally considers applications for research-only MPhil students provided they obtain their own competitive funding and have the support of a group leader in the Laboratory. For information contact enquiries.