SLMS Academic Careers Office

Projects

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NB Interviews have now been completed and provisional studentship offers made.  Project allocation is ongoing with provisionally allocated projects marked below

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Updated 10 May 2013.

  1. Characterization of Novel Targets against Lung Inflammation Supervised by Dr Ines Pineda-Torra & Professor Rachel Chambers. Based in Internal Medicine Amended title more - provisionally allocated
  2. A Cognitive Behavioral Nutrition Intervention for Overweight and Obese Breast and Endometrial Cancer Survivors Supervised by Professor Knobf & Dr Anne Lanceley. Based in Women's Cancer more - provisionally allocated
  3. The role of Connexin-43 in the pathogenesis of liver disease: A systems approach Supervised by Professor David Bogle & Professor Rajiv Jalan. Based in Institute of Hepatology
  4. Looking beyond infarction in cardioprotection: Tissue characterisation by small animal cardiac MRI Supervised by Dr Mark Lythgoe & Dr Derek J Hausenloy. Based in Div of Medicine
  5. Roles of non-coding RNAs for resistance to oxidative damage Supervised by Professor Jurg Bahler and Dr Vincent Plagnol. Based in Biosciences/ Genetics, Evolution & Environment more - provisionally allocated
  6. Understanding Ehlers Danlos at the nanoscale Supervised by Dr Laurent Bozec and Dr Susan Parekh. Based in Eastman Dental Institute more
  7. Bayesian Modelling of Disease Progression In juvenile dermatomyositis (JDM) Supervised by Dr Maria De Iorio and Professor Lucy Wedderburn. Based in Dept of Statistical Science more
  8. Development of cell-permeable analogues of Coenzyme A Supervised by Professor Ivan Gout and Dr Alethea Tabor. Based in Department of Structural and Molecular Biology, LS more
  9. Mind-body interactions influencing the outcome of treatment for epilepsy Supervised by Professor Robert Horne and Professor Sanjay Sisodiya. Based in Centre for Behavioural Medicine (CBM), UCL School of Pharmacy more
  10. Modelling the Visual Motion Pathway Supervised by Professor Alan Johnston and Dr Lewis Griffin. Based in Cognitive, Perceptual and Brain Sciences more
  11. Physiology of Sound Localisation Circuitry Following Perturbed Embryo Development Supervised by Dr Stephen Price and Professor David McAlpine. Based in Research Department of Cell and Developmental Biology more
  12. Measuring changes in cerebral oxygen metabolism during neuroinflammation using novel non-invasive magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques Supervised by Dr David Thomas and Professor Ken Smith. Based in Institute of Neurology more - provisionally allocated
  13. Smooth muscle differentiation of human pericytes for a bio-engineered oesophagus as a novel therapy for oesophageal atresia Supervised by Giulio Cossu and Paolo DeCoppi. Based in Department of Cell & Developmental Biology more - provisionally allocated
  14. Mechanisms of instability in complex environments Supervised by Professor Brian Day and Professor Nick Tyler. Based in Institute of Neurology more- provisionally allocated
  15. Regulating and predicting thymus T cell output using novel small molecule inhibitors Supervised by Dr Adam Giangreco and Professor Robin Callard. Based in Division of Medicine more - provisionally allocated
  16. Exploring Ca2 signalling in a Friedreich's ataxia mouse model Supervised by Dr Paola Giunti and Professor Sandip Patel. Based in Department of Molecular Neuroscience - provisionally allocated
  17. Image-Based Phenotyping and Exarcerbation Susceptibility in COPD Supervised by Dr John Hurst and Professor Dave Hawkes. Based in Division of Medicine more
  18. Treating retinal inflammation: bridging the divide between common problems in the eye and the brain Supervised by Glen Jeffrey and Kenneth Smith. Based in Institute of Opthalmology more
  19. Development of a Novel In Vivo Animal Model for Schizophrenia Drug Testing Supervised by Dr Jennifer Linden and Professor Peter Scambler. Based in Ear Institute more - provisionally allocated
  20. The use of light-activated nanoparticles to prevent infections Supervised by Dr Sandy MacRobert and Professor Ivan Parkin. Based in Division of Surgery & Interventional Science more - provisionally allocated
  21. Immune mechanisms in Developmental Programming of Non-Alchoholic Fatty Liver Disease Supervised by Dr Jude Oben and Professor Tessa Crompton. Based in Institute for Liver & Digestive Health more
  22. Astroglia and rhythmic activities of neural networks in vivo Supervised by Professor Dimitri Rusakov and Dr Alexander Gourine. Based in Institute of Neurology more - provisionally allocated
  23. Parcellation of the human cortex using quantitative MRI Supervised by Professor Martin Sereno and Professor Daniel Alexander. Based in Cognitive, Perception and Brain Sciences - provisionally allocated
  24. Understanding mitochondrial metabolism in hypoxic, inflamed brain tissue Supervised by Kenneth Smith and Michael Duchen. Based in Institute of Neurology more - provisionally allocated
  25. Computer Aided Detection of Paedatric TB on Digital X-rays Supervised by Paul Taylor and Marc Lipman. Based in CHIME
  26. The Biology Underpinning Nano-enabled Anti-Metastasis Theranostics Supervised by Professor Ijeoma Uchegbu and Dr Nguyen Thanh. Based in School of Pharmacy more
  27. Genome-wide analysis of defects in pre-mRNA processing that cause motor neuron disease Supervised by Professor Jernej Ule and Professor Nicholas Luscombe. Based in Institute of Neurology more - provisionally allocated
  28. Defining the code controlling the length of 3' untranslated regions of mRNAs in neurodegenerative diseases Supervised by Professor Jernej Ule and Professor Nicholas Wood. Based in Institute of Neurology more
  29. Testing a neural-systems model of intrusive imagery in human memorySupervisor by Prof Neil Burgess & Dr John King.  Based in Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience more - provisionally allocated

Last updated 10 May 2013