Funded Summer Studentships

Summer Studentships Funded 2023

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Eugenia BarrosLaura Machesky, University of CambridgeMacropinocytosis fueling tumour growth and invasion
Luna NordenstromSebastian Timmler, University of CambridgeStudying neuron-specific myelin patterns using light microscopy
Deborah MartinuzziPier Paolo D’Avino, University of CambridgeAnalysis of the Dynamics and Roles of Protein Phosphatase 1 β Catalytic Subunit During Mitosis Using the Auxin-Inducible Degron System and Time-Lapse Imaging
Isabelle HeysDavid Elliott, Newcastle UniversityHow do hormones regulate the epithelial splicing protein ESRP1 in breast cancer cells?
Anna IvanovaPaul Jarvis, University of OxfordEnhancing photosynthesis by fine tuning the chloroplast protein import machinery
Chai PlazaStuart Jenkins, Keele UniversityTuning biophysical stimuli for “electroimplants” to optimise neural stem cell regenerative responses for neurological repair
Molly GreenHelen Weavers, University of BristolExploring the Cellular Mechanisms Driving Tissue Repair Using in Vivo Drosophila Models
Nimrah JavaidDhanya Cheerambathur, University of EdinburghElucidating the mechanism of action of kinetochore protein KNL-1 in dendrite branching.
Nial O’ReillyElaine Dunleavy, University of GalwayInvestigating centromere dynamics during spermiogenesis in Drosophila melanogaster males.
Sarah BristowMartin Lowe, University of ManchesterExploring the diversity of cargo traffic in the secretory pathway
Gabriela MarinescuHarry Mellor, University of BristolThe polarized transport of fatty acids across the endothelium
Matthew GrayAndrew Fielding, Lancaster UniversityUnderstanding the role of the centrosome clustering protein KIFC1 in cancer and normal cells: integrated analysis of mitosis, cell cycle, migration and survival.
Joel Makopa MalunguJames Pritchett, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityInvestigating PDLIM protein function in hepatic stellate cells

Summer Studentships Funded 2022

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Courtney TownendJoe CostelloUniversity of ExeterAre all VAPs equal? A study on the ALS-linked mutations of VAP proteins
Isobel DiazMichael Clague, University of LiverpoolInvestigating the interplay between USP9X and the turnover of centriolar satellites
Rhiannon HughesGirish Ram Mali, University of BristolCellular studies on Shulin/DNAAF9 – a novel dynein assembly factor
Ameena NajiMichelle Peckham, University of LeedsStructure and regulation of Myosin 10: a filopodial motor protein
Sneha Sara BinuHelen Foster, University of HertfordshireTherapy induced senescence in liquid biopsies. Could markers of senescence be used to predict chemo-resistance and cancer re-emergence?
Georgia BootheKatrin Deinhardt, University of SouthamptonInvestigating mechanisms of synaptic protein homoestasis – what ubiquitinates SNAP-25?
Danielle HarteJeremy Simpson, University College DublinSystematic high-content survey of Rab GTPase function in a 3D spheroid model
India OxleyElizabeth Smythe, University of SheffieldInvestigation of Fbxw10, a novel regulator of macropinocytosis
Phineas SmithBernadette Carroll, University of BristolExploring the role of mTORC1 signalling in Purkinje cell development
Ece UraniGiampietro Schiavo, University College LondonInvestigation of the function of a new genetic network connecting risk for Alzheimer’s disease and severe COVID-19 in human myeloid cells
Lizzie RuddellMartin Goldberg, Durham UniversityNovel approaches to stiffen nuclei to prevent cell invasion
Joel BabyAlice Pollitt, University of ReadingInvestigating the fate of receptor-ligand interactions at the platelet synapse
Joel Makopa MalunguJames Pritchett, Manchester Metropolitan UniversityInvestigating PDLIM protein function in hepatic stellate cells

Summer Studentships Funded 2021

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Sakina AminMark Morgan, University of LiverpoolTargeting metastasis: The role of Integrin-HER2 crosstalk in breast cancer brain metastases
Dai NakamuraAnthony Roberts, Birkbeck, University of LondonPurification of mammalian intraflagellar transport complexes
Kathryn BrooksJordan Raff, University of OxfordAnalysis of centrosome growth dynamics
Menan LoganathanEwa Paluch, University of CambridgeBiochemical and biophysical characterisation of the migration of mammalian primordial germ cells
Samuel SkodaKristina Kirschner, University of GlasgowExamining DNA methylation dynamics throughout human lifetime by constructing an old-age epigenetic clock
Abigail SmithFrances Brodsky, University College LondonInvestigating GLUT4 trafficking pathway regulation by the clathrin variant CHC22 in HeLa and human muscle cells
Ilona WillsonJason King, University of SheffieldPicking apart PIKfyve: Dissecting how the PIKfyve Protein Regulates Phagosome Maturation
Molly MartinJonathon Pines, Institute of Cancer ResearchUsing CRISPR-Cas9 to generate an APC8-NFAST cell line
Harry MoxomPaul Pryor, University of YorkThe role of Mon1b in regulating lysosome biogenesis
Magdalena SmolkovaStefan Marciniak, Cambridge Institute for Medical ResearchThe effect of polymerogenic Z α1-antitrypsin on the mobility of ERp18 chaperone
Nicole AcutiLovorka Stojic, Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of LondonRNA-mediated regulation of cell division
Tristan CoppingIan Gibbs-Seymour, Department of Biochemistry, University of OxfordDecoding ubiquitin signalling at DNA replication-coupled lesions

Summer Studentships Funded 2020

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Melinda Van KerckvoordePleasantine Mill, MRC HGU, University of EdinburghExploring how the propensity of primary cilia to function as signalling organelles varies with the cell cycle
Maria CarreiraElina Vladimirou, UCL, Cancer InstituteInvestigating the role of PI3K signalling on microtubule and chromosome dynamics
Emily EdwardsJudy Coulson, University of LiverpoolIdentifying DUB regulators of TEADs, the YAP/TAZ effectors in the Hippo signalling pathway
Anna RoothHarry Mellor, University of BristolThe role of endothelial secretion in vascular disease
István DarabánAlessio Vagnoni, King's College LondonMitochondrial trafficking and function in ageing dorsal root ganglion neurons
Megan FergusonLuke Chamberlain, University of StrathclydeAnalysis of the mechanisms regulating intracellular targeting of the tumour suppressor Sprouty-2
Megan HardyMarisa Segal, University of CambridgeRas inhibition by a novel class of Ras-interacting proteins - a synthetic approach
Kathiravan MohanTom Nightingale, QMULMotor control of regulated VWF secretion
Andrea Armero MateuAmanda Coutts, Nottingham Trent UniversityRegulation of p53 during autophagy in human cancer
David LingardKathy Niakan, Francis Crick InstituteAn interactive web resource of gene expression in the human pre-implantation embryo Identifying new regulators of mTORC1 signalling
Vivian MontesanoYolanda Calle, University of RoehamptonRole of WIP in multiple myeloma (MM) migration and resistance to therapy
Anna Maria ZhivotikovaJoe Costello, University of ExeterHijacking of membrane contact sites by intracellular pathogens

Summer Studentships Funded 2019

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Yangye ZhangJeremy Green, Kings College LondonAnalysis of cell adhesion and cytoskeletal proteins involved in vertical cell migration during ectodermal placode invagination
Yaiza Arranz MartínezPaul Pryor, University of YorkThe role of Synaptogyrin-2 in regulating the insulin-responsive glucose transporter GLUT4
Rachel FinlaySophie Acton, LMCB, University College LondonIdentifying the role of macrophages in maintaining lymph node integrity
Liza ZhabinaSimon Cook, Babraham Research Campus, CambridgeCharacterising the Regulatory Mechanisms on ERK5 in Naïve and Primed ES cells
Ana RaffaelliNathan W. Goehring, The Francis Crick InstituteExploring state changes in polarity protein PAR-2 via single particle tracking / modelling
Junliang LinMark R. Morgan, University of LiverpoolInvestigating the potential risks of therapies based on umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stromal cells
Samia MohammedAnne Straube, University of WarwickCooperation of molecular motors and passive crosslinkers
Karolina JagielkaFrancisco Rivero, University of HullDissecting the role of the neuropeptide CGRP in regulating human lymphatic endothelial cell monolayer permeability and the cytoskeleton
Riya VekariaElisabeth Ehler, King’s College LondonBeta-Adrenergic Signalling and Intercalated Disc Composition
Adam WellsMartin W. Goldberg, Durham UniversityInvestigating nucleoporin Nup358 association with microtubules using multiple and correlative high-resolution microscopy techniques
Krystyna SadzikowskaEwa Paluch, University of CambridgeInvestigating the molecular control of cell shape changes in mouse embryonic stem cells exiting naive pluripotency
Jessicca LinesCarine De Marcos LousaExpression of Human Clathrin Heavy chains in a Plant model T. Benthamiana

Summer Studentships Funded 2018

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Sophie Alice TwiggerAlistair HumeThe role of actin nucleation and assembly proteins (ANAPs) in myosin-Va dependent organelle transport
Jeremie SubriniKathy NiakanEngineering human embryonic stem cells to investigate the function of SMAD2 and SMAD3 signalling in pluripotency
Shawn CottrillSonia RochaRole of KDM5 family members in the control of histone methylation in hypoxia
Rebecca GilchristMargaret R. CunninghamInvestigating the cellular complexity of drug-induced cardiotoxicity by fingerprinting single cell mass spectral information using Time-of-flight Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry
Juma AkhtarFerran ValderramaInvestigating the effect of zona-occludens-1 in the stability of tight junction in prostate acini, and how this can contribute to the metastasis of prostate cancer
Katie SharrocksMark AsheAn investigation into the coregulation of glycolysis at the level of mRNA localisation by various signalling pathways
Hansa ShreeChris BakalEndogenous DNA damage due to mechanical stress
Nikhil HarsianiFrances BrodskyInvestigating the unique properties of the non-canonical isoform of clathrin
Anantha Krishnan S SMargarete HeckUsing Drosophila to investigate gender-specific differences in the essential, conserved invadolysin metalloprotease
Flora Ka Kei ChengJennifer RohnThe role of the host cell cytoskeleton in cytoplasmic invasion by uropathogenic bacteria
Harry PinkHelfrid HocheggerInvestigating the precise localisation, and mode of action of the Eg5 motor protein during centrosome separation by super-resolution microscopy
Matthew BagleyPier Paolo D’AvinoLocalisation and function of PP1 phosphatases during cytokinesis

Summer Studentships Funded 2017

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Laura Hannett,University of EdinburghNancy Papalopulu, University of ManchesterAbsolute quantitative characterisation of transcription factor expression heterogeneity in breast cancer stem cells
Kenrick Dennis, Kings College LondonAnne Ridley, Kings College LondonRoles of PAK kinases in RhoH signalling
Evelyn Garlick, Durham UniversityMartin Goldberg, Durham UniversityLinking the cytoskeleton to the nuclear pore complex using super resolution light microscopy and correlative electron microscopy
Oğuz Kaan Yilmaz, University of IstanbulJordan Raff, University of OxfordDynamic investigation of centriole growth
Gabrielle Oxley, Durham UniversityMary Herbert, Newcastle UniversityHarnessing the power of mitophagy to minimise the risk of transmitting mitochondrial DNA disease
Kate Murnane, University of YorkPaul Pryor, University of YorkThe role of transcription factor SP6 in lysosome biogenesis
Laura Harrison, University of BristolDavid Stephens, University of BristolImaging ER export of procollagen
Marius Cassidy, University of ManchesterMichelle Peckham, University of LeedsDoes Myo1e contribute to the metastatic phenotype of prostate cancer cells?
Frey Yann, University Paris Diderot (Paris VII)Julie Welburn, University of EdinburghMechanistic insights into MCAK regulation of microtubule length
Concepcion Garces Diaz, ETSIAM, Universitat Politecnica de ValenciaStefan Marciniak, University of CambridgeElucidate the role of the GTPBP2 protein in stress granule dynamics, focussing on their disassembly upon recovery form stress
Ruth Ketley, University of OxfordJustin Sturge, University of HullDevelopment of an Endo180 fusion reporter protein using CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing in a model of pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma to investigate how the hyperglycaemic microenvironment can enhance tumour progression
Alva Casey, Trinity College DublinJames Murray, Trinity College DublinInvolvement of autophagy machinery in microglial cell phagocytosis

Summer Studentships Funded 2016

STUDENTSUPERVISORPROJECT TITLE
Vadim Demichev, University of SheffieldEwald Hettema, University of SheffieldIs the myosin adaptor function of Pex19 evolutionarily conserved?
James Vines, University of SheffieldJason King, University of SheffieldCatch me if you can: does BAR8 drive chemotaxis in Dictyostelium cells
Miriam Scarpa, University of GlasgowMarisa Segal, University of CambridgeCDK-dependent control of differential spindle pole fate in spindle morphogenesis
Yasmin Samir, University of ManchesterMark Ashe, University of ManchesterInvestigating the impact of mRNA modifications on localised actively translated glycolytic mRNAs
Oliver Inge, Imperial College, LondonChris Bakal, Institute of Cancer ResearchThe role of ARHGAP22 in the acquisition of Vemurafenib resistance
Kaylee Worlock, University of ExeterMichael Deeks, University of ExeterLive-cell imaging and modelling of phytopathogen-targeted secretion pathways
Hayley Smith, Nottingham UniversityAndrew Renault, Nottingham UniversityGerm Cell GPS - Determination of the molecular mechanisms guiding germ cells to the gonad
Sarah Adekola, National University of Ireland, GalwayHelen Dodson, National University of Ireland, GalwayAnalysis of H2AX redistribution after DNA Damage using live cell fluorescence microscopy
Anna Dighero, University of EdinburghMasahiro Ono, Imperial College, LondonTo reveal the dynamic mechanism of Treg differentiation through TCR and costimulation signals in the thymus
Sonia Rolo, Catholic University of LyonTobias Zech, University of LiverpoolMicrotubule dynamics in hereditary spastic paraplegia type 8

Summer Studentships Funded 2015

STUDENTSUPERVISOR
Christian Bates, University of ManchesterMark Ashe, University of Manchester
Callum Scotson, Aberystwyth UniversityJohn Doonan, Aberystwyth University
Rebecca Burge, University of ManchesterCatherine Lindon, University of Cambridge
Jessica Prince, Oxford UniversityJonathon Pines, University of Cambridge
Jessica Upson, Oxford Brookes UniversityJohn Runions, Oxford Brookes University
Sophie Nock, University of ReadingSteve Thomas, University of Birmingham
Hannah Taylor-Lewis, University of CambridgeJulie Welburn, University of Edinburgh
Daragh Elise Campbell, University of GlasgowWilliam Earnshaw, University of Edinburgh
Charlotte Guffick, University of YorkDaniel Ungar, University of York
Rebecca Sharpe, University of BristolJon Lane, University of Bristol
Yasmin Malde, University of SussexHelfrid Hochegger, University of Sussex