Below are details of the awarded projects from 2018 onwards
2023 INTAKE
Project |
Supervisor |
Student |
Genomic instability and oncogenic driver mutations underpin B cell-rich tertiary lymphoid structures associated with tumour-specific antibodies in colorectal cancer |
Isabela Pedroza-Pacheco |
Fengyun Zhong
|
Development of machine learning approaches to integrate multi-dimensional, single cell and spatial proteomic data for cancer analytics in the human brain |
Roman Fischer |
Yixin Shi |
Discovery of potent agonist peptides for tumour-reactive T cells. /Project 2: Enhancing anti-tumor T cell function by controlled inhibition of checkpoint receptor signaling |
Ricardo Fernandes |
Yunkai Yang |
Assessing the evidence for introducing cardiac screening in pregnancy: are the criteria for a screening programme fulfilled? |
Marian Knight |
Ling Tao |
Using spatial transcriptomics and in vitro profiling to develop new cancer treatments through understanding the role of ageing fibroblasts in immune responses to cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma |
Matthew Bottomley |
Zehua Li |
Modulating myeloid metabolism to moderate age-related chronic inflammation |
Roel De Maeyer |
Haichen Hu |
Imaging HIV-1 nuclear import by in situ cryo-tomography and correlative microscopy |
Peijun Zhang |
Chengan Lyu |
Deciphering the role of glycocalyx remodeling enzymes in human T-cell immunity. Project 19: Studying the cell-intrinsic and exogenous roles of peptidyl arginine deiminase 4 in T-cell immunity |
Pablo Cespedes |
Kexin Yu |
Targeting Deubiquitylating Enzymes for Enhanced Cancer Immunotherapies |
Adan Pinto-Fernandez |
Haofeng Chen |
2022 INTAKE
Project |
Supervisor |
Student |
Immunopathogenesis of COVID-19 in the lung |
Xin Lu |
Xu Liu |
2021 INTAKE
2020 INTAKE
2019 Intake
Project |
Supervisor |
Student |
The threshold of B cell activation |
Richard Cornall |
Jianwei Cui |
Elucidating the role of tissue-resident immune cells in alveolar epithelial regeneration and lung fibrosis |
Ling-Pei Ho |
Tian Hu |
Regulating the tumour microenvironment by p53 signalling pathways |
Xin Lu |
Yu Jin |
Characterisation of sympathetic neurons and cardiomyocytes derived from human pluripotent stem cells and their therapeutic mechanism |
David Paterson |
Ni Li |
Genomics of host susceptibility to severe infection |
Julian Knight |
Weifeng Li |
Development of a universal vaccine protecting from dengue and zika viruses infection |
Gavin Screaton |
Chang Liu |
HLA-E restricted HIV-specific CD8 T cells |
Andrew McMichael |
Hong Sun |
Alteration in stress granule assembly in motor neurons carrying TDP-43 mutations |
Kevin Talbot |
Yinyan Xu |
Super-resolution imaging and CRISPR-CAS9 targeting of the abnormal bone marrow microenvironment in myeloproliferative neoplasms |
Adam Mead |
Zhiyan Xu |
Unbiased Molecular Definition of Epithelial Barrier Defects Driving Inflammatory Bowel Disease |
Alison Simmons |
Zinan Yin |
2018 Intake