The following projects have been selected for the AstraZeneca Funded Non-Clinical PhD Studentships starting 2025.
UCAM-Supervisor |
UCAM Department |
AZ-Supervisor | Project Title |
Prof. David Bulmer |
Pharmacology | Dr Fraser Welsh | How does the microbiota contribute to chronic pain |
Prof. David Spring | Chemistry | Jonathan Bargh | Developing the next generation of antibody-oligonucleotide conjugates using divinylpyridimidine conjugation |
Prof. Emma Rawlins | Gurdon/PDN | Dr Luigi Aloia | A reproducible human lung organoid platform for large scale oncology CRISPR screens |
Prof. Ferdia Gallagher | Radiology | Richard Goodwin | Multimodal and multiscale imaging: interrogating renal morphology and function across the disease landscape |
Prof. Hugh Robinson | Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN) | Dr Philipe Mendonca | Uncovering the electrophysiological fingerprints of neuroendocrine cancer cells |
Prof. Laura Torrente-Murciano | Chemical Engineering & Biotechnology | Will Goundry | Accelerating big data in material crystallization |
Prof. Matthew Gaunt | Chemistry | Dr Henry Blackwell | Rapid development of new catalytic synthetic methodology for fragment-based drug discovery enabled by high-throughput experimentation |
Prof. Ravindra Gupta | Medicine | Daniele Corridoni | Interaction between innate immune activation and cell cycle status in macrophages: implications for inflammatory diseases |
Prof. Roisin Owens | Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology | Muireann Coen | Conformal electronic devices for non-invasive, dynamic monitoring of barrier tissues |
Prof. Samuel Lambert | Victor Phillip Dahdaleh Heart and Lung Research Institute, Department of Public Health & Primary Care | Dr Xiao Jiang | Partitioning the effects of high body mass index on risk of future comorbidities. |
Prof. Walid Khaled | Pharmacology/ Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | Dr Mark Albertella |
Therapeutic cancer prevention of hereditary cancers |