2021

LAURA BAILEY

Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

Molecular mechanisms and sex-differences in the circadian regulation of macrophages

Supervisors: David Ray, Noelia Martinez Sanchez, Matthew Baxter, Ana Isabel Dias Neto Domingos

Anisa Hajizadeh

Department of Primary Care Health Sciences

The effect of dietary interventions in treating essential hypertension in primary care

Supervisors: Annette Pluddemann, Carl Heneghan

ADRIANNA BANDUCCI-KARP

Sir William Dunn School of Pathology

Viral manipulation of host cell biology for assembly, secretion and immune evasion 

Supervisors: Sumana Sanyal, Pedro Carvalho 

EMILY HYDE

Nuffield Department of Women's & Reproductive Health

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

The Role of Vitamin D in the Development and Prevention of Preeclampsia and Gestational Diabetes Mellitus

Supervisors: Manu Vatish

OLIVER BEAVEN

Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Roles for endogenous aldehydes in haematopoietic ageing and immunity

Supervisors: Ketan Patel, Ian Pavord

AURELIJA IPPOLITO

Department of Pharmacology

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

The role of 5-HT receptor biased agonism in psychedelic drug action

Supervisors: Trevor Sharp, Grant Churchill 

JASMINE BLANE

Department of Psychiatry

Translating sophisticated remote cognitive assessments for the Oxford Brain Health Centre clinical population

Supervisors: Clare Mackay 

RACHEL JONES

Department of Biochemistry

Projects involving a diverse combination of biophysical and structural techniques, focused on biochemistry of microbes

Supervisors: Benjamin Berks, Richard Berry

DANIELE COTTON

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences

Understanding the importance of location within the tumour-bone microenvironment Field: Bone Oncology

Supervisors: Claire Edwards, James Edwards, Srinivasa Rao Rao 

SAMUEL PONTING

Department of Experimental Psychology

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship

Enhancing health and well-being across the lifespan using bio-informed lighting in the built environment

Supervisors: Hannah Smithson, Manuel Spitschan 

KATIE CROFT

Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Mathematical and Computational Modelling of Haematopoietic Stem Cell Maintenance during Physiological Ageing and Inflammatory Stress

Supervisors: Claus Nerlov, Paresh Vyas, Ruth Baker

JOEL QUINN

Department of Clinical Neurosciences

Investigation of immune checkpoint receptor activation as a strategy for treating retinal inflammation

Supervisors: Kanmin Xue

CONSTANTINOS DEMETRIOU

Department of Oncology

Investigating the role of inflammation in pancreatic cancer

Supervisors: Shisong Jiang, Eric O'Neill 

ESRA SENGUL

Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics

Unrevealing the Mystery of Heart Regeneration with Astyanax mexicanus

Supervisors: Mathilda Mommersteeg, Carolyn Carr

NATASHA FISHER-PEARSON

Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences

The Microbiome and Vaccine Response

Supervisors: Jethro Johnson, Mark Coles, Claire Pearson, Paola Cicconi

AYAKA SHINOZAKI

Department of Physiology, Anatomy, and Genetics

Industrial Collaborative (iCASE) Studentship conversion

Development of Novel RF Coils for Hyperpolarized MRI

Supervisors: Damian Tyler, James Grist

DANNY GOLD 

Department of Biochemistry

Studying the role of Aurora A and Protein Phosphatase 6 in regulation of NDC80 during mitosis

Supervisors: Francis Barr, Bela Novak