2024-2025
| Applicant | Department | Title | Amount Awarded |
| Agbaedeng, Thomas | The Centre for Human Genetics | Using Genome Editing and Single-cell Transcriptomics to Validate Cholesterol-induced Epigenomic Reprogramming in Coronary Artery Smooth Muscle Cells | £11,799.00 |
| Aksu, Ali | NDORMS - Botnar | Towards Physiologically Relevant Bone Models: Decoding the Transcriptome of Human Bone Cells | £12,779.72 |
| Aulicino, Anna | RDM Investigative Medicine | Deciphering Host-Pathogen Interactions in invasive non-typhoidal Salmonella Infections: Innovative Approaches Using 3D Gut Organoids and Dual RNA Sequencing | £12,000.00 |
| Boden, Katherine | RDM Cardiovascular Medicine | Investigating the role of histone H4 lysine 16 acetylation (H4K16ac) in immune-metabolic reprogramming during macrophage pro-inflammatory 'M1' activation | £7,450.21 |
| Brand, Bodyl | Psychiatry (HQ) | Investigating Neurocognitive and Hormone-related mechanisms of Psychotic Vulnerability around Menopause and Menses (IN-PULSE) | £11,862.00 |
| Castle, Andrew | Clinical Neurosciences (HM) | Investigating SUMOylation of the Parkinson's disease-linked protein alpha-synuclein | £11,425.00 |
| Colwell, Michael | Psychiatry (HQ) | Identifying the features of neural preservation for emotional memories | £12,000.00 |
| De Jong, Madelon | NDORMS - Kennedy | How does hypoxia drive sustained IL-1β release? | £12,000.00 |
| Dellar, Elizabeth | Clinical Neurosciences (HM) | Investigating the cellular origin of cerebrospinal fluid protein biomarkers in cell models of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using proteomics |
£11,998.40 |
| Diebold, Ola | The Centre for Human Genetics | Establishing a cell model to study Ebola virus persistence |
£9,750.00 |
| Estephan, Hala | Oncology | PERK Inhibition: A Strategy for modulating the tumour immunopeptidome under hypoxia | £12,000.00 |
| Fellermeyer, Martin | CAMS Oxford Institute | Developing a versatile immunoreceptor degradation platform to modulate T-cell function | £12,000.00 |
| Frake, Rebecca | Clinical Neurosciences (HM) | Developing minimally invasive assays to study autophagy in the ageing human brain | £11,865.28 |
| He, Liu | Centre for Medicines Discovery | Structural Insights into Key Proteins in the Alternative Lengthening of Telomeres Pathway | £12,000.00 |
| Huhn, Anna | Paediatrics | High-throughput adaptation of a bivalent SPR protocol for antibody characterisation | £8,400.00 |
| Jackson, Matthew | Oncology | TMEM33 in T cell-dependent anti-tumour immunity | £12,000.00 |
| Kus, Krzysztof | Biochemistry | Exploring a link between conserved, druggable histone deacetylase complex and RNA polymerase II transcription | £12,000.00 |
| Kuscu, Nilay | Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health (HE) | The effect of glucose on follicle health in human ovarian tissue culture | £8,000.00 |
| Li, Shuailin | Jenner Institute | Identification of epitopes recognised by mycobacteria-reactive T cells that expanded in human lungs post-aerosolised BCG challenge using a high-throughput screening platform | £12,000.00 |
| Mancini, Valentina | Clinical Neurosciences (HM) | Oscillatory signatures underlying hippocampal learning in schizophrenia | £11,840.00 |
| Marasco Gutierrez, Luciano | Pathology Dunn School (BV) | Novel role of ATR in the Gene Expression Response to DNA damage. | £12,000.00 |
| Meng, Xin | Nuffield Department of Women’s and Reproductive Health (HE) | Characterisation of milk metabolites as biomarkers of lactation insufficiency | £11,506.00 |
| Mogwera, Koketso | Centre for Medicines Discovery | Exploring the Plasmodium PPKL as a potential target for the design of inhibitors with multistage antiplasmodium activity. | £11,998.19 |
| Mohite , Ganesh | Clinical Neurosciences (HM) | Investigation of modulators of TDP-43 aggregation relevant to amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) | £12,000.00 |
| Murali, Tanusya | NDM Immuno-Oncology | Decoding Maternal-Fetal Tolerance: Immunopeptidomics and Spatial Proteomics of uNK-EVT Interactions in Early Pregnancy |
£11,000.00 |
| Ng, Ho-Cheung | Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (AV) | Real-Time Spatiotemporal Synchronization Prediction of Cardiac Action Potential Propagation using FPGA with Machine Learning |
£10,000.00 |
| Pang, Kar Lai | RDM Cardiovascular Medicine | The evolving role of PlexinD1 in the lymphatic valve formation and lymphoedema |
£11,996.58 |
| Rashbrook, Victoria | Physiology Anatomy and Genetics (AV) | Investigating the role of high salt diet and maternal high blood pressure on placental development |
£7,070.00 |
| Roberti, Annabell | Surgical Sciences (HJ) | Targeting transcription elongation to modify the prostate cancer tumour immune micro-environment |
£11,053.29 |
| Roddan, Rebecca | Oncology | Molecular insights into the processing of transcription-blocking DNA interstrand crosslinks |
£10,051.63 |
| Sweeney, Melissa | Centre for Medicines Discovery | Exploring the Druggability of Novel E3 Ligase Virulence Factors |
£11,945.50 |
| Wang, Mengxin | Experimental Psychology | Do altered small-scale eye movements explain visual deficits in "lazy eye" - a preliminary investigation using high-precision retinal imaging |
£11,690.00 |
| Widdess, Marcus | NDORMS - Kennedy | Investigating TNFRSF receptor localisation and clustering within the immunological synapse |
£12,000.00 |
| Zhao, Lele | Pandemic Sciences Institute | Determining the role of defective viral genomes in chronic viral infections |
£12,000.00 |
| Zhao, Yiqi | Pathology Dunn School | Investigating the role of UBR5 as a broad herpesvirus restriction factor |
£11,975.00 |