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Student research projects

We offer diverse opportunities for students to join our research teams. Our student projects enable students to develop a range of skills in medical research, through tackling important research questions with the support of experienced mentors.
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Improving and applying repeat expansion detection methods to identify causes of disease
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Melanie Bahlo AM, Dr Haloom Rafehi, Dr Mark Bennett
Diseases:
Epilepsy, Neurodegenerative disorders
Area:
Healthy ageing, Healthy development, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Genomics
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Predicting synergistic drug combinations in glioblastoma
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Saskia Freytag, Dr Sarah Best, Dr Jim Whittle
Diseases:
Brain cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Computational biology, Drug discovery, Genomics
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The role of dead cell engulfment in shaping antigen presentation and anti-tumour immunity
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Georgia Atkin-Smith, Dr Maria Tanzer
Diseases:
Blood cancers, Autoinflammatory diseases
Area:
Cancer biology, Immunotherapy, Cell death
Technology:
Imaging, Proteomics
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Wastewater Epidemiology for Clinically Relevant AMR Surveillance
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Aaron Jex, Amrita Vijay, Dr Lauren Smith, Nijoy John
Area:
Global health, Infection
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Computational biology
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Investigating Clinically Relevant AMR Pathogens in Wastewater Systems
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours
Supervisors(s):
Prof Aaron Jex, Amrita Vijay, Dr Lauren Smith, Nijoy John
Area:
Global health, Infection
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Estimating the impact of Plasmodium vivax Serological Testing and Treatment (PvSeroTAT) in the context of programmatic implementation and scale-up studies
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Ivo Mueller, Dr Dionne Argyropoulos, Dr Lauren Smith
Diseases:
Malaria
Area:
Infection
Technology:
Computational biology
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