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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.
Showing 37 – 42 of 55 Projects  
Studying tumour evolution and immune cell composition in uterine leiomyosarcoma to define novel effective combinations of targeted therapies
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Clare Scott AM, Dr Holly Barker
Diseases:
Cancer, Rare cancers
Area:
Immunology, Cancer biology, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Imaging, Genomics, Proteomics
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Identifying effective combination therapies including HER2-targeting agents for the treatment of aggressive endometrial cancers
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours
Supervisors(s):
Prof Clare Scott AM, Dr Holly Barker
Diseases:
Cancer, Rare cancers
Area:
Healthy development, Cancer biology
Technology:
Genomics, Imaging, Drug discovery
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Exploring variation in gene and transcript expression across tissues
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Masters by Coursework/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Matthew Ritchie, Yupei You
Diseases:
Cancer, Blood cancers, Leukaemia
Area:
Cancer biology, Healthy development
Technology:
Bioinformatics, Computational biology, Genomics
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Targeting tumour survival pathways in breast cancer with novel drugs
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Prof Jane Visvader, Prof Geoff Lindeman
Diseases:
Cancer, Breast cancer
Area:
Cell death, Cancer biology, Personalised medicine
Technology:
Drug discovery, Genomics
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Structural investigation of E3 ubiquitin ligases in innate immune signalling
  • Student Research
Project Type:
Honours/PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Bernhard Lechtenberg, Jenny Jiou
Diseases:
Autoinflammatory diseases
Area:
Cell signalling, Inflammation
Technology:
Structural biology
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Regulation of ribosomal quality control by E3 ubiquitin ligases
  • Student Research
Project Type:
PhD
Supervisors(s):
Dr Bekky Feltham, Dr Bernhard Lechtenberg
Diseases:
Cancer
Area:
Cancer biology, Cell signalling
Technology:
Proteomics, Structural biology
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Showing 37 – 42 of 55 Projects

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