Participating Research Groups
The Cell Sciences course will draw upon the breadth and international strengths in cell science within the University of Cambridge and associated research institutes; notably the Departments of Pharmacology, Biochemistry, Genetics, Pathology, Physiology Development and Neuroscience, Plant Sciences, Zoology, the Gurdon Institute, the MRC Toxicology Unit, the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, the Sainsbury Laboratory and the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.
Students will be able to choose from projects in groups with wide-ranging interests. The following list is indicative of supervisors and their interests who may be available to host students in 2023 Please note: each lab will only be able to support one student at any one time.
| Name | Department | Research topic |
| Julie Ahringer | The Gurdon Institute / Department of Genetics | Regulation of gene expression and chromatin organisation in development |
| Clare Buckley | Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Cell biology of organogenesis |
| Julia Davies | Plant Sciences | Purinergic signalling in plants |
| Pier Paolo D'Avino | Pathology | The mechanisms and signalling pathways that govern cell division in eukaryotic cells and their de-regulation in cancer cells |
| Marc de la Roche | Biochemistry | Road testing cell therapies targeting colorectal cancer using organoids |
| John Doorbar | Pathology | Cell-cell competition and the molecular regulation of Epithelial Homeostasis during HPV Infection |
| James Edgar | Pathology | Endosomes and exosomes in health and disease |
| David Fernandez-Antoran | The Gurdon Institute / Pathology | Mechanisms of cell competition between normal and tumour cells in 3D long-term primary cultures |
| Nicholas Gay | Biochemistry | Molecular mechanisms of Innate Immunity |
| Matthew Harper | Pharmacology | Cell signaling in thrombosis |
| Florian Hollfelder | Biochemistry | Understanding developmental processes with new single cell RNA sequencing methods |
| Tony Jackson | Biochemistry | Non-classical roles of voltage-gated sodium channels and their regulatory subunits in cancer cell migration |
| Walid Khaled | Pharmacology / Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | Tumour initiaiton |
| Torsten Krude | Zoology | Regulation of DNA replication initiation in human cells |
| Graham Ladds | Pharmacology | GPCR signal transduction |
| Heike Laman | Pathology | Parkinson's disease, mitochondrial homeostasis and function |
| Catherine Lindon | Pharmacology | Regulation of the cell-cycle |
| Naomi McGovern | Pathology | Placental biology and macrophage immunology |
| Vito Mennella | MRC Toxicology unit | Effects of environmental pollutants and drugs on the airways, advanced imaging technologies |
| Leila Muresan | Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Single molecule localisation microscopy image analysis |
| Cahir O'Kane | Genetics | Formation and physiological function of axonal ER, and its roles in neurodegeneration, in Drosophila |
| Ole Paulsen | Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Synaptic plasticity |
| Luca Pellegrini | Biochemistry | Structural Biology of DNA replication and repair |
| Taufiq Rahman | Pharmacology | Investigating some neurosteroids against the store-operated calcium entry pathway |
| Emma Rawlins | The Gurdon Institute / Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Lung development and lung stem cells |
| Ritwick Sawarkar | Genetics / MRC Toxicology Unit | Neurodegeneration, cancer, stress response |
| Elena Scarpa | Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Mechanobiology and mitosis |
| Sebastian Schornack | Sainsbury Laboratory | Processes underpinning the intracellular symbiosis of fungi and plants |
| Marisa Segal | Genetics | Cell-cycle control of spindle morphogenesis |
| Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri | Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Calcium handling and signalling in the placental response to environmental stresses |
| Daniel St Johnston | The Gurdon Institute | Epithelial polarity |
| Mekayla Storer | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute / Physiology, Development and Neuroscience | Tissue Regeneration |
| Suzanne Turner | Pathology | How do breast implants alter the cellular landscape towards malignancy? |
| Hendrik van Veen | Pharmacology | Physiological roles and inhibition of multidrug transporters |
| Tim Weil | Zoology | mRNA localised translation, biomolecular condensates, oogenesis, small cell networks |
| Catherine Wilson | Pharmacology | Myc in regeneration and cancer |