| Supervisor | Department | Area of Research Interest |
|---|---|---|
| Dr Richard Adams | PDN | Visualising morphogenetic mechanisms |
| Prof Julie Ahringer | Gurdon Institute | Genome architecture and transcription regulation in development |
| Dr Maria Alcolea | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | Epithelial cell fate plasticity in squamous tissues |
| Prof Clare Baker | PDN | Vertebrate electroreceptor development: insights into the evolution of novel cell types |
| Dr N. Sumru Bayin | Gurdon | Age-dependent regenerative mechanisms in the brain |
| Prof Howard Baylis | Zoology | Mechanisms encoding specificity in developmental signalling pathways, using C. elegans as a model system |
| Dr Thorsten Boroviak | PDN | Pluripotency and extraembryonic development in primate embryogenesis |
| Prof Sarah Bray | PDN | Notch regulatory networks in development |
| Dr Erik Clark | Genetics | Gene regulatory networks, embryo patterning, and evolution |
| Prof Bill Colledge | PDN | Developmental processes regulating mammalian fertility |
| Dr Sebastian Eves-van den Akker | Plant Sciences | The plant development-altering 'tools' of parasitic nematodes |
| Prof Anne Ferguson-Smith | Genetics | Epigenetic inheritance: epigenetic control of genome function in mammals |
| Dr Angeleen Fleming | PDN | Using zebrafish models to explore the developmental mechanisms underlying childhood neurodegenerative disorders |
| Prof Kristian Franze | PDN | Mechanics in the development of the nervous system |
| Dr Elisa Galliano | PDN | Embryonic and adult neurogenesis in the mouse olfactory bulb |
| Dr Jenny Gallop | Gurdon Institute | Filopodia in neuronal growth cones and gastrulation movements |
| Prof Beverley Glover | Plant Sciences |
Development and evolution of flowers, plant surfaces and the attraction of pollinators |
| Dr Courtney Hanna | PDN | Epigenetic regulation of placental development |
| Dr Brian Hendrich | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | Chromatin-mediated transcriptional control of stem cell fate |
| Prof Chris Jiggins | Zoology | Evolution and development of pattern formation in butterfly wings |
| Prof Henrik Jönsson | Sainsbury Laboratory | Using computational morphodynamics combining live imaging and modelling for understanding the dynamics of plant development |
| Dr Felipe Karam Teixeira | Genetics | Molecular mechanisms controlling and protecting germline stem cells in Drosophila |
| Prof David Keays | PDN | Organoid models for neurodevelopmental disease |
| Dr Golnar Kolahgar | PDN | Micro-environmental control of gut renewal in Drosophila |
| Prof Matthias Landgraf | Zoology | Connectivity and plasticity during neural network development |
| Dr Adria LeBoeuf | Zoology | Collectively developing systems, metabolic division of labour and major evolutionary transitions |
| Prof Juan Mata | Biochemistry | Post-transcriptional networks and cellular differentiation |
| Prof Eric Miska | Biochemistry | Control of gene expression by non-coding RNA |
| Dr Edwige Moyroud | Sainsbury Laboratory | Development and evolution of pattern formation in flower petals |
| Dr François Nédélec | Sainsbury Laboratory | Physical analysis and modelling of developmental and cytoskeletal processes |
| Prof Kathy Niakan | PDN | Molecular mechanisms regulating lineage specification in human embryos |
| Prof Cahir O'Kane | Genetics | Morphogenesis of the ER network in Drosophila axons |
| Prof Ewa Paluch | PDN | Mechanobiology of cell shape |
| Prof Uta Paszkowski | Plant Sciences | Molecular mechanisms underlying the formation and functioning of arbuscular mycorrhizal symbioses in rice and maize, which majorly influence plant development and performance |
| Prof Anna Philpott | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | Fate choice and differentiation in development and paediatric cancer |
| Prof Emma Rawlins | Gurdon Institute | Stem and progenitor cells in mammalian lung development |
| Dr Sarah Robinson | Sainsbury Laboratory | Characterising the mechanics of Barley leaf growth |
| Dr Alberto Roselló-Díez | PDN | Investigating the determinants of vertebrate limb size and body proportions via sophisticated genetics and inter-species chimeras |
| Prof Steve Russell | Genetics | Genomics approaches to transcriptional regulation during invertebrate CNS development |
| Prof Bénédicte Sanson | PDN | In vivo mechanisms of epithelial tissue morphogenesis |
| Dr Emília Santos | Zoology | Genetic and developmental basis of adaptive morphological traits in cichlid fishes |
| Dr Elena Scarpa | PDN | Cell migration and division under in vivo physical confinement |
| Dr Marisa Segal | Genetics | Cell cycle control of spindle morphogenesis in S. cerevisiae |
| Dr Claire Senner | PDN | RNA decay pathways in mammalian development |
| Prof Ben Simons | Gurdon Institute | Mechanisms of epithelial development in mammalian tissues |
| Prof Daniel St Johnston | Gurdon Institute | Establishing polarity in epithelia and axis formation |
| Dr Ben Steventon | Genetics | Comparative multicellular dynamics of pattern emergence during posterior body axis elongation in vertebrates |
| Dr Mekayla Storer | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | Mechanisms of Mammalian Digit Tip Regeneration |
| Prof Azim Surani | Gurdon Institute | Modelling early human development and the germline |
| Dr Richard Tyser | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute | Form and function in the developing heart |
| Dr Jelle van den Ameele | Cambridge Stem Cell Institut | Mitochondrial genetics and metabolism of brain development |
| Dr Renske Vroomans | Sainsbury Laboratory | Computational modelling to study the evolution of growth and patterning mechanisms |
| Dr Erica Watson | PDN | The epigenetic role of folate during development |
| Prof Tim Weil | Zoology | mRNA translational control during early development |
| Dr Chris Whitewoods | Sainsbury Laboratory | 3D morphogenesis of plants |
| Dr Fengzhu Xiong | Gurdon Institute | Cellular and physical mechanisms of tissue morphogenesis |
