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MPhil in Biological Sciences by Advanced Study

 

Students will be able to chose from projects in groups with interests spanning bacteriology, paratisology, immunology and virology from the Departments of Pathology, Biochemistry, Medicine, Physics, Plant Sciences and Veterinary Medicine, plus the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute and the Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

The following list of supervisors offered projects in 2024:

Name Department Research Topic
Alexandre Almeida Veterinary Medicine Genetics of the human gut microbiome
Louise Boyle Pathology Molecular mechanisms controlling peptide selection for immune recognition
Clare Bryant Veterinary Medicine Host recognition of infection
Colin Crump Pathology How viruses interact with and modify host cells during different stages of their infection cycles
John Doorbar Pathology How HPV infection leads to disease
Andrew Firth Pathology RNA virus molecular biology, gene expression, translational control, comparative genomics, and NGS analysis
Camilla Goodle Biochemistry / Pathology Alteration of cellular membranes by bacterial virulence proteins
Stephen Graham Pathology Molecular mechanisms by which viruses remodel the composition and architecture of host membranes during infection
Benjamin Krishna Medicine Human cytomegalovirus biology in hypoxic environments
Nick Matheson Medicine HIV and immunometabolism
Catherine Merrick Pathology Studying the human malaria parasite Plasmodium falciparum
Yorgo Modis Medicine Cellular mechanisms of viral gene sensing and silencing
Jeanne Salje Joint (Pathology / Biochemistry) The cell biology of obligate intracellular bacteria
Ross Waller Biochemistry Investigating molecular function, diversity and evolution in cells
Tim Williams Veterinary Medicine Extracellular vesicle research
Adrian Liston Pathology Immunotherapeutics to fight infection and neuroinflammation
Ben Luisi Biochemistry Structure and mechanism of bacterial multi-drug efflux pumps
Cinzia Cantacessi Veterinary Medicine Gastrointestinal helminths, host-parasite interactions and high-throughput sequencing technologies
Ionna Mela Pharmacology DNA Nanostructure Development and Aptamer Selection
John McCafferty Medicine Recombinant antibody technology
Kate Baker Genetics Bacterial genetics and antimicrobial resistance
Klaus Okkenhaug Pathology PI3 kinases in immunity, infection and cancer
Mark Wills Pathology Immunological mechanisms regulating human cytomegalovirus infection
Maria Adelaida Duque-Correa Stem Cell Institute Tissue damage, regeneration and stem cell perturbation by parasitic worms
Nerea Irigoyen Pathology Role of virus protein translation in pathogenicity and disease
Sam Wilson Medicine Innate Immune Barriers to the Emergence and Pathogenesis of Pandemic Viruses
Somenath Bakshi Engineering Microfludics platforms to study bacteria and virus infections
Virginia Pedicord Medicine Interaction between the microbiome and immune cell function
 

Postgraduate Admissions

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Dates and deadlines

Applications open: Monday 2nd of September 2024

Funding deadline: Tuesday 7th of January 2025

Application deadline: Wednesday 30th of April 2025