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PhD Projects: 2012

NameProject title
Gabriele Stakaiyte
University of Leeds
Novel mechanisms to inhibit virus replication by targetting mRNA export pathways
Amanda McDonnell
University of Leeds
Production and properties of composite quantum dots for solar energy and photonics applications.
Ryan Hartwell
University of Sheffield
Modelling axial polarity in the developing zebrafish ear
Janice Robottom
University of Leeds
Development of split enzyme amplification systems for electronic label-free biosensors.
Haley Owen
University of Sheffield
The Development of Novel Herbicides
John Thomas
University of York
Mechanisms of adaptation of soil microbiota to pesticides
Nicola Oates
University of York
Mining composting communities for new lignocellulose mobilising enzymes
Richard Louden
University of Sheffield
How does the colonisation of roots by mycorrhizal fungi suppress infection by root parasitic weeds - a role for strigolactones
Gina Allison
University of York
Mechanisms of assembly and disassembly of the cytoskeletal protein ParF
Claudia Maclean
University of Leeds
Computer and mathematical modelling of experimentally derived data of neuronal control of the autonomic nervous system
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