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PhD Projects: 2015

NameProject title
Philip Brailey
University of York
Can soil microbial diversity mitigate water stress and maintain crop yield in agricultural systems?
Alexander Haworth
University of York
Proteolytic processing of sodium channel ß1 subunits
Emma Stewart 
University of York
Nuclear matrix support of DNA replication and transcription
Megan Sorensen
University of Sheffield
Metabolic mechanisms of (photo)synthetic symbiosis
Caroline Pearson
University of York
The biological role and structure functio analyses of 0-antigen modifying enzymes in the bacterial pathogen Salmonella
Alexandra Males
University of York
Chemical disruption of the 0-GlcNAc modification in the context of neurodengeration
Nathaniel Holman
University of York
Protein 0-glycosylation enzymes as targets for novel antimicrobials against mycobacteria
Rebecca Hall 
University of York
The microbiome of the tsetse
Tobias Cracknell
University of York
Revealing IGFN1 functional roles through in vivo CRISPR/CAS targeting and in vitro mechanical protein unfolding
Elizabeth Parker
University of Sheffield
The role of AMF in drought alleviation in crops: identifying the underpinning physiological mechanisms
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