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PhD Projects: 2018

NameProject title
Evelyn SmithEvelyn Smith
University of Sheffield
Analysis of neuronal kinesin-1 activation dynamics in response to cargo binding
Kate Loveday
University of Leeds
The role of chikungunya virus nsP1 protein in virus replication
Cheuk Yan (Joshua) Lee
University of York
Probing the epitranscriptome with nanopore sequencing (iCASE)
Carmen Apostol
University of Sheffield
Structural investigation of hnRNP proteins using Cryo-EM
Hannah Fisher
University of Sheffield
The Structure and Function of Clostridia Spores
Catriona Walker
University of Leeds
The roles of phytohormones in carpic dominance and floral arrest
Reuben Ouanounou
University of Sheffield
Biochemical, biophysical and structural characterisation of Fanconi anaemia nuclease 1. A structure-specific nuclease involved in interstrand crosslink repair.
Emily Harrison
University of Sheffield
Investigating how reducing stomatal density in the C4 crop Maize influences drought tolerance and photosynthesis (iCASE)
Ruth Thomas
University of Sheffield
SSA - Genetic and Drug Screening in DNA Repair Deficient Zebrafish for Novel Targets in the Treatment of Neurological Disease and Cancer
Alexandra Holmes
University of Leeds
Investigating the Structure and Function of Membrane-Integral Pyrophosphatases
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