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PhD Projects: 2018

NameProject title
Jessica Downing
University of York
Genomics-guided approaches to enzyme discovery in the extremophile Galdieria sulphuraria (i-CASE)
Madeleine Inglis
University of Leeds
Flight Control in Birds
Egle Beigaite
University of York
Characterising a novel candidate gene regulating ageing related atrophy in neurons
Alexander Setchfield
University of York
Microbial degradation of agricultural residues as feed for black soldier fly larvae (iCASE)
Sonam Sidhu
University of York
Dissecting molecular complexity in single living cells using state-of-the-art super-resolution microscopy and biophysical chemistry, one molecule at a time
Laura Wiggins
University of York
Using machine learning to predict cell type and fate in heterogeneous populations (NPIF)
Alexander Scott
University of York
How does low-temperature plasma damage the bacterial outer membrane?
Alexander Russell
University of York
Dissecting a role for ZAK-beta in skeletal muscle development using genetics and embryology in zebrafish and Xenopus
Benjamin Rowlinson
University of York
Unravelling the structural biology of the LIMD1 scaffold protein using novel NMR approaches
Katie Greenin
University of Sheffield
Maintaining effective sensory coding in the face of inter-neuronal variation
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