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PhD Projects: 2022

NameProject title
Malika Zahedi
University of Leeds
Smooth muscle myosin filament assembly and disassembly in smooth muscle cells: fact or fiction?
Gina Vong
University of York
The Perfect Sunrise: The effect of morning light on disease resistance in greenhouse crops
Taya Bosson
University of Leeds
Perineuronal nets as a barrier to α-synuclein neuronal internalisation
Sude Uyulgan
University of Sheffield
In vitro generation of limb-like cells
Sophie Groenhof
University of Sheffield
A novel opportunity to combat the global Phosphorus crisis: investigating structure function relationships of an atypical phosphatase in soil bacteria
Sophie Fountain
University of Sheffield
Understanding the mechanobiology of DNA-protein interactions at the single-molecule level
Rob Hunton
University of Sheffield
Understanding the role of intracellular trafficking in in vivo cell polarisation during tissue patterning using state-of-the-art imaging and gene manipulation tools
Miguel Aracena Velazquez
University of York
Investigating the structural and mechanistic basis for translation initiation in Enterovirus Type I IRESs
Mawgan Trebell
University of Sheffield
How does S. pneumoniae acquire extracellular DNA from its natural environment to drive antibiotic resistance?
Matthew Craske
University of York
Uncovering the evolutionary impact of Gene Transfer Agents (GTAs) on Rhodobacter capsulatus
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