| Jelizaveta Pavljuk University of Leeds | Barrier functions of the sugary cell coat: Understanding how extracellular signalling proteins and bacterial toxins navigate the cell surface |
| Sarah Menezes University of Leeds | Elucidating the role of ‘Royal family’ proteins as novel m⁶A readers in KSHV lytic replication |
| Orestis Savva University of Sheffield | Exploring the impacts of the stringent response on the structure and function of ribosomes in Staphylococcus aureus |
| Tomasz Drobkiewicz University of Leeds | Investigation of the endosomal potassium role in cell physiology and viral entry |
| Zhen Liu University of Leeds | Mechanistic understanding and inhibitor design strategies for non-mevalonate pathway TPP-dependent enzymes |
| Alex King University of Leeds | The shape of sustainable crop production - re-engineering plant architecture for sustainable food production |
| Aidan Salter University of York | Uncovering roles of carbohydrate-active enzymes within species of green algae |
| Kate Gilroy University of Leeds | The Dynamics of Liquid Organelle Remodelling in Response to Virus Infection |
| Abdulkabir Adenopo University of York | Understanding the mechanism of bacterial plasmid segregation at the single-molecule level |
| Alessandra Sabatini University of Sheffield | Synthetic biology based polymerase and promoter engineering for production of next-generation mRNA therapeutics |