Research Grants
The following are current grants held by members of the Centre for Evolutionary and Functional Genomics that are of particular relevance:
BBKA - Lido iCase studentshipYannick Wurm
£6,000 BBKA British Beekeepers Association (01-09-2023 - 31-08-2027)
Efficient computational technologies to resolve the Timetree of Life: from ancient DNA to species-rich phylogeniesMario Dos Reis Barros
£460,301 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (16-07-2024 - 15-07-2027)
The evolution of developmental system drift in axial specification in SpiraliaJose Martin Duran
£648,579 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-05-2024 - 30-04-2027)
Heads or tails? The evolution of trunk growth heterochronies in animal larvaeJose Martin Duran
£325,064 Leverhulme Trust (01-01-2024 - 31-12-2026)
NSFDEB-NERC: Machine learning tools to discover balancing selection in genomes from spatial and temporal autocorrelationsMatteo Fumagalli
£121,751 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (01-12-2023 - 30-11-2026)
Deciphering the evolution of cytosine DNA methylation across eukaryotes through experimental and epi - ERC StG 2020 Alex de MendozaAlexandre De Mendoza Soler
£1,213,072 EU Commission - Horizon 2020 (01-09-2021 - 31-08-2026)
The role of structural variants in rapid adaptationRichard Nichols
£80,948 NERC Natural Environment Research Council (30-06-2023 - 29-06-2026)
Discovering missing links in neuropeptide evolution and functionMaurice Elphick and Arianna Fornili
£576,040 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-06-2023 - 31-05-2026)
Integrating cellular space and time: inteplays between subcellular organisation and lifespan-GRANT TRANSFERCharalampos Rallis
£269,451 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-09-2023 - 14-04-2026)
Future Leadership Fellowship: Testing how developmental pathways can predict evolutionary adaptation to climate change-GRANT TRANSFERVicencio Oostra
£1,404,707 MRC Medical Research Council (31-05-2022 - 30-03-2026)
BBSRC-NSF/BIO - Host immune suppression as a key adaptation enabling bacterial symbiosesLee Henry
£432,267 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (24-08-2022 - 23-08-2025)
Survey and BIOinformatic review of fluid-tissue proteomics: novel biomarkers for ALSAndrea Malaspina and Conrad Bessant
£184,194 Barts and the London Charity (01-09-2020 - 30-06-2025)
The Role of Nutrition as an Epigenetic Modulator of Phenotypic Plasticity during Honeybee DevelopmentPaul Hurd
£672,317 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (01-05-2022 - 30-04-2025)
Predicting risk to non-native trees species from potential threats in the UKRichard Nichols
£13,521 DEFRA Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (DEFRA) (01-10-2023 - 31-03-2025)
Mechanisms of uncoupling cellular growth from mTOR pathway activity - GRANT TRANSFERCharalampos Rallis
£292,263 MRC Medical Research Council (01-09-2023 - 13-02-2025)
Transcriptomic diagnostics for identifying interactive effects of pesticides, food deficiency, and heat stress on bee healthYannick Wurm
£548,472 BBSRC Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (06-04-2021 - 05-12-2024)
Get by with help from your little friends: explaining defensive symbiont dynamics in insectsLee Henry
£254,882 Leverhulme Trust (01-09-2020 - 29-09-2024)