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PhD Students

Ibtehal Albursan
Supervisors: Benjamin Stieglitz and Irene Pinzuti
Structural and Functional Investigation of Polyubiquitin Chain Formation Catalyzed by Novel E3 Ligases (Nel) in Bacterial Type III Secretion System
Akraam Ali
Supervisors: Lakxmi Subramanian and Peter Thorpe
Functional Analyses of Centromere Proteins in S. Pombe
Nikhil Branson
Supervisors: Conrad Bessant and Pedro Cutillas
Advancing Deep Learning in Anti-Cancer Drug Response Prediction
Yasmín Camacho Rodríguez
Supervisors: Maria Castro
A Novel Non-Toxic Glue Based on Biometerials
Samir Chitnavis
Supervisors: Christopher Duffy and Thomas Haworth
Photosynthesis Around M-Dwarf Stars: a General Theory of Light-Harvesting
Muntaqa Choudhury
Supervisors: Viji Sastry and Jose Duran
Establishing Photokinetic Studies in The Super-Resolution Regime to Understand Cell Division Process
Charlea Clarke
Supervisors: Richard Pickersgill and Arianna Fornili
Structural and Biochemical Characterisation of B12-Binding Proteins in Bacteroides Thetaiotaomicron
Ding
Supervisors: Viji Sastry and Jose Duran
Centromeric Architecture Control in Distinct Cell Types and Fates
Luz Garcia Valencia
Supervisors: Aravindan Ilangovan and Divya Tiwari
Cryo-EM Studies of Bacterial DNA Replication Initiation Mechanism. Towards Novel Antibiotic Discovery
Hannes Giovanazzi
Supervisors: Tanai Londono and Elena Vita
Directed Evolution of Photosystem II For Light-Driven Biocatalysis
Zechuan Gong
Supervisors: Christoph Engl and Andrei Sapelkin
Cellular Noise and Adaptive Responses in E.Coli Bacteria.
Tanzila Harun
Supervisors: Elena Triglia and Gabriella Ficz
Understanding The Genetic and Epigenetic Regulation of Cell Behaviours in Melanoma
Madalyn Heaton-Ward
Supervisors: Richard Pickersgill
Lido Dtp Sept 2025
Ellie Horder
Supervisors: Natalia Bulgakova and Maria Castro
Investigating The Effects of E-Cadherin Dynamics on Egfr, Stat and Related Signalling Pathways.
Anastasia Katsou
Supervisors: Mark Breugel
Understanding The Molecular Machines That Make Cilia
Hannah Lee
Supervisors: Ivan Kadurin and Maurice Elphick
Uncovering An Autoinhibitory Domain of α2δ Subunits Essential For Functional Maturation of Voltage-Gated Calcium Channels.
Boman Li
Supervisors: Elena Vita
Chemical Biology and Structure-Based Approaches to Study Nov
Boyu Li
Supervisors: Benjamin Stieglitz
Understanding Ubiquitin Conjugation in Immunity and Inflamma
Ya-Hsuan Lin
Supervisors: Vladimir Volkov and Peter Thorpe
In Vitro Reconstitution of Cooperative Interactions Within Human Outer Kinetochores
Ping Liu
Supervisors: Vladimir Volkov and Peter Thorpe
Single-Molecule Dissection of Force-Transmitting Kinetochore-Microtubule Interface
Tengyue Liu Liu
Supervisors: Natalya Bulgakova
Regulation of E-Cadherin-Mediated Cell-Cell Adhesion
Steffi Manetta
Supervisors: Viji Sastry
Lido
Catalina Manjarrez González
Supervisors: Viji Sastry and Conrad Bessant
A Molecular Study of Mechanisms That Drive Aneuploidy in Cancers: Naturally Occurring Variants in Cenpc and Ska3
Aj Martin
Supervisors: Ivan Kadurin and Guifen Chen
Unravelling The Molecular Basis of Proteolytic Activation of Neuronal Calcium Channels: a Promising Target For Pain Therapy
Syed Masud
Supervisors: Conrad Bessant and Sadani Cooray
AI-Driven Omics Data Integration and Transfer Learning For Target and Biomarker Identification
Caitlin Mellor
Supervisors: Peter Thorpe and Nicolae Zabet
Logical Modelling to Elucidate The Role of Cell Cycle Phospho-Regulation At The Kinetochore
Shaf Moradian
Supervisors: Christoph Engl and Aravindan Ilangovan
Bursty Gene Expression and Noisy Cells: Mechanistic Insights Into The Role of Premature Transcription Termination in Single-Cell Dynamics
Chimmy Nguyen
Supervisors: Viji Sastry
Lido Icase Sept 2025
Martina Occhetta
Supervisors: Conrad Bessant and Gregory Slabaugh
Target Identification From Multi-Omics Data Using Systems Biology and Machine-Learning Approaches
Mabell Orobio Mosquera
Supervisors: Conrad Mullineaux and Angray Kang
Design of Bicyclic Peptide Molecules Inhibitors of The T3ss Chaperone-Translocator Complexes Present in Pseudomonas Aeruginosa
Lewis Palmer
Supervisors: Conrad Bessant and Damian Smedley
Prioritising Drug Targets in Non-Canonical Pathways From Multi-Omic Data Using AI-Based Approaches
Kaichen Peng
Supervisors: Aravindan Ilangovan and Elena Vita
Structural Studies of Bacterial DNA Replication Initiation Mechanism Using Cryo Electron Microscopy (Cryo-EM) and Novel Antibiotic Discovery
Jasmine Pilgir
Supervisors: Viji Sastry
Expanding Predictive Toxicity With Multimodal Models of High
Adam Proksza
Supervisors: Vito Mennella
Nanoscale Lung Maps in Health and Respiratory Disease
Tom Pugsley
Supervisors: Guy Hanke and Christopher Duffy
A Machine Learning Approach to Optimise Cyanobacteria For Use in Biotechnology
James Rayner
Supervisors: Nikola Ojkic and Aravindan Ilangovan
Mathematical Modelling, Imaging, and Image Analysis of Bacterial Cell Shape Change in Response to Antibiotic Stress
Jose Angel Salazar Lucas
Supervisors: Maurice Elphick and Christoph Engl
Functional Characterisation of Orexin-Type Neuropeptide Signalling in An Echinoderm
Jhonatan Salgado-Garduño
Supervisors: Nikola Ojkic and Charalampos Rallis
Decoding Antibiotic Resistance: Cell Death, Phenotypic Responses, and Cell Wall Dynamics
Shaila Satu
Supervisors: Guy Hanke and Alexander Ruban
The Importance of Photosynthesis in Awns and Developing Seeds of Barley (Hordeum Vulgare) For Grain Yield and Seed Viability.
George Scriven
Supervisors: Thomas Prellberg and Christopher Duffy
Quantum Monte Carlo Methods For The Protein Folding Problem
Shang Shang
Supervisors: John Viles and Ivan Kadurin
Amyloid-Beta Induced Membrane Permeability in Alzheimer's Disease
Tara Shutes
Supervisors: Elena Vita and Viji Sastry
Chemical Biology Approaches to Study and Modulate Protein Phosphatases
Roop Singh Virk
Supervisors: Viji Sastry
Lido Dtp Sept 2025
Pui Chung Siu
Supervisors: Arkaitz Zubiaga and Claudia Cardenas
Target-Disease Prioritisation With Consideration of Temporal Dynamics
Nasrin Sultana
Supervisors: Benjamin Stieglitz and Aravindan Ilangovan
In Vitro Reconstitution of Lubac: Regulation and Control of Linear Ubiquitin Chain Synthesis Activity
Kexin Wang
Supervisors: Benjamin Stieglitz and Elena Vita
Engineering Ubiquitin Ligases For Targeted Protein Degradation of Cancer-Associated Proteins
Charlotte Woolley
Supervisors: Elena Vita
Cell Free Systems For Novel Antibiotics to Counter Antimicrobial Resistance
Nathan Wright
Supervisors: Conrad Mullineaux and Roberto Volpe
Cyanobacterial Biofilms For Photoelectrochemistry
Olga Xintarakou
Supervisors: Charalampos Rallis and Maria Castro
Investigating Mtor Activity Effects on Cellular Metabolism and Cytoarchitecture
Yu-Yuan Yang
Supervisors: Richard Pickersgill and Arianna Fornili
Machine Learning For Structure-Based Drug & Biologic Discovery—Binding Pocket Classification For Structure-Based Drug Discovery
Keyan Zhou
Supervisors: Viji Sastry
Uncovering Molecular Drivers of Chromosomal Instability Seen