The Nuffield Foundation
Undergraduate Research Bursaries in Science – 2007
Application Ref.Supervisor/Institution/ProjectAward
34081 / ProfessorFrancis L WRatnieksDepartment of Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
Effect of trail angle on U-turning in Pharoah's ant foragers / £1,360
34082 / DrPaulRosin
School of Computer Science
CardiffUniversity
Fitting a 3D graphical face model to 2D video / £1,360
34083 / DrRobertLayfield
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Nottingham
A new molecular mechanism for coordinating skeletal muscle protein degradation and synthesis under atrophy conditions / £1,360
34084 / ProfessorTim RBirkhead
Department of Animal and Plant Sciences
University of Sheffield
Reproductive barriers in birds: causes of hatching failure in interspecific blue tit-great tit pairs / £1,360
34086 / DrPeterKlappa
Department of Biosciences
University of Kent
Interaction of the periplasmic peptidyl proyl cis-trans isomerase SurA with its substrates / £1,360
34089 / DrSimonPark
School of Biomedical and Molecular Sciences
University of Surrey
Charaterisation of the nitrosative stress responses of Campylobacter jejuni: generation of a mutant deficient in the constituted and induced defence / £1,360
34091 / DrJamesSpeight
Department of Pure Mathematics
University of Leeds
The Quantum Energy of CP(N) Solitons / £1,360
34092 / DrLewisGriffin
Department of Computer Science
UniversityCollegeLondon
The 'portholes' method for studying visual perception / £1,440
34093 / ProfessorStephenSparks
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
Global Frequency of Large Magnitude Explosive Volcanic Eruptions Recorded in the Last 100,000 Years / £1,360
34094 / DrNicholasGrassly
Department of Infectious Diseases and Microbiology
ImperialCollegeLondon
Mass Treatment for Seasonal Infectious Diseases / £1,440
34095 / DrGianneDerks
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Surrey
The Langrangian triangle solutions in the three body problem with dissipation / £1,360
34101 / DrIanHall
School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Science
CardiffUniversity
Agulhas leakage and abrupt climate change / £1,020
34105 / DrSimonFox
School of Biological Sciences
University of Plymouth
The effect of phytase supplementation on bone development in rainbow trout Onorhynchus mykiss / £1,190
34106 / ProfessorJaneFrancis
School of Earth and Environment
University of Leeds
Climate signals in Cretaceous fossil wood from Antartica / £1,360
34107 / DrRobertBaker
School of Biomedical and Natural Sciences
NottinghamTrentUniversity
Towards New Homogeneous Catalysts: A New Synthesis of Phosphallkylcyclopentadienes / £1,360
34108 / ProfessorJoMilner
Department of Biology
University of York
Cancer specific survival pathways characterised by RNA interference / £1,360
34113 / DrRichardWilkie
Institute of Psychological Sciences
University of Leeds
Is steering performance influenced by gaze behaviour? / £1,360
34114 / DrAngelaHodge
Department of Biology
University of York
The influence of elevated temperature on arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi (AMF) respiration / £1,360
34116 / DrAlexandreSchaefer
Institute of Psychological Sciences
University of Leeds
Electrophysical investigations of the emotional enhancement of recognition memory / £1,360
34118 / DrShamusSmith
Department of Computer Science
DurhamUniversity
Rapid prototyping of virtual environments using computer development tools / £1,190
34119 / DrKeithHopcraft
School of Mathematical Sciences
University of Nottingham
Photo-detection of caustics / £1,360
34120 / DrJoseph P AHarrity
Department of Chemistry
University of Sheffield
Cycloadditions of More Hydrolytically Stable Alkynylboronates / £1,360
34121 / DrPetrosLigoxygakis
Department of Biochemistry
University of Oxford
The synergy of host receptors sensing bacterial infection in innate immunity / £1,360
34122 / DrAndrew JWilson
School of Chemistry
University of Leeds
The use of intramolecular hydrogen bombs to pre-organize hydrogen-bonding arrays towards intermolecular heterodimerization / £1,360
34123 / DrJulianGreen
Department of Geography
LoughboroughUniversity
Effect of vegetation spatial variability on flow resistance in river channels / £1,360
34124 / DrRachelO'Reilly
Department of Chemistry
University of Cambridge
Synthesis of novel biocomptiable poly(vinyl alcohol) micelles and nanoparticles for utilisation as drug delivery vehicles / £1,360
34125 / DrNarenderRamnani
Department of Psychology
Royal Holloway, University of London
The evolution of the primate cerebellar cortex / £1,440
34127 / ProfessorStephenPrice
Department of Chemistry
UniversityCollegeLondon
Precursor-specific fragmentation cross sections for the ionization of propyne / £1,440
34128 / DrMartinSchroeder
School of Biological and Biomedical Sciences
DurhamUniversity
Identification of histone acetyltransferase substrates by a chemical genetics approach / £1,360
34129 / DrCharityBrown
Institute of Psychological Sciences
University of Leeds
Person identification and face descriptions: the effects of co-witness discussion / £1,360
34130 / ProfessorKurtDrickamer
Division of Molecular Biosciences
ImperialCollegeLondon
Molecular characterisation of the oligomerisation domain from a receptor that binds viral glycoproteins / £1,440
34131 / DrIanLawrie
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leeds
Relavistic heavy ion collisions and quantum field theory in curevd spacetime / £1,020
34132 / DrVitalyKudryavtsev
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University of Sheffield
Measurements of muon-induced neutron flux at the Boulby Underground Laboratory / £1,360
34134 / DrGaryBarker
Department of Physics
University of Warwick
Developing a Calibration Test of Detector Modules for Neutrino Physics / £1,360
34136 / DrKeithHughes
School of Chemistry
University of Wales, Bangor
Quantum Dynamics in Virtual Reality / £1,360
34138 / DrPaulWood
Department of Geography
LoughboroughUniversity
The survival of macroinvertebrate fauna within ephemeral streams / £1,190
34139 / DrGlennBurley
Department of Chemistry
University of Leicester
Is Molecular Recognition a New Tool for the Preparation of DNA Wires? / £1,360
34141 / ProfessorJuliaYeomans
Department of Theoretical Physics
University of Oxford
Modeling interactions between microscopic swimmers at low Reynolds number / £1,360
34142 / DrPaulBaxter
Department of Statistics
University of Leeds
Enhancing the spatial resolution of rainfall measurements using statistical downscaling / £1,360
34144 / DrMariaConte
Randall Centre for Molecular Mechanisms of Cell Function
King's College London
Structure function analysis of the La protein / £1,440
34145 / DrScottWildman
Department of Physiology (Hampstead Campus)
UniversityCollegeLondon
Investigations into the effects of hypertension on renal P2 receptor regulation of epithelial sodium channel activity / £1,440
34146 / ProfessorAlanChadwick
School of Physical Sciences
University of Kent
Assessemenrt of the degradation of archaeological timbers using spectroscopic techniques; a case study of the Mary Rose timbers / £1,360
34148 / DrLindaMoxley
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow
Changing the options in a framing problem - effects on the preference shift / £1,020
34149 / DrStephanyBiello
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow
The role of serotonin in behavioural resetting of the circadian clock / £1,360
34150 / DrDavidSimmons
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow
The detection of non-rigid non-biological motion / £1,360
34151 / ProfessorBarry TJones
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow
Testing two models of nicotine dependence using continuous eye-movement monitoring to provide measures of smoking related attentional bias / £1,020
34152 / DrBenjaminBuckley
Department of Chemistry
LoughboroughUniversity
Easily Accessible New Organocatalysts for Asymmetric Synthesis / £1,360
34154 / DrAnthonyAlbert
Department of Basic Medical Sciences
St George's, University of London
Effect of calmodulin/camodulin-dependent enzymes on endothelin-activated store-operated Ca2+-permeable cation channels in coronary artery myocytes / £1,440
34155 / DrBrianGibson
Division of Food Sciences
University of Nottingham
Detection of reactive oygen species in brewing yeast by fluorescence microscopy / £1,360
34157 / DrMarcCortese
Division of Pathological Sciences
University of Glasgow
HPV-16 E5 interacts with the heavy chain of MHC class 1 / £1,360
34158 / DrMalteGrosche
Department of Physics
Royal Holloway, University of London
Transport and thermodynamic measurements on quantum critical metals / £1,020
34159 / DrVivienKendon
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leeds
Upgrading and testing a Beowulf Cluster / £1,360
34160 / ProfessorMargaretCollinson
Department of Geology
Royal Holloway, University of London
Establishing criteria for recognition of burned peat in the fossil record / £1,440
34161 / ProfessorMick FTuite
Department of Biosciences
University of Kent
Protein disaggregation in mammalian cells: a search for a mammalian orthologue of Hsp 104 using a yeast-based screen / £1,360
34162 / DrCoreyEvans
Department of Chemistry
University of Leicester
The search for new silicon containing molecules of interstellar interest: Experimental and Theoretical studies on HNiNCS and the isomers of [H, Si, N, C, S] / £1,360
34164 / DrChristineMumford
School of Biosciences
CardiffUniversity
Investigating Evolutionary Algorithm Toolkits for MATLAB / £1,360
34165 / DrJulietCoates
School of Biosciences
University of Birmingham
Cloning and characterisation of Armadillo-related genes from the Moss Physcomitrella patens / £1,360
34166 / ProfessorDavidRickard
School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Science
CardiffUniversity
Proterozoic eukaryotes and their palaeo-environmental significance / £1,360
34167 / DrDavidO'Hagan
Centre for Biomolecular Sciences
University of St Andrews
A prebiotic enzyme. Modelling catalytic triad mediated reactions on surfaces. / £1,360
34168 / DrChrisHodgson
Soil Science and Environmental Quality Group
Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research
Development of appropriate methodologies to investigate the survival of Faecal Indicator Organisms in the faeces of grazing animals deposited to pasture / £1,360
34169 / ProfessorJohnNicholson
School of Science
University of Greenwich
Zinc oxide dental cements and fluoride solutions / £1,360
34171 / ProfessorRichardTuckett
School of Chemistry
University of Birmingham
Reactions of isomers of C4F6 with small anions and vacuum-UV photons / £1,360
34172 / DrDavidFulton
School of Natural Sciences
NewcastleUniversity
Dynamic Covalent Self Assembly: From Macrocycles to Cages / £1,360
34173 / DrCatherineMcCrohan
Faculty of Life Sciences
University of Manchester
Olfactory coding in a simple model system / £1,360
34175 / DrMichaelRies
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leeds
Rheo-NMR of wormlike micelles / £1,360
34176 / DrJamieWeiss
Department of Biomedical Science
University of Sheffield
The regulation of Calcium Channels in Ataxia / £1,360
34177 / DrGiampaoloD'Alessandro
School of Mathematics
University of Southampton
Non-normal matrices as a key to understanding noise sensitivity in synchronously pumped optical parametric oscillators / £1,360
34178 / DrMarkKelmanson
Department of Applied Mathematics
University of Leeds
Numerical Solutions of Intergral Equations / £1,360
34179 / DrMarkNewton
Department of Physics
University of Warwick
An investigation of ptical spin polarisation of clour centres in diamond / £1,360
34181 / DrMarkDennis
School of Mathematics
University of Southampton
Quantum logic of some simple quantum systems / £1,360
34182 / DrBritaNucinkis
School of Mathematics
University of Southampton
Complete Bredon cohomology / £1,360
34183 / ProfessorGeoffreyLuckhurst
School of Chemistry
University of Southampton
Theoretical Studies of Biaxial Nematic Crystals / £1,360
34184 / DrDavidHarrowven
School of Chemistry
University of Southampton
Metal Mediated Diversity and the Total Synthesis of (-)- Mansanone B / £1,360
34185 / DrJane KHill
Department of Biology
University of York
Climate warming and species' range changes / £1,360
34186 / DrCeliaMay
Department of Genetics
University of Leicester
Crossover and gene conversion at the human SHOX recombination hotspot / £1,020
34187 / ProfessorJonathanTennyson
Department of Physics and Astronomy
UniversityCollegeLondon
An H13CN Opacity for Cool Star Models / £1,440
34189 / StephanieLacour
Department of Materials Science and Metallurgy
University of Cambridge
Multilayered elastometric actuators with stretchable metallic electrodes / £1,020
34190 / DrAlexKraaijeveld
School of Biological Sciences
University of Southampton
Upregulation of immune response in Drosophilia in anticipation of parasitism / £1,360
34192 / DrCorneliusKrasel
School of Pharmacy
University of Reading
Synthesis and biological test of a compound that inhibits G-protein ßy subunits / £1,190
34193 / ProfessorBarryEveritt
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Cambridge
Dynamics of memory consolidation underlying habitual and goal and goal directed control of instrumental behaviour / £1,360
34194 / ProfessorMohamedBabiker
Department of Physics
University of York
Quantum reflection of cold atoms at a material surface / £1,360
34195 / DrJohnMason
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Edinburgh
Characterisation of Foxg1-/- mutant ES cells / £1,360
34196 / DrAnnaCroft
School of Chemistry
University of Wales, Bangor
Saccaride-ionic liquid interactions / £1,360
34197 / DrAndrewBlake
High Energy Physics Group
University of Cambridge
Studying neutrino oscillations at the minos experiment / £1,360
34199 / ProfessorAngelaClow
Department of Psychology
University of Westminster
The diurnal pattern of cortisol secretion in relation to season / £1,440
34200 / DrPaulDelaney
Department of Physics and Astronomy
Queen's University Belfast
Open boundary conditions for electrons in nanowires / £1,360
34201 / DrCatherineHawrylowicz
MRC and Asthma UK Centre for Allergic Mechanisms in Asthma
King's College London
The effects of 1-alpha, 25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 on human T lymphocyte function / £1,440
34202 / DrPhillipWhitfield
Department of Veterinary Preclinical Science
University of Liverpool
Metabolite Profiling of Lymphoma in Dogs / £1,360
34203 / DrGrahamKirby
School of Computer Science
University of St Andrews
Exploiting Spatio-Temporal File Access Patterns in a Distributed Storage System / £1,360
34208 / DrAndreaKrott
School of Psychology
University of Birmingham
The role of physical contiguity in understanding of noun-noun concept combinations / £1,360
34209 / DrJamesMcDonnell
Department of Biochemistry
University of Oxford
Molecular interactions of the CD21 molecule and their role in inflammatory immune responses / £1,360
34210 / ProfessorPhilipMountford
Department of Chemistry
University of Oxford
Synthesis and reactivity of a new class of titanium hydrazide complexes / £1,360
34211 / DrDjuradjBudimir
Wireless Communication Research Group
University of Westminster
Study of Tunable RF and Microwave Filters for Wireless Systems / £1,440
34214 / ProfessorMichaelShipman
Department of Chemistry
University of Warwick
Single walled carbon nanotube devices for molecular 'charge' sensing applications / £1,360
34215 / DrIainBarber
Department of Biology
University of Leicester
How do social factors affect life history traits in parasitic helminths? / £1,360
34216 / DrChrisHamilton
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
Synthesis and Evaluation of a Colometric Chemoselective Titrant for disulfides / £1,360
34217 / DrTimothyBrowning
Department of Mathematics
University of Bristol
The equation A+B=C in powerful integers / £1,190
34219 / DrIainColdham
Department of Chemistry
University of Sheffield
A Novel Preparation of Indolinones / £1,360
34220 / ProfessorPietroBallone
School of Mathematics and Physics
Queen's University Belfast
Nucleation and growth of nanodroplets in supersaturated vapour: a computer simulation study / £1,360
34221 / DrAllanHackett
Centre for Tourism, Consumer and Food Studies
LiverpoolJohnMooresUniversity
Hydration status of recreational walkers / £1,360
34222 / DrAmandaEllison
Cognitive Neuroscience Research Unit
DurhamUniversity
The interaction of brain regions involved in visual attention to location a Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation Study / £1,360
34223 / DrJohannesKnapp
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of Leeds
Combined search of sources of high energy Cosmic Rays and Gamma Rays with the Auger and Hess experiments / £1,360
34225 / ProfessorJohnBarrett
Department of Mathematics
ImperialCollegeLondon
Finite element approximation of a Fokker-Planck equation / £1,440
34227 / DrDavidHudson
Department of Molecular Carcinogenesis
Institute of Cancer Research
Optimisation of siRNA gene expression knockdown in a new prostate cell line / £1,260
34228 / ProfessorNealSkipper
Department of Physics and Astronomy
UniversityCollegeLondon
The viscosity of electronic liquids: are they superfluids? / £1,440
34229 / ProfessorJohnFabre
Department of Clinical Sciences
King's College London
Raising mouse monoclonal antibodies to the Wilson's copper transporter ATP7B / £1,440
34230 / DrAlexisParenty
Department of Chemistry
University of Glasgow
Multipoint DNA binding agents: Towards Multifunctional Drugs and Magic Bullets / £1,360
34231 / ProfessorLeeCronin
Department of Chemistry
University of Glasgow
Towards inorganic nano-machines and nano-materials using self-assembled clusters / £1,360
34232 / DrMartinMcCoustra
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences - Chemistry
Heriot-WattUniversity
Probing the Chemical Evolution of the Universe / £1,360
34233 / DrWilliamGoldring
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
Synthetic studies towards antimycobacterial natural products for use in treatments of tuberculosis / £1,360
34235 / DrMarkMurrie
Department of Chemistry
University of Glasgow
Synthetic, structural and magnetic studies of molecular nanomagnets / £1,360
34236 / DrAlisonHoward
Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences
NewcastleUniversity
Activating Transcription Factors in human intestine: expression and gene regulation / £1,360
34237 / DrCharithAbhayaratne
Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Sheffield
Compressive sampling of dense motion fields for video coding / £1,360
34238 / DrGabrielleSinnadurai
Department of Computing
ImperialCollegeLondon
Tool support for teaching Hoare logic / £1,440
34239 / DrCeciliaMascolo
Department of Computer Science
UniversityCollegeLondon
Exploiting connectivity patterns and social clustering in opportunisitc forwarding protocols / £1,440
34240 / DrKrysiaBroda
Department of Computing
ImperialCollegeLondon
Re-engineering of the Pandora natural Deduction Tool / £1,440
34241 / ProfessorNikRuskuc
School of Mathematics and Statistics
University of St Andrews
Substructures of free algebraic structures / £1,360
34242 / DrMartynQuick
School of Mathematics and Statistics
University of St Andrews
Free pointed groups / £1,360
34243 / ProfessorRexGodby
Department of Physics
University of York
Realistic modelling of the quantum transport of electrons through a nanostructure / £1,360
34244 / DrAlun SVaughan
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
A study of the Dielectric Properties of Epoxy-based Nanodielectrics / £1,360
34245 / DrKlaus-PeterZauner
School of Electronics and Computer Science
University of Southampton
Algorithms for Autonomous Experimentation in Sensor Networks / £1,360
34246 / DrBruceGraham
Department of Computing Science and Mathematics
University of Stirling
Computer simulation of the growth of neurons in 3D space / £1,360
34247 / DrCorinneSpickett
Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
University of Strathclyde
Analysis and comparison of protein damage by HOCI in model systems / £1,360
34249 / DrPaulHoskisson
Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
University of Strathclyde
Pencillin binding proteins in Streptomyces coelicolor / £1,360
34250 / DrPaulHerron
Institute of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences
University of Strathclyde
The involvement of ParA-like proteins in Streptomyces coelicolor cell division? / £1,360
34251 / DrMiraNaftaly
School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering
University of Leeds
Transmission properties of polymers for THz optics - a data library / £1,360
34252 / DrNicholaColeman
School of Science
University of Greenwich
A Novel Approach to Glass Recycling / £1,190
34253 / DrNicoleZitzmann
Glycobiology Institute
University of Oxford
Development of a bacterial expression system for the hepatitis C virus protein P7, an antiviral drug target / £1,020
34254 / DrShonaMurphy
SirWilliamDunnSchool of Pathology
University of Oxford
Requirements for in vitro pol II CTD phosphorylation and Intergrator binding / £1,360
34255 / DrPhilippeBlondel
Department of Physics
University of Bath
VERITAS - Venus Radar Imagery and Terrain Analyses using a new Scattering model / £1,360
34256 / DrSimon JHolder
Functional Materials Group
University of Kent
Synthesis and study of novel amphiphilic block copolymers for controlled release / £1,360
34258 / ProfessorAliciaEl Haj
Institute of Science and Technology in Medicine
KeeleUniversity
Development of magnetic targeting of stem cells to sites of regeneration and repair / £1,360
34260 / DrNicolaHowarth
School of Engineering and Physical Sciences - Chemistry
Heriot-WattUniversity
Design of an in vitro drug absorption model / £1,020
34261 / DrRichardTwitchett
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences
University of Plymouth
The Lilliput effect in the aftermath of the end-Permian mass extinction event / £1,360
34262 / DrGraemeTaylor
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences
University of Plymouth
Investigating the magnetostratigraphy of the Permian-Trassic boundary in south-eastern Russia / £1,360
34263 / DrGregoryPrice
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences
University of Plymouth
Isotopes and life history of the enigmatic cephalopod Spirula spirula / £1,360
34264 / DrJodieFisher
School of Earth, Ocean and Environmental Sciences
University of Plymouth
Dating an extinct volcanic centre in the Lesser Antilles Island Arc / £1,360
34267 / DrDeboraIglesias-Rodriguez
School of Ocean and Earth Science
University of Southampton
Response of marine phytoplankton functional groups to climate change: the effect of ocean acidification on phytoplankton population dynamics / £1,360
34268 / DrCassieWilson
School of Sport, Physical Education and Recreation
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
The effect of fatigue on lower extremity coupling variability during unanticipated cutting manoeuvres / £1,360
34269 / ProfessorRobinCromton
School of Biomedical Sciences
University of Liverpool
An experimental investigation of the formation of the footprints in different substrates under foot pressure / £1,360
34271 / ProfessorJohnMcColl
Department of Statistics
University of Glasgow
Developing an Evidence Based Response to Proposed New Guidelines for Scanning Children with Urinary Tract Infections / £1,020
34272 / DrRayaKhanin
Department of Statistics
University of Glasgow
Statistical study of a large network of genetic interactions / £1,360
34273 / DrStefanoLuzzatto
Department of Mathematics
ImperialCollegeLondon
Quantitative results for parameter exclusion arguments in one dimensional dynamics / £1,440
34274 / DrRuthBaker
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
A mathematical investigation of the mechanisms underluying the vertebrate segmentation clock / £1,020
34275 / DrJonathanWoolf
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Liverpool
Assembling braid groups according to stratifications of spaces of polynomials / £1,360
34276 / DrChristineThomas
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Liverpool
Core-mantle boundary topography and core-mantle interaction / £1,360
34277 / DrEmmaWoodfield
Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences
University of Liverpool
An investigation of primary and induced ionospheric magnetic fields during geomagentically active periods / £1,360
34278 / ProfessorDavidBalfour
Section of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences
University of Dundee
The role of sensory stimuli in the reinforcing properties of amphetamine / £1,360
34279 / ProfessorHamlynJones
Division of Environmental and Applied Biology
University of Dundee
Evaluation of infrared thermography for rapid identification of water stress in plants grown in deficit irrigation in different environments / £1,360
34280 / DrAlexaRuppertsberg
Department of Optometry
University of Bradford
Human colour constancy in real three-dimensional scenes: a psychophysical study / £1,360