The Nuffield Foundation
Undergraduate Research Bursaries in Science – 2006
App ID Supervisor/Institution/Project Award
32884 / Dr John FosseyDepartment of Chemistry
University of Bath
Installation and exploitation of coordinational chirality / £1,440
32885 / Dr Nigel Woolsey
Department of Physics
University of York
A laboratory simulation of young stellar object jets / £1,414
32956 / Dr Marina Resmini
Department of Chemistry
Queen Mary, University of London
Molecularly imprinted microgels: novel catalysts for aldol condensations / £1,175
32957 / Professor Simon Woodward
School of Chemistry
University of Nottingham
Taking the 'Fire' out of Organozinc Compounds and Putting them to Work in Organic Synthesis / £1,440
32958 / Dr Christopher Davies
School of Mathematics
Cardiff University
Evolution of disturbance waves in a fluid boundary layer over a suction slot. / £1,240
32959 / Professor John Wearden
School of Psychology
Keele University
Task switching in people with Parkinson's disease / £1,440
32960 / Dr Mark C Field
Department of Pathology
University of Cambridge
Characterisation of the late endosome/multivesicular body (MVB) of trypanosomes / £1,440
32961 / Dr Richard Wilkie
Institute of Psychological Sciences
University of Leeds
An investigation into the role of eye-movements when learning to drive at speed / £1,440
32962 / Professor Mark Johnson
School of Health and Community Care
Leeds Metropolitan University
The effects of repeated application of self-adhesive electrodes used during transcutaneuous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) on skin microflora in healthy humans / £1,440
32963 / Professor Ian Robinson
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University College London
X-ray diffraction investigation of chemically synthesised nanocrystals / £1,520
32964 / Dr Polly Arnold
School of Chemistry
University of Nottingham
Carbon dioxide activation by yttrium carbene complexes / £1,430
32965 / Dr Ljubica Damjanovic
Department of Psychology
University of Essex
Electrophysiological correlates of anxiety on unconscious face processing / £1,440
32966 / Dr Ben Luisi
Department of Biochemistry
University of Cambridge
Structural studies of RNA recognition by the bacterial RNA degradosome assembly / £1,240
32967 / Dr Andrew Ward
Department of Biology and Biochemistry
University of Bath
Growth control by the Grb10 signalling protein / £1,440
32969 / Dr Frank Schubert
School of Biological Sciences
University of Portsmouth
Expression analysis of the axon guidance receptor DCC in the developing chick embryo / £1,370
32970 / Dr Stephen Anderton
Institute for Immunology and Infection Research
University of Edinburgh
Therapeutic immune tolerance without anaphylaxis / £1,440
32971 / Professor Jin Wang
School of Engineering
Liverpool John Moores University
Realising the potential of Bayesian Networks in pffshore safety assessment under uncertainties through a case study / £1,420
32972 / Professor Robert Newport
School of Physical Sciences
University of Kent
The use of synchrotron X-ray spectroscopy in the study of archaeological marine timbers: the sulfur problem in the "Mary Rose" and other vessels / £1,440
32973 / Dr Alan Gange
School of Biological Sciences
Royal Holloway, University of London
Is endophyte fungal growth in herbaceous plants localised or systemic? / £1,520
32974 / Dr Averil Macdonald
Department of Physics
University of Reading
Archaeological application of Raman microspectroscopy: develping methodologies for analysing pigments and materials in wall paintings across the Roman Empire / £1,240
32975 / Professor Jonathan Hirst
School of Chemistry
University of Nottingham
Molecular similarity by data compression / £1,280
32978 / Dr Leor Barack
School of Mathematics
University of Southampton
Numerical study of dipole perturbations of schwarzschild black holes / £930
32979 / Professor Tim Sluckin
School of Mathematics
University of Southampton
Direct methods for language phylogeny and classification / £1,240
32980 / Dr Marvin Jones
School of Mathematics
University of Southampton
Simple Mathematical Models of Falling Cards / £1,240
32981 / Dr Ian Ford
Department of Physics and Astronomy
University College London
Nucleation of crowd crushes / £1,320
32982 / Dr Chris R Stokes
Landscape and Climate Research Group
University of Reading
Ice sheet dynamics at the northern margin of the former North American (Laurentide) Ice Sheet / £1,290
32983 / Dr Ghazala Tabasam
School of Health and Community Care
Leeds Metropolitan University
The effects of caffeine on hypolagesia produced by transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) in healthy humans / £1,440
32984 / Dr Derek Vance
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
Sedimentary foraminifera as records of the radiogenic isotope composition of the past oceans / £1,440
32985 / Dr Frank Coolen
Department of Mathematical Sciences
University of Durham
The size of juries: interval-probabilistic statistical inference for selecting representative groups for decision making / £1,290
32988 / Dr Nina Snaith
Department of Mathematics
University of Bristol
Characteristic polynomials of random matrices and the Riemann zeta function / £930
32989 / Professor Geoffrey Underwood
School of Psychology
University of Nottingham
Visual conspicuity and gist in the perception of real-world scenes / £1,440
32990 / Dr Andy Graham
Department of Chemistry
University of Wales, Swansea
New routes to Oxabicycloalkane containing natural products as potential inhibitors of protein phosphatases / £1,440
32991 / Dr Stephen McKenna
Division of Applied Computing
University of Dundee
Learning models from uncertain annotations for the segmentation of x-ray images of knee osteoarthritis / £1,350
32992 / Dr Avery Meiksin
Institute for Astronomy
University of Edinburgh
Search for Type 2 QSOs and other Exotic Objects in Deep Astronomical Serveys / £1,240
32993 / Dr Simon Whitehall
Institute for Cell and Molecular Biosciences
University of Newcastle
The Role of the Rtt106 Histone Chaperone in Accurate Chromosome Segregation / £1,285
32994 / Dr Anil Fernando
Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering
Brunel University
GA based motion estimation for H.264 video codecs / £1,470
32995 / Dr Kevin D Smith
Department of Bioscience
University of Strathclyde
AGP glycosylation as a marker for, or mechanism of drug resistance to, breast cancer / £1,130
32996 / Dr Michael Levitin
Department of Mathematics
Heriot-Watt University
Zeros of Fourier transforms and Eigenvalues of the Laplacian / £1,235
32997 / Dr Edward Hornibrook
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
Methane transport and emission from a tidal salt marsh / £1,440
32998 / Dr Alison Laird
Department of Physics
University of York
Studies of the characteristics of GEMs and their use for charged particle detection / £1,235
32999 / Dr Ian Wood
School of Biology
University of Leeds
Inhibition of transcription factor interactions using small molecules / £1,240
33000 / Dr Richard Baines
Department of Biological Sciences
University of Warwick
Characterisation of a seizure-suppressor gene in Drosophila / £1,060
33001 / Dr Jonathan Dawes
Department of Applied Mathematics and Theoretical Physics
University of Cambridge
Heteroclinic cycles and travelling waves in PDEs / £1,240
33004 / Dr Helen Osborn
School of Pharmacy
University of Reading
Probing carbohydrate-influenza virus receptor interactions / £1,440
33005 / Dr Catherine Crane
Department of Psychiatry
University of Oxford
The effect of negative mood induction on cognitive processing in individuals with a history of major depression / £1,440
33006 / Dr Philip Donoghue
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Bristol
Decoding the fossil record of early animal development / £1,440
33007 / Dr William Goldring
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
Queen's University Belfast
Total synthesis and biogenetic studies of Coleophomone A / £1,440
33010 / Dr Frances Maratos
School of Psychology
University of Southampton
The roles of anxiety-related biases and cognitive load in modulatin gthreat processing / £1,285
33012 / Dr Alan Blackwell
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
Cognitive Dimensions analysis of code level security vulnerabilities / £1,240
33015 / Dr David Simmons
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow
Detection and identification of visual motion in high-functioning autism / £1,440
33016 / Dr Frank Pollick
Department of Psychology
University of Glasgow
Empirical Investigation of the Uncanny Valley Hypothesis / £1,390
33017 / Dr Alethea Tabor
Department of Chemistry
University College London
Cleavable lipopeptides as new reagents for non-viral gene therapy / £1,520
33018 / Dr Paul Rosin
Cardiff School of Computer Science
Cardiff University
A video realistic animated three-dimensional computer generated talking human face / £1,240
33019 / Professor John H Woodhouse
Department of Earth Sciences
University of Oxford
Algoithms for the construction of global earth models consistent with seismological and geophysical data / £1,240
33022 / Dr Ashley Moffett
Department of Pathology
University of Cambridge
Investigateion of the role of maternal killer immunoglobulin receptor (KIR) and fetal HLA-C genotypes in pregnancy outcome / £1,440
33023 / Professor Christopher Howe
Department of Biochemistry
University of Cambridge
Expression and characterization of cytochrome c6A from dinoflagellates / £1,440
33026 / Professor Thomas Wirth
School of Chemistry
Cardiff University
Development of new hypervalent iodine reagents / £1,440
33028 / Dr Daniel Espino
Biomedical Engineering Research Centre
University of Birmingham
Evaluation of a finite volume method for use in fluid-structure-interactions of biological heart valves / £1,440
33029 / Dr David McGloin
School of Physics and Astronomy
University of St Andrews
Particle dynamics in holographic optical potentials / £1,340
33030 / Dr Simon Cornish
Department of Physics
University of Durham
The design of an optical dipole trap for an ultracold atomic mixture of rubidium and caesium / £1,240
33031 / Dr Jonathan W Steed
Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
Structural studies on water-solute interactions / £1,440
33032 / Professor Kosmas Prassides
Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
Valence instabilities and superconductivity in rare-earth fulleride salts / £1,440
33033 / Dr AnnMarie O'Donoghue
Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
Probing the mechanisms of Asymmetric Bronsted Acid Organocatalysis / £1,438
33034 / Dr Patrick G Steel
Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
[2+2] cycloaddition reactions of silenes with electron deficient alkenes / £1,440
33035 / Dr Ivana Evans
Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
Designing New Oxide Ion Conductors: Exploration of R4Mo7O27 (R=rare earth) Systems / £1,440
33038 / Professor David Finnegan
School of Biological Sciences
University of Edinburgh
Analysis of Transposase Function by In Vitro Mutagnenesis / £1,440
33039 / Dr Trevor Bushell
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
University of Strathclyde
Modulation of two-pore K+ (K2P) channels by P2Y receptors in corpus striatum neurones / £1,440
33040 / Dr Mark Murrie
Department of Chemistry
University of Glasgow
New synthetic routes to molecular nanomagnets / £1,440
33042 / Dr Peter Mayhew
Department of Biology
University of York
The adaptive nature of changes in host behaviour by the parasitic wasp Cotesia glomerata / £1,440
33043 / Professor Laura Machesky
School of Biosciences
University of Birmingham
Signalling to actin assembly by Scar/WAVE proteins / £1,440
33044 / Dr Shudong Wang
School of Pharmacy
University of Nottingham
Synthesis and characterisation of molecular probes for CDK7 inhibition / £1,340
33045 / Professor Boris Zilber
Mathematical Institute
University of Oxford
Logical limit of sequences of structures and its application in algebra / £930
33046 / Professor Philip Maini
Centre for Mathematical Biology
University of Oxford
Understanding protein diffusion in the intracellular signalling of bacterial chemotaxis / £1,240
33047 / Dr Paola Pedarzani
Department of Physiology
University College London
Calcium-activated potassium channels in epilepsy / £1,520
33049 / Professor Patrick Haggard
Institute of Cognitive Neuroscience
University College London
Brian mechanisms of willed action: how and when? / £1,470
33051 / Professor Dallas Swallow
Department of Biology
University College London
The genetic basis of lactase persistence in East Africans / £1,520
33052 / Dr Robin Jeffries
Astrophysics Group
Keele University
Close binary systems among brown dwarfs / £1,240
33054 / Dr Peter Cahusac
Department of Psychology
University of Stirling
The involvment of thermo TRP channels in the thermal sensitivity of slowly adapting type I receptors of the skin / £1,285
33057 / Dr Ian Kerr
Centre for Biochemistry and Cell Biology
University of Nottingham
Characterization of the mechanism of action of antibiotic resistance proteins of the ATP binding cassette family / £1,440
33061 / Dr Kate Nation
Department of Experimental Psychology
University of Oxford
Orthographic learning: implications for understanding the nature and origins of developmental dyslexia / £1,440
33064 / Dr Vera Kempe
Department of Psychology
University of Stirling
Prosodic Disambiguation in Child-Directed Speech / £1,440
33065 / Dr Henk Bruin
Department of Mathematics and Statistics
University of Surrey
Filtering noise and testing chaos in time series / £1,240
33066 / Dr Alex Whitworth
Department of Biomedical Science
University of Sheffield
Analysis of genetic modificaiton of neurodegeneration in a Drosophila model of Parkinson's disease / £1,440
33067 / Dr Christian Huyck
School of Computing Science
Middlesex University
Categorising Natural Kinds and Linearly Inseperable Data using Fatiguing Leaky Integrate and Fire Neurons / £1,320
33069 / Dr Emily Farran
School of Psychology and Clinical Language Studies
University of Reading
Visuo-spatial perception and production in Williams syndrome / £1,440
33070 / Dr Ka-man Lai
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
University College London
Control and clean up of moulds in low income households / £1,520
33072 / Dr Jacqueline Pates
Department of Environmental Science
Lancaster University
Variability of Rn-222 activities in groundwater in an English Chalk catchment:influence of the distribution of parent radionuclides / £1,440
33073 / Dr Richard Bowater
School of Biological Sciences
University of East Anglia
Unravelling the complexities of an unusual bacterial DNA repair pathway / £1,440
33074 / Dr Jurgen Denecke
Centre for Plant Sciences
University of Leeds
Analaysis of signals that direct the recycling of the plant vacuolar sorting receptor / £1,440
33075 / Professor David Andrews
School of Chemical Sciences and Pharmacy
University of East Anglia
Modelling the flow of excitation in dendrimeric polymers / £1,260
33076 / Dr Iain J McEwan
School of Medical Sciences
University of Aberdeen
Structure-function analysis of the c-myc transactivation domain / £1,440
33077 / Professor John Sambles
School of Physics
University of Exeter
Freederickz transitions in the dual frequency liquid crystal TX2A / £1,240
33079 / Professor Colin Bain
Department of Chemistry
University of Durham
Manipulating the shapes of objects with light / £1,285
33081 / Dr Vincent R Eke
Institute for Computational Cosmology
University of Durham
The spins of galaxy groups / £1,240