CUReS Summer Projects List 2
The second group of summer projects, kindly provided by INSPIRE taster day tutors, is now open for application.
Undertaking research as a student offers an interesting experience, a chance to develop your skills, a great addition to your CV and in some cases a chance for publication- please consider applying! Any interested students should complete the following form:
Applicant information will be sent to the project tutors, and successful students will be contacted to discuss the details of their project.
Applying for these projects will not affect the outcome of the earlier expression of interest survey if you are unsuccessful, so please do so if you find one appealing!
The deadline for application is 9pm on Wednesday the 2ndth of March, due to the upcoming INSPIRE student vacationship application deadline on the 10th of March. Details of this fantastic funding opportunity have been emailed to you by the school of medicine, so please check for that if you are interested in applying.
Project Name: Protecting beta cells from immune destruction in type 1 diabetes
Area of Research: Endocrinology and Diabetes
Tutor: Professor Colin Dayan
Details: Clinical or laboratory project with the Diabetes Research Group. Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: Biomarkers and their measurement
Area of Research: Immunology
Tutor: Professor Paul Morgan
Details: A project in the measurement and use of biomarkers in the prediction of disease. Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: Identifying new copy number variations in schizophrenia
Area of Research: Psychiatry
Tutor: Professor George Kirov
Details: A project in the computer analysis of genetic data from schizophrenia cases and controls. Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: Modulation of host immunity by human cytomegalovirus
Area of Research: Infection and Immunity
Tutor: Dr Eddie Wang
Details: A project in the use of cytomegalovirus as a paradigm for immune evasion and understanding of the host immune system. Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: AProject in Child Psychiatry
Area of Research: Child Psychiatry
Tutor: Dr Stephen Collishaw
Details: A project in child and adolescent mental health research; specifically depression, ADHD and other developmental difficulties Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: Tight junction as regulators of Cancer metastasis
Area of Research: Cancer Biology
Tutor: Dr Tracey Martin
Details: A project involving cell function assays, molecular biology and protein analysis in the study of cancer metastasis. Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: How does mechanical loading of bone prevent osteoporosis?
Area of Research: Bone Biology
Tutor: Dr Brownen Evans
Details: A project on the protective effect of weight bearing in osteoporosis. Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: Forming myocytes from pluripotent stem cells?
Area of Research: Ionic Cell Signalling
Tutor: Dr David Edwards
Details: A project on the guided differentiation of pluripotent stem cells into myocytes. Specifics to be discussed upon application.
Project Name: Superbugs: what they are and what they do!
Area of Research: Infection and Immunity
Tutor: Professor Tim Walsh
Details: A project on drug resistant pathogens. Specifics to be discussed upon application.