Schools of Biology and Clinical Medicine

Biochemistry (Professor Florian Hollfelder)

Well-defined 3D artificial extracellular gel matrices for organoid culture made in microfluidic devices

Partial underwriting over six months towards the salary costs of a research associate.

Genetics (Dr David Summers)

Prevention of recurrent urinary tract infections

Six-month grant for the salary costs of a research associate and consumables.

Gurdon Institute (Professor Azim Surani)

Epigenetic regulation of human primordial germ cell specification and reprogramming

One-year grant in part-support of a research associate.

Oncology (Dr Zhenguang Zhang)

Circadian gene profiling of normal and malignant human airway organoids

One-year grant towards consumable costs.

Pathology (Dr Michael Boemo)

Characterising DNA replication to target malaria

One-year grant towards consumable costs.

Pharmacology (Professor Colin Taylor)

Interactions between hypoxia, type 2 IP3 receptors and invasion of glioblastoma cells

Partial underwriting over six months towards the salary costs of a research associate.

Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Professor Clare Baker)

Insights into hair-cell development from the lateral line system of electroreceptive vertebrates

Partial underwriting over five months in support of a research associate.

Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Dr Milka Sarris)

Leukocyte navigation mechanisms in confined physical environments

Partial underwriting over five months for the salary costs of a research associate.

Plant Sciences (Dr Samuel Brockington)

Evolution of fog harvesting adaptations in the deserts of South Africa

Four-month grant in support of a research associate.

Plant Sciences (Professor Beverley Glover)

TTG1, a multifunctional plant protein, has a novel role in circadian regulation

One-year grant towards the costs of library preparation and illumina sequencing.

Plant Sciences (Dr Ronelle Roth)

Extracellular vesicles as couriers for interkingdom signalling in plants

One-year grant towards the PI’s salary costs.

Plant Sciences (Dr Andrew Tanentzap)

The plastisphere of European lakes

Ten-month grant in part-support of a research associate.

Psychiatry (Dr John Suckling)

Sound and Vision

One-year grant towards research costs.

Psychology (Dr Laura Katus)

Impact of maternal experience of intimate partner violence on infant emotion processing

Six-month grant towards minor equipment and consumable costs.

Veterinary Medicine (Dr Ragnhildur Karadottir)

The role of membrane potassium conductance of oligodendrocyte precursor cells in age-related decline in myelination

Partial underwriting over two years towards the salary costs of a research associate.

Zoology (Dr Matthew Benton)

The contribution of cell division to axis extension in insects

Thirteen-month grant towards research and access costs.

Zoology (Dr Helen Leggett)

Novel insights into parasite evolution for the 21st Century

Eight-month grant in support of a research associate.