MSc by Research projects
You can start the process by contacting an individual principal investigator relevant to your research interests, or find out more about our research in the school.
You may wish to start your search with our pre-defined list of available research projects:
Dr Minkoo Ahn (Lecturer)
Systematic investigation of how de novo proteins assemble during biosynthesis.
Dr Borko Amulic (Associate Professor in Immunology)
Mechanism and function of neutrophil extracellular traps (NETs)
Professor Matthew Avison (Professor of Molecular Bacteriology)
Understanding Envelope Permeability Control in Bacteria to Combat Antibiotic Resistance
Professor Imre Berger (Professor of Biochemistry)
Three projects available:
Decoding the Fatty-Acid Binding Pocket of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike
Engineering Plug-and-Play Vaccine Nanoparticles for Viral Glycoprotein Display
Decoding the Fatty-Acid Binding Pocket of the SARS-CoV-2 Spike Protein
Professor Christiane Berger-Schaffitzel (Professor of Biochemistry)
Characterisation and inhibition of snake venom metalloproteinases for next generation antivenom
Dr Siang Boon Koh (Senior Lecturer)
Two projects available:
Drugging the cell cycle of cancer
Understanding tumour resilience to identify therapeutic vulnerabilities
Dr Adam Chambers (Consultant Senior Lecturer)
Two projects available:
Understanding the role of BCL-3 in radiation response in colorectal cancer
Understand radiation response in rectal cancer
Professor Andrew Davidson (Professor of Systems Virology)
Two projects available:
Identification of biomarkers for the prediction of dengue disease severity using high-throughput proteomics
High-throughput 'omics analysis of SARS-CoV-2 infected cells
Professor Mark Dillingham (Professor of Biochemistry)
Molecular mechanisms of DNA mimic proteins in phage–host conflict
Dr Abdelkader Essafi (Associate Professor in Genetics and MRC new investigator)
The role of phenotypic plasticity in 1) therapy resistance and 2) dormancy
Dr Adam Grieve (Senior Lecturer in Molecular Cell Biology)
Two projects available:
The control of neuronal signalling by rhomboid proteases
Regulation of GPCR proteostasis
Professor Chrissy Hammond (Professor of Musculoskeletal Biology)
Skeletal repair and regeneration in zebrafish
Dr Jack Hardwick (Lecturer)
Two projects available:
Developing new approaches for mapping DNA modifications in neurons
Elucidating how cytosine modifications influence DNA–protein interactions
Professor Darryl Hill (Professor of Infectious Diseases and Deputy Head of School)
The effect of bacteria on colorectal cancer cells
Dr Gareth Jones (Associate Professor in Immunology)
Exploiting cytokine action to treat chronic inflammation
Dr Wael Kafienah (Associate Professor in Regenerative Medicine)
Cellular reprogramming for cell-based therapy of osteoarthritis
Dr Maisem Laabei (Senior Lecturer)
Two projects available:
Understanding the mode of action of novel antimicrobials
Evading host defences; characterising immune evasion strategies of Staphylococcus aureus
Dr Bethan Lloyd-Lewis (Senior Research Fellow and Proleptic Senior Lecturer)
Epithelial cell fate decisions during tissue development and cancer
Dr Panos Maghsoudlou (NIHR Academic Clinical Lecturer in Ophthamology)
Three projects available:
The ethics of AI in research ethics
Humanised in vitro models for uveitis
Mesenchymal stem cell secretome for the treatment of uveitis
Professor Karim Malik (Professor of Molecular Oncology)
Two projects available
The roles of aberrant alternative splicing in childhood cancers
Overcoming drug resistance in poor prognosis neuroblastoma
Dr Deepali Pal (Senior Lecturer)
Two projects available
Induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) engineered, immune-responsive bone marrow microenvironment (BME) to develop leukaemia-specific oncogenic niche in vitro
Targeted drug delivery to CDH2-enriched leukaemic bone marrow microenvironment (BME)
Dr Parthive Patel (Sir Henry Dale Research Fellow)
Regulation of tissue regeneration by stress signalling
Professor Eugenia Piddini (Professorial Research Fellow in Cell Biology)
Identifying novel modulators of cell competition through genetics and cell biology approaches
Dr Iart Luca Shytaj (Senior Lecturer)
Two projects available:
Uncovering markers of retroviral persistence
Immunometabolic Profiling of Latent HIV Infection in Tonsil Organoids
Dr Nicola Stevenson (Research Fellow)
Mechanical Regulation of the Golgi
Professor Marc Van der Kamp (Professor of Computational Biochemistry)
Two projects available:
Understanding β-lactamase-mediated antibiotic resistance using detailed biomolecular simulation
Exploring the use of detailed biomolecular simulations for evaluation and design of enzyme biocatalysts
Dr Helen Weavers (Associate Professor in Cell and Developmental Biology)
Cellular Dynamics in Tissue Repair and Inflammation: From Health to Ageing and Disease
Professor Christoph Wuelfing (Professor of Immunology)
Two projects available