Principal investigators in theme:
Name: Dr David Bainbridge
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: db125@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Immunology of the placenta
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/david-bainbridge
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr James Brenton
Dept: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute)
Email: james.brenton@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Ovarian cancer - identifying different types and molecular markers, including circulating tumour DNA
WWW: http://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/brenton-group
Themes: cancer, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Graham Burton
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: gjb2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Placental development and function
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/graham-burton
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Carlos Caldas
Dept: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute)
Email: Carlos.Caldas@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Breast cancer - characterising subtypes and biomarker identification
WWW: http://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/caldas-group
Themes: cancer, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Jason Carroll
Dept: Department of Oncology (Cancer Research UK Cambridge Research Institute)
Email: jason.carroll@cruk.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Regulation of gene expression in breast cancer - characterising the roles of oestrogen receptor, androgen receptor and pioneer factors
WWW: http://www.cruk.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/carroll-group
Themes: cancer, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr D Steve Charnock-Jones
Dept: Department of Haematology
Email: dscj1@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Placental angiogenesis, genomics, single cell RNA-Seq, trophoblast biology in health and disease, translational research
WWW: http://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-steve-charnock-jones/
Themes: functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine; Developmental and regenerative biology and medicine; Women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Nick Coleman
Dept: Department of Pathology (Molecular Histopathology Division)
Email: nc109@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Human papillomaviruses
WWW: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/nick-coleman
Themes: infection and immunity, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Francesco Colucci
Dept: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Email: fc287@medschl.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Immune cells at the fetal maternal interface; Control of tumour growth by immunity
WWW: http://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-francesco-colucci/
Themes: Cancer; Infection and immunity; Developmental and regenerative biology and medicine; Women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Miguel Constancia
Dept: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: jmasmc2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epigenetics in health and disease
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/miguel-constancia/
Themes: Developmental and regenerative biology and medicine; Metabolic medicine, integrative and compartive physiology; Women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Helena Earl
Dept: Department of Oncology
Email: hme22@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Clinical and translational research, breast and ovarian cancers, sarcomas
WWW: http://www.oncology.cam.ac.uk/directory/helena-earl
Themes: cancer, women's health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith
Dept: Department of Genetics
Email: afsmith@gen.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Developmental genetics and epigentics
WWW: http://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups/ferguson-smith
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, neuroscience, psychology and mental health, women's health
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Dr Angeleen Fleming
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: Af425@cam.ac.uk
Topic: How protein clearance pathways such as autophagy and the ubiquitin-proteasome system affect disease severity.
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/angeleen-fleming
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, structural and molecular cell biology, women's health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Alison Forhead
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: ajf1005@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Endocrine control of fetal development and maturation
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/alison-forhead
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Abigail Fowden
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: alf1000@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Fetal physiology and development
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/abigail-fowden
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Dino Giussani
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: dag26@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Hypoxia and developmental origins of cardiovascular health and disease
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/dino-giussani
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health, cardiovascular science and medicine
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Susan Golombok
Dept: Department of Psychology (Centre for Family Research)
Email: seg42@cam.ac.uk
Topic: New family forms; parent-child relationships
WWW: http://www.cfr.cam.ac.uk/directory/SusanGolombok
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health, women's health
Students: Sorry no vacation students can be taken this year but enquiries from potential PhD students are welcome
Name: Professor Bill Harris
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: wah20@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Molecular embryogenesis of the vertebrate visual system
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/william-harris
Themes: neuroscience, psychology and mental health, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Myriam Hemberger
Dept: Babraham Institute
Email: myriam.hemberger@babraham.ac.uk
Topic: Epigenetic determinants that ensure maintenance of early stem cell lineage identity
WWW: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/myriam-hemberger
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Martin Johnson
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: mhj21@cam.ac.uk
Topic: The post 1944 history of mammalian and human developmental and reproductive biology
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/martin-johnson
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students:Sorry no students can be taken this year
Name: Dr Gavin Kelsey
Dept: Babraham Institute
Email: gavin.kelsey@babraham.ac.uk
Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics, genomic imprinting and epigenetics
WWW: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/gavin-kelsey
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, women’s health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr David Kent
Dept: Department of Haematology (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research)
Email: dgk23@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Single Cell Fate Choice in Normal and Malignant Stem Cells
WWW: http://www.stemcells.cam.ac.uk/research/pis/kent
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Elisa Laurenti
Dept: Department of Haematology (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research)
Email: el422@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Human Haematopoietic Stem Cells Biology in Health and Disease
WWW: http://www.haem.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/dr-elisa-laurenti/
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Ashley Moffett
Dept: Department of Pathology (Immunology Division)
Email: am485@cam.ac.uk
Topic: NK cells, pregnancy, trophoblast, HLA
WWW: http://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/ashley-moffett
Themes: infection and immunity, developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Andrew Murray
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: ajm267@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Mitochondrial metabolism in cardiac and skeletal muscle
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/andrew-murray
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, cardiovascular science and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Susan Ozanne
Dept: Department of Clinical Biochemistry (Institute of Metabolic Science)
Email: seo10@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Early programming of diabetes, obesity and longevity
WWW: http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/research/principal-investigators/susan-ozanne/
Themes: metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Roger Pedersen
Dept: Department of Surgery (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research)
Email: ralp2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Stem cell biology and regenerative medicine (developmental biology)
WWW: http://www.neuroscience.cam.ac.uk/directory/profile.php?ralp2
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Wolf Reik
Dept: Babraham Institute
Email: wolf.reik@babraham.ac.uk
Topic: Mammalian developmental genetics, genomic imprinting and epigenetic reprogramming
WWW: http://www.babraham.ac.uk/our-research/epigenetics/wolf-reik
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, structural and molecular cell biology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: ans48@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Aetiology of pregnancy complications and the regulation of developmental processes
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/amanda-sferruzzi-perri
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, structural and molecular cell biology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Benjamin Simons
Dept: Department of Physics (Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research)
Email: bds10@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Tracing Stem Cell Fate in Development, Maintenance, and Disease
WWW: http://www.phy.cam.ac.uk/directory/simonsb
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Gordon C S Smith
Dept: Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology
Email: gcss2@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Predicting and preventing adverse pregnancy outcome through analysis of placental dysfunction
WWW: http://www.obgyn.cam.ac.uk/staff/senior-staff/professor-gordon-smith/
Themes: Developmental and regenerative biology and medicine; Metabolic medicine, integrative and compartive physiology; Women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Azim Surani
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (Wellcome Trust/Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute)
Email: a.surani@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Human germ cell specification and epigenetic programming
WWW: http://www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk/research/surani
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, structural and molecular cell biology, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Dr Erica Watson
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: edw23@cam.ac.uk
Topic: Epigenetic and molecular effects of folate metabolism in health and disease
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/watson-erica
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, functional genomics, systems biology and genetic medicine, metabolic medicine, integrative and comparative physiology, structural and molecular biology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
Name: Professor Magdalena Zernicka-Goetz
Dept: Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Email: m.zernickagoetz@gen.cam.ac.uk
Topic: Cell fate decisions in the early mouse embryo
WWW: http://www.pdn.cam.ac.uk/directory/magda-zernicka-goetz
Themes: developmental and regenerative biology and medicine, structural and molecular cell biology, women's health
Students: Applications from potential students are welcome
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