INSTITUTION

Supervisor(s)

Research Student

Year

Project Title

Research Studentship Award date

University College London

University of Maastricht

Dr Philip Cox
 
Co-Supervisor:
Dr Jesse James Hennekam

Mr George Watts

1st

The influence of island evolution and domestication on size-shape relationships in the anatomy of Caprinae

Awarded November 2024
To start October 2025
To end 30.09.28

University of Aberdeen

Regius Professor Simon H. Parson

TBA

 1st

Microvascular defects beyond the spinal cord: a detailed morphological investigation

Awarded November 2024
To start October 2025
To end 30.09.28

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

Dr Claire Conway
 
Co-Supervisor:
Dr Caroline Curtin

Early Career Investigator Studentship

Mr Daniele Giampietro

1st

The Development of a Library of Digital Reanimated Mitral Valves

Awarded November 2024
To start October 2025
To end 30.09.28

University of Edinburgh
(Post award institutional change to Nottingham Trent University June 2024)
 
University of Edinburgh

Professor Thomas Wishart
 
Co-Supervisors:
Dr Gerard Thompson and Dr Dominic Kurian

Mr Zak Vincent

1st

Investigating the role of the ubiquitously expressed thioesterase Ppt1 - a multi organ morphological and molecular study to inform therapeutic targeting

Awarded November 2023
To start October 2024
To end 30.09.27

University of Cardiff
 
University of Cambridge

Dr Mariah Lelos
 
Co-Supervisor: Professor Anne Rosser
 
Early Career Investigator Studentship

Ms Demi Marie Owen-Bowyer

1st

Elucidating the function of the dopaminergic midbrain-claustrum projection in the healthy brain and in Parkinson's disease

Awarded November 2023
To start October 2024
To end 30.09.27

University College, Cork
 
University: University of Limerick

Professor Gerard O'Keeffe

Co-Supervisor
Professor Kieran McDermott

Ms Lauren Barrett

2nd

SKOR1 inhibition as a therapeutic approach to prevent a-synuclein-induced degeneration in models of Parkinson's disease

Awarded November 2022
To start October 2023
To end 30.09.26

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI)

Dr Ciara Murphy

Co-Supervisor: Professor Clive Lee

Early Career Investigator Studentship

Ms Eavan Pakenham

2nd

Investigating Selenium (Se) and Magnesium (Mg) doped collagen-nanohydroxyapatite scaffolds as a novel treatment strategy for bone cancer

Awarded November 2022
To start October 2023
To end 30.09.26

Kings College London
 
University of Bristol

Professor Abigail Tucker

Co-Supervisor: Professor Emily Rayfield

Mr Luke Barlow

2nd

Evolution of suckling: bone muscle interactions to create a novel structure in mammals

Awarded November 2022
To start October 2023
To end 30.09.26

University of Edinburgh

Professor Jamie Davies

Co-Supervisor – Dr Elise Cachat

Ms Natalia Penar

3rd

Mechanisms of epithelial symmetry-breaking during mammalian morphogenesis

Awarded November 2021
To start October 2022
To end 30.09.25

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin

Professor Fabio Quondamatteo

Co-Supervisor- Dr Shane Browne

Ms Louise Hosty

2nd

Harnessing stem-cell derived vascular cells for the development of a pro-angiogenic ECM scaffold for the treatment of diabetic foot ulcers

Awarded November 2021
To start October 2022
To end 30.09.25
Extension to 30.09.26 approved 23.03.23 Council

University of Edinburgh

Dr Jennifer Paxton

Co-Supervisor: Professor Hamish Simpson

Ms Sophie Mok

3rd

Using anatomical morphometrics to guide tissue-engineered design for improving treatment options for ankle ligament injury

Awarded November 2021
To start October 2022
To end 30.09.25

University of Liverpool

Professor Simon Keller

Co-Supervisors
Dr Thomas Butts
Dr Antonella Macerollo
Mr Jibril Osman Farah

Ms Bethany Facer

4th

In-vivo dissection of white matter pathways in Parkinson's disease: tracking progressive degeneration and biomarkers of symptomatology

Awarded November 2020
To start October 2021
To end 30.09.24

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI) 

Dr Oran Kennedy

Mr Meric Goker

4th

Advanced Synovial Microneedle Technology for Drug Delivery to Prevent Post Traumatic Osteoarthritis

Awarded November 2020
To start October 2021
To end 30.09.24
Extension to 31.03.25 ratified by 14.09.25 Council

University of Cambridge

Dr Katherine Hughes
Co-Supervisor – Professor Clare Bryant

Early Career Investigator Studentship

Mr Benjamin Davies

4th

Epithelial and immune cell dynamics in non-traditional models of mammary postnatal development

Awarded November 2020
To start October 2021
To end 30.09.24

Royal Veterinary College, London

Professor  Imelda McGonnell
Co-Supervisor – Dr Claire Russell

Ms Emily Young

4th

Getting wires crossed: The role of the the microbiome in lateral line development

Awarded November 2019
To start October 2020 (Deferred to 1.10.21)
To end 30.09.23 Revised end  date 30.09.25
 

University of Oxford

Professor Zoltán Molnár

Co-Supervisor
Professor Edward Mann from September 2022

Co-Supervisor
Dr Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen to September 2022

Miss Florina
Szabó

5th

Unravelling the local and global effects of Ca2+ - dependent neurotransmission in deep-layer cortical projection neurons on the spatial and laminar organisation of GABAergic interneurons

Awarded November 2019
To start October 2020
To end 30.09.23
Revised end date 31.03.24 approved 16.02.23 Council