Table of Currently Funded PhD Studentships
The Anatomical Society supports cutting edge modern research through a series of fully funded research studentships. Each studentship is focused on a specific project associated with anatomical science. Studentships are awarded on a competitive basis annually and only members of the Society can apply. Projects that are currently funded are shown in the table below. Click on any of the project titles below for more information.
Research Studentships effective at 1st October 2017
| INSTITUTION | Supervisor(s) | Research Student | Year | Project Title | Research Studentship Award date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| UCL Institute of Child Health | Professor Andrew Copp Co-supervisor Prof Nick Greene | Mr Evangelos Papastergios | 1st | Role of integrin cell-surface receptors in neurulation and neural tube defects | Awarded November 2016 To start October 2017 to end 30.09.2020 |
| Biomedical Sciences, University of Edinburgh | Professor Tom Gillingwater | Ms Ines Boehm | 1st | Anatomy of a human synapse | Awarded November 2016 To start October 2017 to end 30.09.2020 |
| Centre For integrative Physiology, University of Edinburgh | Dr Lyndsay Murray Co-supervisor Dr Kosala Dissanayake | Miss Alannah Mole | 1st | Investigating the role of mitochondria in the protection of neonatal axons from injury | Awarded November 2016 To start October 2017 to end 30.09.2020 |
Lancaster Medical School Lancaster University | Dr Adam Taylor | Ms Rebecca Shepherd | 1st | An anatomical role for adipocyctes in normal and pathological bone formation | Awarded November 2015 To start October 2017 to end 30.09.2020 |
| Department of Craniofacial Development and Stem Cell Biology, King’s College, London | Dr Albert Basson Co-Supervisor-Dr Cynthia Andonaidou | Mr Alex Donovan | 2nd | 'Dissecting the causes of frontal cortex abnormalities in a mouse model for CHARGE syndrome' | Awarded November 2015 To start October 2016 To end 30.09.19 |
Anatomy, School of Biosciences, University of Edinburgh University of Brighton and Sussex | Dr Gabrielle Finn Joint Co-Supervisor- Dr Michael Ross from 1.10.16 to 30.09.17. 1.10.17 succeeded by Professor Tom Gillingwater Joint Co-Supervisor-Dr Claire Smith | Ms Siobhan Connolly | 2nd | ‘A mixed Methods Study of Designing and Developing a Standardised Anatomy Curriculum in Nursing Education’ | Awarded November 2015 To start October 2016 To end 30.09.19 |
| Lancaster Medical School, University of Lancaster | Dr Adam Taylor | TBA | 2nd | ‘An anatomical role for adipocytes in normal and pathological bone formation’ | Awarded November 2015 To start October 2017 To end 30.09.20 |
| School of Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia (UEA), Norwich | Associate Professor Mohammad Hajihosseini Co-Supervisor- Dr Jelena Gavrilovic | Ms Hannah Louisa Felstead | 3rd | ‘Characterisation of neural stem/progenitor cell identity, the dynamics, and the significance of postnatal neurogenesis in the mammalian cerebral cortex’ | Awarded November 2014 To start October 2015 To end 30.09.18 |
| School of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham | Associate Professor Siobhan Loughna Co-Supervisor- Dr Jeanette Woolard | Mr Chrysostomos Perdios | 3rd | ‘Mechanisms underlying abnormal epicardium formation in the developing heart’ | Awarded November 2014 To start October 2015 To end 30.09.18 |
| School of Biological and Biomedical Science, Durham University | Professor Stefan Przyborski Co-Supervisor - Dr Paul Hunt | Miss Lucy Anne Smith | 3rd | ‘Modeling the Development of Human Tissues’ | Awarded November 2014 To start October 2015 To end 30.09.18 |
| Department of Biomedical Science, University of Sheffield | Professor Tanya Whitfield | Mr Davide Baldera | 3rd | ‘Morphogenesis of the semicircular canal system in the zebrafish embryo’ | Awarded November 2014 To start October 2015 To end 30.09.18 |
