First Year PhD Student Talks
15 January 2021 - 30 April 2021
Time: 1:00 - 2:00pm
Venue: Online (link circulated by email the morning of the talks)
Note different time for 16th April of 11am - 12pm
Friday 15th January
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Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
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Zara Farooq |
Dr Lesley Howell |
Targeting the G Protein-Coupled Receptor, CB2, towards the Development of Novel Anticancer Therapeutics. |
|
Roman Halaksa |
Dr Christian Nielsen |
Novel oligoglycol-containing polymers for organic electrochemical transistors |
|
Amira Uddin |
Dr Devis Di Tommaso |
In-silico design of metal-carbonaceous catalysts for the CO2 transformation into value added chemicals |
Friday 22nd January
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Raphael Leon |
Dr Yannick Wurm |
Analysing different ant behaviours using the deep learning program DeepLabCut |
|
Danielle Marchant |
Dr Pavel Kratina |
The effects of microplastics on freshwater communities and ecosystems |
|
Francisco Manuel Martin Zamora |
Dr Chema Martin |
The role and dynamics of histone modifications in spiral cleavage |
Friday 29th January
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Magdalena Hübner |
Prof Conrad Bessant |
Towards an autonomous in silico researcher: Using logic modelling to automate the explanation of unexpected results |
|
Danylo Gorenkin |
Dr Aravindan Ilangovan |
Elucidation of the F-plasmid relaxosome architecture using Cryo-EM |
|
Christoforos Efstathiou |
Prof Viji Draviam |
Developing Tools for live-cell imaging in the millisecond regime using Electrically Tunable Lenses |
Friday 5th February
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Sara Molas Medina |
Dr Isabelle Mareschal |
The influence of hippocampal mechanisms on visual learning |
|
Jenni Kahkonen |
Prof Michael Pluess |
Individual Differences in Children’s Sensitivity to the School Context |
|
Anna-Theresa Jieman |
Dr Janelle Jones |
Strong Black Women? Investigating the role of intersectionality in the experience, treatment, and outcomes of common mental disorders among Black women. |
Friday 12th February
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Christos Matsingos |
Dr Arianna Fornili |
Regulation of a proton-sensing GPCR for cancer therapy: A combined in vivo and in silico approach |
|
Pauline de Bigault de Cazanove |
Prof Marina Resmini |
Biodegradable Plastic: Understanding the chemistry and its environmental impact |
|
Xu Leng |
Dr Yao Lu |
Durable bioinspired materials for antibiofouling applications |
|
Linchao Sun |
Dr Yao Lu |
Intelligent biomimetic actuating materials |
Friday 19th February
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Pascaline Francelle |
Dr Ozge Eyice |
Bioplastics interactions with microbial communities along the fresh and saltwater interface |
|
Elvira Hernandez Gutierrez |
Dr Laura Kelly (Kew), Prof Richard Nichols |
Assessing the risk to plant health in the UK from future Agrilus invasions |
|
Weiling Huang |
Prof Maurice Elphick |
Discovery and functional characterisation of tachykinin-type and bombesin-type neuropeptide signalling systems in an echinoderm. |
Friday 26th February
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Tongchen Liao |
Prof Conrad Mullineaux |
Role of CikA in light sensing in Cyanobacteria |
|
Joshua Kaplan |
Dr Vidya Darbari |
Structural characterization of Mycobacterium tuberculosis virulence proteins that modulate the host immune response. |
|
Megan Downes |
Dr Ewan Main |
Overcoming antibiotic resistance: Hijacking Type 3 Secretion System chaperones as novel therapeutics in Pseudomonas aeruginosa |
Friday 5th March
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Yonghe Zhou |
Prof Lars Chittka |
Effort-based decision making in bumblebees |
|
Agnieszka Bubel |
Dr Margherita Malanchini |
Using DNA to predict behaviour problems from infancy to adulthood. |
Friday 12th March
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Xiang Li |
Dr Cristina Giordano |
Novel Electrolysers for Clean Energy Production |
|
Qi Li |
Dr Christopher Jones |
The role of Fe in conjunction with N-doping on oxygen electrocatalysis |
|
Christian Osborne |
Dr Stoichko Dimitrov |
Novel optical spectroscopy analysis of printable semiconductors |
|
Azeem Ghulam Nabi |
Dr Devis Di Tommaso |
In silico design of Cu-based nanoparticles for the CO2 reduction reaction |
Friday 19th March
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Ana Martinez Rodriguez |
Dr Iwan Jones |
Disentangling the direct and indirect effects of bioplastics on freshwater communities |
|
Luke Sarre |
Dr Alexandre de Mendoza |
Understanding the evolution of DNA methylation |
|
Taoping Wu |
Dr Lee Henry |
Get by with help from your little friends: explaining defensive symbiont dynamics in aphids |
Friday 26th March
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Xuankai Huang |
Dr Isaac Abrahams |
New Materials for Next Generation Battery System |
|
Yaojia Long |
Dr Yao Lu |
High efficiency photothermal systems with the assistance of superwetting materials |
|
Jing Ming |
Dr Cristina Giordano |
Novel Materials for Waste Valorisation and Biofuels Development |
|
Simiao Yu |
Dr Christian Nielsen |
New materials for bioelectronic applications |
Friday 9th April
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Tom Falkenstein |
Prof Michael Pluess |
The Role of Patients’ Sensitivity in Psychopathology and Psychotherapy |
|
Sophie Heer |
Dr Isabelle Mareschal |
Determinants of Information Selection During Vision |
|
Adam Tod |
Dr Guifen Chen |
Neuronal basis of cross-modal sensory integration for navigation |
|
Yuzhu Zhang |
Dr Frederike Beyer |
Behavioural Tendencies and Mentalizing under Betrayal-Related Threat |
Friday 16th April, 11am - 12pm
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Anant Khanna |
Dr Rachel Crespo-Otero |
Towards the rational design of highly emissive materials |
|
Haseeb Ur Rehman Shah |
Dr Christopher Jones |
MSTAIT – Modelling, Synthesis and Testing of Anti-Inflammatory and Pro-resolving Therapeutics |
|
Peng Ren |
Dr Isaac Abrahams |
New Li+ ion conducting solid electrolytes for all solid state batteries |
|
Qi Zhao |
Dr Devis Di Tommaso |
Insight into the active site and reaction mechanism for CH4 activation on metal oxides |
Friday 23rd April
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Balig Panossian |
Dr Lee Henry |
You've got a friend in me: Deciphering the genomics of host empowerment by facultative endosymbionts |
|
Said Ismael Ng’ang’a |
Dr Laurent Frantz |
Genomics of African Indigenous Cattle |
|
Wenbin Kang |
Prof Maurice Elphick |
Mapping peptidergic motoneurons in an echinoderm |
Friday 30th April
|
Name |
Supervisor |
Title |
|
Danhong Li |
Prof Alexander Ruban |
The Role of LHCII Environment in Regulating the Light Harvesting in Green Plants |
|
Saanjbati Adhikari |
Prof Viji Draviam |
Chromosome segregation: How chromosome-microtubule attachments are monitored? |