The IfLS has run a sponsored PhD programme since 2012/13. Funding is offered in open competition to interdisciplinary research teams based at Southampton and high-quality projects are selected. IfLS-sponsored interdisciplinary projects, students and supervisors are set out below.
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Exploring the dynamic contribution of asymmetric cell divisions to the identity and function of mammary stem cells using genetic lineage tracing in vivo and mathematical modelling |
Dr Salah Elias (FELS), Dr Philip Greulich (FSS), Prof Ben MacArthur (FSS) | Camilla Nightingale |
| Integration of health informatics: ‘big data’ for clinical translation in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease | Prof Sarah Ennis (FM), Prof Ben MacArthur (FSS), Dr Enrico Mossotto (FM), Prof Mark Beattie (UHS) | Imogen Stafford |
| Protein NMR On A Chip | Dr Joern Werner (FELS), Prof Marcel Utz (FEPS) | Marek Plata |
| Identifying complex genetic oscillators from single cell data | Dr Reuben Sanchez-Garcia (FSS), Prof Ben MacArthur (FSS) | Michael Casey |
| Plant-Microbe interactions in a changing climate | Dr Bjorn Robroek (FELS), Prof Pete Langdon(FELS), Prof Paul Hughes (FELS) | Magdalena Steele |
| Recovery of neuronal function and memory in a mouse model of hemorrhagic stroke and first steps in translation of findings from mouse to human. | Dr Mariana Vargas-Caballero (FELS), Dr Ian Galea (FM), Diederik Bulters (UHS) | Hannah Warming |
| How does autophagy regulate the development of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF)? | Dr Yihua Wang (FELS), Prof Donna Davies (FM), Dr Rob Ewing (FELS), Dr Mark Glynne Jones (FM) | Yilu Zhou |
| Development and application of powerful methods for identifying selective sweeps in human and chicken genomes | Prof Andrew Collins (FM), Prof Tim Sluckin (FSS), Dr Reuben Pengelly (FM), Prof Sarah Ennis (FM) | Clare Horscroft |
| Modulating mechanobiology and blood supply to improve bone strength in Paget’s disease. | Dr Claire Clarkin (FELS), Dr Bram Sengers (FEPS), Dr Philipp Schneider (FEPS) | Alisha Sharma |
| Digital histopathology resource for image-based diagnosis | Dr Philipp Schneider (FEPS), Dr Peter Lackie (FM), Dr Jane Warner (FM), Dr Katsamenis, Dr Mark Jones, Prof Ian Sinclair (FEPS) | Elaine Ho |
| Physician and Surgeon Down A Tube: Advanced Optical Fibre Guided Diagnosis and Surgery | Prof Sumeet Mahajan (FEPS), Prof Francesco Poletti (FEPS), Mr Diederik Bulters (UHS) | Marzanna Szwaj |
| Acoustic nanobubbles for mechanostimulation and drug delivery in fracture repair | Dr Nick Evans (FM), Dr Dario Carugo (FEPS), Dr Tracey Newman (FM) | Sara Ferri |
| Automated Analysis of Lung Sounds as a Predictor of Ventilator Associated Pneumonia (VAP) | Prof Anna Barney (FEPS), Prof Anne Bruton (FELS), Prof Mike Grocott (FM) | Ravi Pal |
| Inferring early warning signals of ecosystem collapse at the end of the Eocene greenhouse | Dr Thomas Ezard (FELS), Dr Sandra Nogue-Bosch (FELS), Dr Steven Bohaty (FELS) | Lorna Kearns |
| Control of stem cell fate and clonal dynamics | Dr Philip Greulich (FSS), Dr Ben MacArthur (FSS) | Cristina Parigini |
| Unravelling the clonal nature of microglial diversity in the brain. | Dr Diego Gomez Nicola (FELS), Dr Matt Rose-Zerilli (FM), Dr Jonathan West (FM) | Tim Muntslag |