IfLS sponsored PhD student poster session - A networking opportunity in Life Sciences

The 2012-13 cohort presented their research with the support and attendance of Director of the IfLS, Professor Peter Smith and Deputy Directors, Professor Tim Elliott and Professor Hywel Morgan .

The IfLS is committed to expanding the opportunities it can offer to postgraduate programmes, through interdisciplinary projects where students can be guided by supervisors from different faculties.  The IfLS has an annual allocation of funds to support PhD research students at the University of Southampton. These studentships are offered competitively across campus and are open to IfLS Members whose proposed project centres on interdisciplinary research. To be eligible to apply for IfLS funds, students must be members of the IfLS.

The following PhD students presented posters:

PhD Student: Faith Bateman

Supervisors: Prof Tim Elliott, Prof Hywel Morgan
Project: Microfluidic systems for temporal resolution of T lymphocyte competition

PhD Student: Jim Coates

Supervisors: Dr Andy Chipperfield, Prof Geraldine Clough, Dr John Tudor
Project: A platform for monitoring skin health

PhD Student: Jessica Lawrence Wujek

Supervisors: Dr Gareth Dyke, Dr Bharath Ganapathisubramani
Project: Ecomorphology and evolution of ichthyosaurs, with emphasis on Liassic taxa of Southern England

PhD Student: Kim Lee

Supervisors: Dr Stefanie Biedermann, Dr Robin Mitra, Prof Clive Holmes
Project: Design for Alzheimer trials with potentially missing data

PhD Student: Filip Markiewicz

Supervisors: Dr Emiliano Rustighi, Prof Phil Newland
Project: Vibration, motor deficits and the effect of ageing on muscle output

PhD Student: Justyna Pertek

Supervisor: Dr Sumeet Mahajan
Project: Raman spectroscopy based ‘label-free' molecular detection and cellular imaging applications in biomedicine

PhD Student: Richard LaTouche

Supervisors: Prof Donna Davies, Prof Martin Palmer, Prof Damon Teagle, Dr Chris Graine
Project: The role of environmental dust from the Middle East in the pathogenesis of constrictive bronchiolitis

PhD Student: Edoardo Scarpa

Supervisors: Dr Nick Evans, Dr Tracey Newman
Project: Stem-cell specific targeting of Wnt nanoparticles for tissue repair and regeneration

PhD Student: Harriet Smith

Supervisors: Dr Malcolm Hudson, Dr Kate Schreckenberg, Dr Felix Eigenbrod
Project: Energy resources and adaptation to climate change in rural Africa

PhD Student : Laura Cooper

Supervisors: Prof Geraldine Clough, Dr Bharath Ganapathisubramani, Dr Tiina Roose
Project: Experimental and theoretical investigation of lymphatic fluid flows and immune responses

PhD Student: Jamie Townend

Supervisors: Ali Tavassoli, Wessex Medical Research Trust student
Project: A synthetic biology approach to drug discovery

PhD Student: Ishna Mistry

Supervisors: Ali Tavassoli,
Project: Disciplining the role of H1F1 in the epigenetic reprogramming of cancer cells

Key facts

For further information on IfLS studentships please visit our education and training page on our website.