Available Targeted projects

Targeted projects for academic year 2026-2027

 

Project: Investigating mechanisms to modulate protein aggregation for healthy ageing
Project reference: TRG-BAB-DD26
Supervisor: Dr Della David (della.david@babraham.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Babraham Institute
Co-supervisor: Dr Janet Kumita (Pharmacology)
 

 

Project: Wiring cyanobacteria to anodes for solar foods production
Project reference: TRG-CHE-JZ26
Supervisor: Dr Jenny Zhang (jz366@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Chemistry
 

 

Project: Understanding the contribution of the gut brain axis to mental health and visceral pain
Project reference: TRG-PD-DB26
Supervisor: Dr David Bulmer (dcb53@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Pharmacology
Collaborating co-supervisor: Professor Jeff Dalley (Psychology)
 

 

Project: Sensory processing and fear overgeneralization in stress-induced anxiety, across the visual system
Project reference: TRG-PD-RB26
Supervisor: Dr Riccardo Beltramo (rb973@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Physiology, Development and Neuroscience (PDN)
 

 

Project: Discovery and engineering of terpenoid biosynthesis in plants
Project reference: TRG-PLA-NP26
Supervisor: Dr Nicola Patron (njp56@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Plant Sciences
 

 

Project: Cumulative effects of stress across the lifespan on behaviour and mitochondrial function in the brain
Project reference: TRG-PD-JD26
Supervisor: Professor Jeff Dalley (jwd20@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Psychology
Collaborating co-supervisor: Professor Andrew Murray (PDN)
 

 

Project: Investigating associations between maternal mental health, early parent-infant interactions and brain functional connectivity in the first six months of life in UK and Gambian infants
Project reference: TRG-PD-SLF26
Supervisor: Dr Sarah Lloyd-Fox (sl868@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Psychology
 

 

Project: Testing memory suppression as a laboratory analogue of treating PTSD intrusions
Project reference: TRG-PD-DT26
Supervisor: Dr Deborah Talmi (dt492@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Psychology
 

 

Project: Defining and transforming the molecular and morphological landscape of developmental phase change in grass crops
Project reference: TRG-SAI-MB26
Supervisor: Dr Madelaine Bartlett (mb2705@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Sainsbury Laboratory
Co-supervisor: Dr Dana Macgregor (Rothamsted Research)
 

 

Project: Lab-in-the-Loop AI Framework for Perturbation Studies in Skin Organoids
Project reference: TRG-SAN-ML26
Supervisor: Dr Mohammad Lotfollahi (ml19@sanger.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Sanger Institute
Co-supervisor: Professor Muzlifah Haniffa (Sanger Institute)
 

 

Project: Retracing the evolution and host adaptation of the human gut microbiome
Project reference: TRG-VET-AA26
Supervisor: Dr Alexandre Almeida (aa2369@cam.ac.uk)
Department/Institute: Veterinary Medicine
Co-supervisor: Dr Virginia Pedicord (Medicine)