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Current research

Credit: Adrian Burrows

Dr C Winstanley
Liverpool University
2008 – 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Response of populations of Pseudomonas aeruginosa to antimicrobial challenge during chronic infections in cystic fibrosis

Prof T Solomon & Dr L Hubble
Liverpool University
2008 – 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Development of a human ex vivo blood brain barrier model to study viral encephalitis

Dr A Ellison
Durham University
2008 – 2011 Postdoctoral Fellowship
The orientation of attention in space, an interaction study using dual-site transcranial magnetic stimulation

Prof CO Hanemann
Peninsula Medical School, Plymouth
2008 – 2011 Research Assistant
A primary human in vitro model to test and translate new therapies for Neurofibromatosis type 2 tumours into clinical trials

Dr S Herrick, Dr R Gore & Dr D Thornton
Manchester University
2008 – 2011 Research Assistant
Development of a 3D human airway model to understand the influence of epithelial-mesenchymal interactions on mucus production in hypersecretory respiratory disease

Prof A Jones & Dr W El-Deredy
Manchester University
2007 – 2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Endogenous pain control mechanisms in patients with chronic pain

Dr R Tribe & Dr M Taggart
King’s College London and University of Manchester
2007 – 2010 Research Assistant
Development of a human tissue model for investigating uterine function

Prof P Furlong
Aston University
2007– 2010 PhD Studentship
Functional neuroimaging and the pharmacokinetics of pain

Dr B Thomson & Dr L Dexter
Nottingham University
2007 – 2010 Postdoctoral Fellowship
The application of tissue engineering to develop three-dimensional models of human liver

Dr P Genever & Dr G Spencer
University of York
2007 – 2010 Research Associate
Generation of three-dimensional human tissue structures with targeted gene disruptions

Prof M Philpott & Prof H Navsaria
Queen Mary’s School of Medicine & Dentistry
2007 – 2010 Research Assistant
Generation of three-dimensional models of basal cell carcinoma

Prof D Altmann
Imperial College London
2007 – 2008 Pilot Study
Functional analysis of the T cell immune response in multiple sclerosis by gene silencing

Prof P Furlong, Dr G Barnes & Dr C Witton
Aston University
2006 – 2011 Strategic Grant
Translational humane research programme using MEG for non-invasive studies of the human brain

Prof A Holden & Dr M Ries
Leeds University
2006 – 2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Diffusion tensor imaging in the construction of human virtual tissues: heart, gravid uterus and spinal cord

Dr M J Griffiths & Prof T W Evans
Royal Brompton Hospital, London
2006 – 2008 Research Technician
The development of complex in vitro models of ventilator-associated lung injury

Dr S J Hirst, Dr V A Snetkov & Prof T H Lee
King’s College London
2005 – 2008 Research Grant
Pathobiology of airway smooth muscle from asthmatics

Dr J Huggett, Prof A Zumla & Dr R Miller
University College London
2006 – 2009 Research Assistant
In vitro culture of Pneumocystis jirovecii

Dr H Johansen-Berg, Dr T Behrens & Prof D Higham
Oxford University
2006 – 2009 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Computational approaches to analysing human brain networks and their breakdown in disease

Prof T J Evans
Glasgow University
2004 – 2008 Postdoctoral Fellowship
Using a novel three-dimensional cell culture model to investigate sepsis-induced renal failure

Prof G Pilkington
Portsmouth University
2004 – 2007 Research Assistant
Production and evaluation of three-dimensional live cell imaging models for the study of novel brain tumour therapies