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Funder: BBSRC

Supervisor: Professor Gavin Wright

Title: Identifying the Common Biological Properties of Parasite Vaccine Targets

Funder: Wellcome Trust

Supervisors: Professor Dimitris Lagos (principal supervisor), Jon Pitchford (co-supervisor, Biology/Maths)

Title: Macrophage population diversity as a determinant of primary and secondary responses to LPS

Funder: BBSRC 

Supervisors: Dr Nathalie Signoret (principal supervisor), Dave Boucher (co-supervisor, Biology) and Martin Fascione (co-supervisor, Chemistry)

Title: LPS and LTA: sticking, binding and anchoring?  Using cutting-edge glycobiology to address molecular interactions of bacteria cell-wall biomarker with host cells.

Funder: iCASE BBSRC DTP

Supervisors: Professor Dimitris Lagos (principal supervisor), James Hewitson (co-supervisor, Biology), Dan Turner (co-supervisor, Oxford Nanopore Technologies)

Title: Probing the immune epitranscriptome

Funder: Hull York Medical School

Supervisor: Professor Paul Kaye

PhD title: Using parasite population biology to identify susceptibility pathways in leishmaniasis (TBC)

Funder: BBSRC

Supervisors: Professor Marjan van der Woude (principal supervisor), G Thomas (co-supervisor)

Title: Biological Role and Structure Function Analyses of O Antigen Modifying Enzymes in the Bacterial Pathogen Salmonella

Funder: Wellcome Trust

Supervisors: Professor Marjan van der Woude (principal supervisor), J. Wood (co-supervisor)

Title: Quantitative investigation of contact inhibition from single cell to microcolony level

Funder: Hull York Medical School

Supervisors: Dr Nathalie Signoret (principal supervisor), Martin Fascione (co-supervisor, Chemistry)

Title: From Migration to Cancer:shedding some light on the multifaceted properties of CCR5.

Funder: BBSRC DTP

Supervisors: Professor Dimitris Lagos (principal supervisor), Dawn Coverley (co-supervisor, Biology)

Title: Understanding lncRNA function in immune cells

Funder: HYMS EMB

Supervisor: Professor Gavin Wright

Title: Molecular Mechanisms of Host Immunosuppression by the Parasite That Causes Malaria

Funder: BBSRC DTP

Supervisors: Will Brackenbury (principal supervisor, Biology), Professor Dimitris Lagos (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Regulation of cellular metabolism and intercellular communication by sodium signaling

Funder: Wellcome Trust

Supervisors: D O'Connell, Physics (principal supervisor), Professor Marjan van der Woude (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Low Temperature Air Plasmas for Wound Healing Applications

Supervisors: Y Hancock, Physics (principal supervisor), Professor Marjan van der Woude (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Utilising Raman Spectroscopy for Characterisation and Investigation into the Antimicrobial Properties of Graphene

Funder: BBSRC

Supervisors: Dr Alison Parkin (principal supervisor, Chemistry), Dr Martin Fascione (co-supervisor, Chemistry) and Nathalie Signoret (co-supervisor)

Title: Developing a high throughput electrochemical biosensor for prostate cancer blood testing using unnatural fluorinated sugars.

Funder: BBSRC (iCase)

Supervisors: Prof Mark Leake (principal supervisor, Biology/Physics) and Nathalie Signoret (co-supervisor)

Title: Developing next generation bioimaging tools to dissect the immunological synapse in single cells, one molecule at a time.

Funder: MRC 

Supervisors: Dr Martin Fascione ( principal supervisor, Chemistry), Craig Robson (co-supervisor Newcastle) and Nathalie Signoret (co-supervisor)

Title: Pioneering a novel cancer targeting glyco-immunotherapy strategy.

Supervisors: V Chechik Chemistry, D O'Connell, Physics (principal supervisors), Professor Marjan van der Woude (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Low temperature plasma chemistry

Funder: Rosetrees Trust

Supervisors: Chris Spicer (principal supervisor, Chemistry), Professor Dimitris Lagos (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Increasing the potency of biomaterials for tissue growth

Funder: BBSRC DTP

Supervisors: Michael Plevin (principal supervisor, Biology), Professor Dimitris Lagos (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Unravelling the structural biology of the LIMD1 scaffold protein using novel NMR approaches

Funder: BBSRC

Supervisors: C Baumann, Biology; D O'Connell, Physics (principal supervisor), Professor Marjan van der Woude (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Investigating the mechanism of bactericidal killing by Low Temperature Plasma

Funder: BBSRC

Supervisors: J Potts, Biology, G Thomas, Biology (principal supervisor), Professor Marjan van der Woude (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Structural analysis of acyltransferase proteins involved in lipopolysaccharide modifications

Funder: Self-funded

Supervisors: Dr Martin Fascione ( principal supervisor, Chemistry) and Nathalie Signoret (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Resurrecting an ancestral sugar on cancer cell surfaces: pioneering a novel glyco-immunotherapy approach to cancer immunotherapy

Funder: Department of Health Sciences

Supervisors: Professor Christina van der Feltz Cornelis (principal supervisor, Helath Sciences/Hull York Medical School), Professor Dimitris Lagos (co-supervisor)

PhD title: Increasing the potency of biomaterials for tissue growth