Projects & Supervisors

Examples of what your research could look like

A mini-gut grown by the Neves lab

A mini-gut grown by the Neves lab

The Thuret lab hard at work!

The Thuret lab hard at work!

Microglia imaged by the Vernon lab: George Chennell & Robert Chesters

Microglia imaged by the Vernon lab: George Chennell & Robert Chesters

Pipetting may well be part of your daily job…

Pipetting may well be part of your daily job…

Hippocampal neurons grown in the Thuret lab

Hippocampal neurons grown in the Thuret lab

Sara from the Denk lab at Society for Neuroscience 2019!

Sara from the Denk lab at Society for Neuroscience 2019!

 

A fully humanised 3D model for the study of intestinal immune-epithelial-neural interactions

Supervisors: Dr Joana F Neves & Dr Franziska Denk

Gut Dysbiosis in Alzheimer’s Disease

Supervisors: Prof Debbie L. Shawcross & Dr Po-Wah So

 
Sensory neurons in a dish - imaged in the Denk lab

Sensory neurons in a dish - imaged in the Denk lab

Diagram of a basophil - a favourite cell type to study in the Santos lab!

Diagram of a basophil - a favourite cell type to study in the Santos lab!

tSNE plot of single-cell RNA-seq data from the Capon lab.

tSNE plot of single-cell RNA-seq data from the Capon lab.

Flow cytometry might become your favourite technique!

Flow cytometry might become your favourite technique!

The Santos team - looking forward to meeting you!

The Santos team - looking forward to meeting you!

Cortical neuron nuclei back-labelled using an AAV viral vector

Cortical neuron nuclei back-labelled using an AAV viral vector

Do maternal regulatory T cells mediate fetal neurodevelopment?

Supervisors: Prof Giovanna Lombardi & Dr Kimberley Whitehead

Does calcium channel inhibition increase autoimmune reactivity in multiple sclerosis?

Supervisors: Prof Francesca Capon & Dr Nicola Hamilton-Whitaker

Evaluating the reciprocal regulation of the brain-skin axis in the development of psoriasis

Supervisors: Dr Paola Di Meglio & Dr Diana Cash

Exploring immune function and later brain sequelae in preterm infants

Supervisors: Prof Deena Gibbons & Prof David Edwards

 
The Taams Lab ice-skating at Somerset House!

The Taams Lab ice-skating at Somerset House!

 

Harnessing mindset to improve symptom burden, immune functioning, and quality of life in children with food allergies

Supervisors: Prof Alexandra Santos & Dr Lauren Heathcote

A pharmacogenomics approach to investigate how natural genetic variation influences microglial response in psychiatric disorders

Supervisors: Dr Subhankar Mukhopadhyay & Prof Sagnik Bhattacharya

Innate cytokines shape human hippocampal neurogenesis via microglia-dependent pathways, relevance for depression

Supervisors: Prof Francesca Capon & Prof Carmine M. Pariante (and Dr Alessandra Borsini)

Investigating immune biomarkers in eating disorders

Supervisors: Dr Natalie Prescott & Dr Hubertus Himmerich

 
 

Please note that applicants cannot put forward their own proposals and are asked not to contact supervisors during the application stage. Successful candidates will be provided with a project booklet containing more detailed descriptions and additional project choices. They will have ample time to discuss potential projects and ideas with various supervisor teams.

NB for potential King’s Supervisors: if you are interested in offering a project, please contact fay.minty@kcl.ac.uk