Award of Anatomical Society Studentships


2021/22 Round New awards 2021/22 student start date 1st October 2021 announced.
https://www.anatsoc.org.uk/research/studentships/new-studentships

Research Student: TBA
Project Title: Mechanisms of epithelial symmetry-breaking during mammalian morphogenesis
Supervisor: Professor Jamie Davies
Co-Supervisor: Dr Elise Cachat
Institution: University of Edinburgh

Research Student: TBA
Project Title: Harnessing stem-cell derived vascular cells for the development of a pro-angiogenic ECM scaffold to treat diabetic foot ulcers
Supervisor: Professor Fabio Quondamatteo
Co-Supervisor: Dr Shane Browne
Institution: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland (RCSI), Dublin

Research Student:  TBA
Project Title: Using anatomical morphometrics to guide tissue-engineered design for improving treatment options for ankle ligament injury
Supervisor:  Dr Jennifer Paxton
Co-Supervisor: Professor Hamish Simpson
Institution:  University of Edinburgh



2019/20 Round New awards 2019/20 student start date 1st October 2020 announced.
http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/funding-and-awards/grants-and-prizes/anatomical-society-research-studentships

Research Student: Dr Chloe Swords
Project Title: Mapping the variability in the microanatomy of the cochlea and its impact on cochlear function and on cochlea implant electrical stimulation spread in the auditory nerve
Supervisor: Dr Cecilia Brassett,
Co-Supervisor: Professor Manohar Bance
Institution: University of Cambridge

Research Student: Miss Florina Szabó
Project Title: Role of calcium-dependent neurotransmission in selected populations of cortical projection neurons in cortical development
Supervisor: Professor Zoltán Molnár
Co-Supervisor: Dr Anna Hoerder-Suabedissen
Institution: University of Oxford

Research Student:  Mr. Cian O’Connor
Project Title:  Development of biomimetic 3-dimensional spinal cord model system to study inflammation-mediated astrogliosis
Supervisor: Professor Fergal O’Brien,
Co-Supervisor: Dr Adrian Dervan
Institution: Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, Dublin



2018/19 Round New awards 2018/19 student start date 1st October 2019 announced.

http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/Research/NewStudentships.aspx

Research Student: Ms. Rachel Bedwin
Project Title: Signalling pathways controlling the generation of the pharyngeal arches
Supervisor: Professor Anthony Graham
Co-Supervisor: Dr. Esther Bell
Institution: King’s College London

Research Student: Ms. Claire Piper
Project Title:  Morphogenesis of the Molar Tooth
Supervisor: Professor Jeremy Green
Co-Supervisor: Professor Martyn Cobourne
Institution: King’s College London

Research Student: Ms Hazel Allardyce
Project Title: Is the extensive non-neuronal pathology reported in mouse models of Spinal Muscular Atrophy seen in post-mortem tissue from patients? A detailed morphological assessment
Supervisor: Regius Professor Simon Parson
Co-Supervisor: Dr Paul Brown
Institution: Aberdeen University, Aberdeen Royal Infirmary

Research Student: Ms Charlotte King
Project Title: Human Origins and the Ecomorphology of Tree Climbing
Supervisor: Dr Susannah Thorpe
Co-Supervisor: Professor William Sellers
Institution: Birmingham University, Manchester University



2017/18 Round New awards 2017/18 student start date 1st October 2018 announced.

http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/funding-and-awards/grants-and-prizes/anatomical-society-research-studentships

Research Student: Mr Adam Moverley
Project Title: Dynamics of cell behaviour during somite formation
Supervisor: Professor Claudio Stern
Institution: University College London

Research Student: Mr Alexander Campbell
Project Title: Identifying novel molecular mechanisms underlying lateral line sense organ development using an unbiased, comparative approach
Supervisor: Professor Claudio Stern
Institution: University College London

Research Student: Ms Josépha Godivier
Project Title: How do bones acquire their shapes? Establishing a paradigm for the biology and mechanobiology of morphogenesis of synovial joints
Supervisor: Dr Niamh Nowlan
Co-Supervisor: Dr Chrissy Hammond
Institution: Imperial College, London, University of Bristol 

Research Student: Ms Lucinda Evans
Project Title: How does joint anatomy avoid cracking under pressure?
Supervisor: Professor Andrew Pitsillides
Co-Supervisor: Professor Peter Lee
Institution: Royal Veterinary College, London, University of Manchester




2016/17 Round New awards 2016/17 student start date 1st October 2017 announced.
http://www.anatsoc.org.uk/Research/NewStudentships.aspx