by admin | 1st August 2022
1+3 Student My PhD project is titled “The role of thalamic inhibitory interneurons in sensory processing”. We aim to investigate the connectivity of interneurons in the sub-cortical visual system and their functional roles in visual information processing. Working...
by Samuel White | 1st August 2022
1+3 Student My PhD project is based on the development of multimodal imaging probes, for the evaluation of biological therapies such as CAR-T cells and Staminal cells. I chose DTP as it offered the best opportunity to develop the skill needed to become an...
by admin | 1st August 2022
0+4 iCASE Student I am doing a four-year PhD working on developing novel radiopharmaceuticals for targeted cancer therapy. The project is focused on exploring the potential of thallium radiotoxicity for targeted anticancer treatment as well as developing approaches...
by Samuel White | 1st August 2022
1+3 Student Hi there! I’m Jordan, a member of the 2018/19 1+3 pathway cohort and a theme 4 PhD student. My project involves contributing towards improving our understanding of basic radiobiology concepts, established for decades with X-ray radiotherapies, as applied...
by admin | 1st August 2022
0+3.5 Student I graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2018 with a degree in Biological Natural Sciences, majoring in Cancer and Genetic Diseases and Immunology. During my time at university I undertook research placements at the University of Cambridge,...
by admin | 1st August 2022
0+4 iCASE Student I completed my Biochemistry BSc at Leeds University before undertaking an MSc in Infection and Immunity at University College London (UCL). After spending a year as a research assistant working on immune profiling of patients with inflammatory bowel...
by Samuel White | 1st August 2022
0+3.5 Student I studied Biomedical Science at Northumbria University in 2016 and did my Master’s in Biomedical Science in 2017. My interest in mitochondrial biology and genetics really emerged from my undergraduate and postgraduate studies, where I worked on a few...
by Samuel White | 1st August 2022
0+3.5 Student I graduated from Loughborough University with a BSc Sport and Exercise Science in 2017. I then completed an MSc in Human & Applied Physiology at King’s, during which I studied skeletal muscle development in Zebrafish in the Hughes lab. I decided to...
by Samuel White | 1st August 2022
Pathway Journey My PhD project investigated the relationship and prediction of neuropsychology in antipsychotic response and treatment resistance in schizophrenia and first-episode psychosis. A large majority of my findings came from the STRATA – Schizophrenia:...
by Samuel White | 1st August 2022
Pathway Journey Currently, treatment in major depressive disorder (MDD) relies on a trial-and-error approach, with half of patients not responding to their first course of antidepressants. My PhD project used functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), a form of...
by admin | 1st August 2022
0+3.5 Student I joined the KCL MRC DTP in 2018 after graduating from King’s College London with a degree in Biomedical Sciences. During my undergraduate degree, I had spent a summer in a lab researching HIV-1 and completed a final year research project in epigenetics....