Johanna Keeler

Johanna Keeler

Pathway Journey Formulating an integrative model of neuroplasticity in anorexia nervosa: from theory to treatment Biography I applied for the MRC DTP after completing a BSc in Psychology at the University of Exeter. During the three years of my BSc, I gained research...
Jodi Parslow

Jodi Parslow

Pathway Journey My PhD project focuses on neuron-glia signalling and neuroinflammation underlying neurodegenerative diseases. Specifically, I am researching a novel cell death mechanism called karyoptosis, which occurs when there’s a block in autophagy. This...

Helena Winstone

Pathway Journey Understanding the molecular determinants of IFITM resistance in viral entry glycoproteins Biography I did my undergraduate degree in Biomedical Sciences at King’s followed by two years working in medical communcations. I then completed my masters...
Cameron Dockerill

Cameron Dockerill

Pathway Journey My PhD project focusses on cardiac pressure estimation using advanced ultrasound imaging technologies. The aim is to equip the cardiologist with non-invasive and accurate measurements of cardiac pressure to aid disease diagnosis and risk...
Emily Currell

Emily Currell

Pathway Journey Identifying mechanisms underlying non-pathological & pathological first rank symptoms in healthy voice hearers and patients with schizophrenia, using fMRI. Biography My PhD project examines the brain mechanisms underlying first rank symptoms of...

Rebecca Casterton

Pathway Journey My research investigates a novel mechanism of cell death in neurons, called karyoptosis, which is linked to both autophagy and the structural integrity of the nucleus membrane.? In particular, I am trying to understand whether karyoptosis occurs in a...
Zsofia Szlamka

Zsofia Szlamka

0+3.5 Student Zsofia is a developmental psychologist and a PhD Candidate in King’s College London, investigating health inequalities, service development and empowerment of families raising children with developmental disorders in Ethiopia and in Argentina. She is a...
Sarah Gee

Sarah Gee

Pathway Journey I investigated the control of T cell functionality in the human neonate, within the Department of Immunobiology in the School of Immunology and Microbial Sciences. Biography Prior to my PhD, I graduated with an MSc in Immunology of Infectious Diseases...
Vanessa Megaro

Vanessa Megaro

0+3.5 Student I did the 0+3.5 pathway and my project was ‘A novel method for improving sensorimotor recovery after spinal cord injury.’  I thought the MRC DTP programme was very well-structured. It supports students well and encourages academic...
Margot Jacobs

Margot Jacobs

0+3.5 Student In 2019, I graduated from King’s College London with a BSc in Biomedical Sciences where I mainly focused on physiology, molecular biology, metabolism and neuroscience. During the summer between my second and third year at KCL, I completed a 2-month...
Nick Livingston

Nick Livingston

0+3.5 Student I gained my BSc in Medical Neuroscience from the University of Sussex in 2017 and my MSc in Neuroimaging at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience at KCL in 2019. For my MSc dissertation, I analysed data from a pharmacological fMRI...
Raquel Martinez

Raquel Martinez

0+3.5 Student My PhD project is “Mechanisms of early synaptic dysfunction on Alzheimer’s disease” which will last for 3.5 years, and we are investigating this using post-mortem tissue and mice models of AD. My undergraduate was in Pharmacology also...