For further information about any of these projects please contact the supervisor directly. Applicants are welcome to approach supervisors with their own ideas - the list below is not exclusive, and does not include all supervisors. Please visit our Research Pages for more information: https://www.zoo.cam.ac.uk/research
NERC DTP have now published their list of projects so we have noted any affiliation and corresponding code in the titles listed below (some of these will link directly to the project listing on the NERC DTP website, others will contain the NERC DTP link at the end of the existing information previously provided). For more information on their programme please refer to their website: https://nercdtp.esc.cam.ac.uk/programme.
Projects on offer for 2021-22 (listed by supervisor)
(Last updated: 25 September 2020)
- NERC DTP BC205: Tracking microplastic flows through freshwater ecosystems (David Aldridge)
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Defining the blueprint of the ancestral vertebrate brain (Elia Benito-Gutierrez)
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NERC DTP BC214: The wider ecosystem benefits of managing for soil health on UK farms (Lynn Dicks)
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NERC DTP BC202: *Priority CASE Project* Domestication of the black soldier fly (Chris Jiggins)
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NERC DTP BC234: Small yet mitey: the evolution of a species complex (Rebecca Kilner)
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Epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms mediating neuronal plasticity (Matthias Landgraf)
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Mechanisms for developing stable networks (Matthias Landgraf)
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Motor network connectivity – wiring motifs and function (Matthias Landgraf)
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Regulation of dendritic and synaptic growth by metabolic reactive oxygen species (Matthias Landgraf)
- NERC DTP BC240: Quantitative Ecology of Antarctic Benthic Communities (Emily Mitchell)
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NERC DTP BC243: Co-evolution of colour vision and coloration in colourful songbirds (Nick Mundy)
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Evolution of red carotenoid coloration in birds (Nick Mundy)
- NERC DTP BC248: Evolution and development of pigment pattern variation in cichlid fishes (Emília Santos)
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Exploring the function of bimolecular condensates in translational regulation (Tim Weil)
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Establishing the mechanism of the calcium wave at egg activation (Tim Weil)
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Testing the function of calcium in programmed cell death (Tim Weil)