Projects
MRes students work on their research project throughout the year. You can apply for one of the projects listed below, or contact your preferred supervisor to discuss a different project.
You must name at least one potential supervisor in your personal statement when you apply.
Applications will be considered in three rounds; to ensure your preferred project is available, we encourage you to apply by the Round 1 deadline. If you are applying in a later round, some projects may have already been allocated so please consider including a second or third choice project in your application.
Visit our How do I apply? page for full details of the application process including deadlines.
Projects available for 2023-24
Click a title for a full description of the project.
Supervisor | Title | Type | Theme |
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Andriy Kozlov & Piotr Sirko | Testing effects of serotonin receptor agonists on brain circuits using patch clamp | Lab based | Neurotechnology & robotics |
Andriy Kozlov & Piotr Sirko | Characterising mechano-electrical transduction currents in hair cells of the inner ear | Lab based | Biomechanics and mechanobiology, Microscopy, Molecular & cellular bioengineering |
Andriy Kozlov & Piotr Sirko | Representational similarity analysis of natural and artificial neural networks for object recognition | Desk based | Computational & theoretical modelling |
Darryl Overby & Simon Schultz | Brain-on-Chip: A Novel Explant Perfusion Model for ex vivo Study of Brain Tissue Function | Lab-based | Biomechanics and mechanobiology;Biomedical sensing diagnostics and imaging |
David Labonte |
We do research on a range of topics in animal biomechanics and evolutionary robotics. Both lab and desk-based experiments are available. Evolutionary Biomechanics Group – Science at the intersection between physics and biology |
Both |
Biomechanics and mechanobiology;Computational and theoretical modelling;Neurotechnology and robotics |
Holger Krapp & Huai-Ti Lin | Neural mechanisms of integrated visual information in dragonfly |
Lab-based |
Computational and theoretical modelling;Neurotechnology and robotics |
Kambiz Alavian (Brain Sciences), Andrew Shevchuk (Metabolism, Digestion & Reproduction) |
Understanding the role of mitochondrial metabolic efficiency in synaptic transmission and plasticity |
Lab based |
Biomedical sensing diagnostics & imaging, Image acquisition & signal processing, Microscopy |
Mengxing Tang |
Tissue motion correction for Super-Resolution Ultrasound microvascular imaging |
Desk based |
Biomedical sensing diagnostics & imaging, Computational & theoretical modelling |
Mengxing Tang |
Improvement of 4D ultrasound imaging with a Matrix transducer Array |
Lab based |
Biomedical sensing diagnostics & imaging |
Simon Schultz |
ALL PLACES FULL FOR 2023/4 |
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Sophie Morse |
Can focused ultrasound stimulate astrocytes in our brain? |
Lab based |
Neurotechnology & robotics |
Sophie Morse |
Can focused ultrasound stimulate the activity of the brain’s innate immune cells? |
Lab based |
Biomedical sensing diagnostics & imaging, Molecular & cellular bioengineering, Neurotechnology & robotics |
Sophie Morse |
Lab based |
Biomedical sensing diagnostics & imaging, Molecular & cellular bioengineering, Neurotechnology and robotics | |
Sophie Morse |
Lab based |
Biomedical sensing diagnostics & imaging, Molecular & cellular bioengineering, Neurotechnology and robotics | |
Sophie Morse |
What effect does drug delivery to the brain with focused ultrasound have on neuronal signalling? |
Lab based |
Neurotechnology and robotics |