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PhD Students (2021/22)

Chloe Cheng

PhD student

Thesis Title: Mapping the Emergence of Synapses in the Brain Primary theme: Artificial Intelligence and Informatics Franklin supervisors: Dr Mark […]

Niamh Morris

PhD student

Thesis Title: Autonomous phenotype-directed discovery of chemical probes Primary Theme: Next Generation Chemistry Franklin supervisors: Prof Adam Nelson and Dr […]

Emily Barot

PhD student

Thesis Title: Time-resolved imaging of biomolecules using liquid-cell TEM Primary theme: Correlated Imaging Franklin Supervisors: Dr Emanuela Liberti, Dr Judy […]

Ben Gaunt

PhD student

Thesis Title: Combining Ptychography and EDX to investigate cubosome internalisation Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging Franklin supervisors: Judy Kim, Chen Huang […]

Natalie Nord

PhD student

Thesis Title: Improving field of view in high resolution cryo-bio electron ptychography Primary Theme: Correlated Imaging Secondary Theme: Artificial Intelligence […]

Nikolai Juraschko

PhD student

Thesis Title: Combining MD simulations with ML approaches to facilitate the morphological classification of Chlamydia from cryo-ET data Primary Theme: […]

Bronwen Foster

PhD student

Thesis title: Electron cryo-tomography of human induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC)-derived neurons to study structural changes in Alzheimer’s disease Primary […]

Helena Watson

PhD student

Thesis Title: The molecular basis of antiviral defence in bacteria Primary Theme: Structural Biology Franklin supervisor: Professor Jim Naismith University: […]

Nadisha Gamage

PhD student

Thesis Title: Structural investigation of chromatin reprogramming and organisation in development Primary Theme: Structural Biology Franklin Supervisor: Professor James Naismith […]

PhD Students (2022/23)

Ellen Reed

PhD Student

Ellen has recently graduated with a MRes in Biological Sciences from Royal Holloway University of London, where she also completed […]

Lara Fragapane

PhD Student

Lara graduated with a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Bath. During her professional placement year at the European […]

Jack Bercovici

PhD Student

At the University of Bristol, Jack read Law, achieving a Certificate of Higher Education in 2019, before transferring to Chemistry […]

Katie Beirns

PhD Student

Katie completed her undergraduate degree in medical biochemistry from the University of Leeds with her final year project investigating novel […]

Becky Csöndör

PhD Student

Becky graduated with an MSci in Biochemistry from the University of Southampton, where she cultivated a fascination for diseases of […]

Tia É Hawkins

PhD Student

Before starting at the Franklin, Tia was residing in the Scottish Highlands, having graduated from the University of St Andrews […]

Angharad Smith

PhD Student

Angharad graduated from Imperial College London with an MSci in Chemistry and Medicinal Chemistry. She carried out her final year […]

Cameron Avery Roberts

PhD Student

Cameron graduated with an MSci in Microbiology from the University of Glasgow, having completed her placement year at the Institut […]

Joe Thrush

PhD Student

Joe is a first year PhD student at the Rosalind Franklin Institute. He graduated with an integrated masters in Natural […]

Jess Stone

PhD Student

Jess obtained an integrated masters in Biochemistry from The University of Sheffield where she developed an interest in protein biology. […]

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