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The Nuffield FoundationUndergraduate Research Bursaries in Science 2004

Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01425/G Professor Michael North

Department of ChemistryKing's College LondonAsymmetric catalysis of carbon-carbon bond forming reactions

£1,750

URB/01426/G Professor Tim BuggDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of WarwickCyclodextrin Based Biomimetric Catalyst for Extradiol Catechol Cleavage

£1,281

URB/01429/G Dr Sebastian ShimeldSchool of Animal and Microbial SciencesUniversity of ReadingEvolutionary divergence in the dupilcated genes

£1,642

URB/01430/G Dr Richard AspinallDepartment of ImmunologyImperial College LondonInvestigating the methylation status of the aged thymus

£1,285

URB/01431/G Dr Clifford BraySchool of Biological sciencesUniversity of ManchesterThe role of the oligopeptide transporter HvOPT3 in barely grain development

£1,505

URB/01433/G Dr Nicola StarkeyDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of Central LancashireEvaluation of anxiety-like behaviour in pair disrupted male and female gerbils

£1,450

URB/01437/G Professor Colin W TaylorDepartment of PharmacologyUniversity of CambrigdeRecognition of inositol trisphophate (IP3) by IP3 receptor subtypes

£1,160

URB/01440/G Dr Alexai PiunovskiyDepartment of MathematicsUniversity of LiverpoolStudy of optimal immunisation policies for a derterministic epidemic model

£1,450

URB/01442/G Dr Pagona PapakonstantinouSchool of Electrical and Mechanical EngineringUniversity of UlsterFrequency Department electrical Dtection of Biological Events at Self Assembled Aligned Carbon Nanotube Arrays

£1,650

URB/01447/G Professor Mark E SmithDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of WarwickModern solid state NMR investigation of structural changes of a high purity clay with thermal processing

£1,160

URB/01449/G Dr Alex RogersBritish Antarctic SurveyUniversity of CambridgePopulation genetics and molecular systematics of southern ocean fish

£1,160

URB/01450/G Dr Martin MilnerSchool of BiologyUniversity of St AndrewsThe characteristation of new fly extract free imaginal dics cell lines from Drosophila melanogaster

£1,455

URB/01451/G Dr Peter HydonDepartment of Mathematics And StatisticsUniversity of SurreyMatrix construction for discrete symmetrics of differential equations

£1,450

URB/01453/G Professor Anthony GrahamMRC Centre for Developmental NeurobiologyKings College LondonThe formation of the neural crest derived cranial sensory ganglia

£1,240

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Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01455/G Professor Geoffrey Underwood

School of PsychologyUniversity of NottinghamRelating formal desciptions of images to patterns of inspections of scenes

£1,650

URB/01456/G Dr Rosanna RobinsonDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of HullTest for sexual selection in geographically isolated colour forms of Astatotilapia calliptera, the putative ancestor of the lake Malawi cichlid flock

£1,480

URB/01457/G Dr Peter ChapmanSchool of PsychologyUniversity of NottinghamInhibatory processes in memory for emotional material

£1,650

URB/01459/G Dr Richard ThompsonDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of DurhamSolvent accelerated polymer diffusion

£1,360

URB/01461/G Professor Susanna HouraniSchool of Biomedical and Molecular SciencesUniversity of Surreyexpression of adenosine A2A receptors in the brains of Pitx3-deficient mice

£1,650

URB/01463/G Dr Katie AlcockDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of LancasterLanguage and motor skills in children with learning disabilities

£1,650

URB/01464/G Dr Ian BurkeSchool of the EnvironmentUniversity of LeedsBiogeochemical behaviour of Arsenicin sediments

£1,650

URB/01466/G Dr Paul A DudchenkoDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of StirlingAnimal spatial cognition: an assessment of working memory span in the rodent

£1,650

URB/01467/G Dr Ian PulfordDepartment Environmental ChemistryUniversity of GlasgowAerial Dispersal of lead from an old mine site

£1,481

URB/01468/G Dr David CrundallSchool of PsychologyUniversity of NottinghamThe influence of negative facial expressions upon the attentional blink

£1,650

URB/01469/G Professor J Anne BrownSchool of Biological and Chemical SciencesUniversity of ExeterActivation and role of the newly discovered paracrine renin-angiotensin system in the fish kidney

£1,650

URB/01472/G Dr Michal LavidorDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of HullAssessment and implications of language dominance: a modular approach combining visual fields and transcranial magnetic stimulation(TMS)

£1,650

URB/01475/G Professor Andrew T SmithDepartment of PsychologyRoyal Holloway, University of LondonWhat is Beyond V3? Identifying the retintopic maps of the human visual cortex with functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI)

£1,550

URB/01476/G Dr Kenneth LongDepartment of PhysicsImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineDevelopment of quality control procedures for the MICE scintillating-fibre tracker

£1,750



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01477/G Dr Debbie Holmes

Department of Applied Sciences, Geography and ArchaeologyUniversity College WorcesterInvestigation of the effectiveness of Tea Tree Oil as a tropical antibacterial hand wash in comparison to triclosan hand wash

£1,052

URB/01478/G Professor John BarrettDepartment of Biological SciencesUniversity of Wales, AberystwythAn unusual enzyme from liver fluke

£1,360

URB/01480/G Professor Gurdyal S BesraSchool of BiosciencesUniversity of BirminghamBiochemical and molecular characteristics of MycR

£1,160

URB/01481/G Dr Jeremy TitmanSchool of ChemistryUniversity of NottinghamNMR studies of lithium diffusion in supersonic conducting battery materials

£1,450

URB/01482/G Dr Liam CoxSchool of ChemistryUniversity of BirminghamInvestigating the stereoselective allylation of ketones using a temporary silicon connection

£1,643

URB/01483/G Dr Jorge KohanoffSchool of Mathematics And PhysicsQueen's College BelfastQuantum nuclear effects on the structure and dynamics of solids

£1,650

URB/01487/G Dr Stephany BielloDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of GlasgowThe role of 5HT7 receptors in behavioural resetting of the circadian clock

£1,650

URB/01488/G Professor Stefan SchweinbergerDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of GlasgowInfluence of visual information on voice recognition

£1,360

URB/01492/G Dr Penka NikolovaSchool of health and Life SciencesKing's College LondonStructure-function studies of p53 cancer-associated mutations

£1,750

URB/01494/G Professor Robert SpellerDepartment of Medical Physics and BioengineeringUniversity College LondonTomopgraphic studies indiffraction enhanced breast imaging

£1,555

URB/01495/G Professor Stephen C FryInstitute of Cell and Molecular BiologyUniversity of EdinburghPossible alternative acceptor substrates for polysaccharide endotransglycosylase activities in the plant cell wall

£1,650

URB/01497/G Dr Michael BarkerSchool of Earth and Environmental SciencesUniversity of PortsmouthThree-dimensional reconstruction of skeletal and soft tissue morphology in exceptionally preserved fossil molluscs using serial sectioning and computer graphics

£1,360

URB/01498/G Professor Jonathan HirstSchool of ChemistryUniversity of NottinghamNeural network prediction of structural properties of proteins

£1,490

URB/01500/G Dr Christopher HowlsSchool of MathematicsUniversity of SouthamptonMathenatical modelling of spread bets

£1,160



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01501/G Dr Paul Harper

School of MathematicsUniversity of SouthamptonMathematical modelling of NHS booked admission systems: exploring the relationship between bed capacities, length of stay variability and booked admissions

£1,650

URB/01502/G Dr Owen D JonesSchool of MathematicsUniversity of SouthamptonModelling self-similar telecommunications data

£1,450

URB/01504/G Dr Jacek BrodzkiSchool of Mathematical SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonExplicit constructions of discrete Morse functions

£1,450

URB/01505/G Professor Tim SluckinSchool of MathematicsUniversity of SouthamptonComputational study of waves of advance with long-range dispersion kernals

£1,450

URB/01506/G Dr Gerard KennedySchool of MathematicsUniversity of SouthamptonResilience reverse minimisation by optimal asset-liability hypothecation

£1,450

URB/01508/G Dr Jane MemmottSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of BristolThe impact of sampling protocol on plant-pollinator network structure

£1,638

URB/01510/G Professor David F ParkerSchool of MathematicsUniversity of EdinburghFlexture, torsion and inflation of a pressurised, multi-layered elastic hose

£1,015

URB/01513/G Dr Geoffrey LloydSchool of Earth SciencesUniversity of LeedsPredicting flow properties of sedimentary rocks from petrofabric and seismic characteristics

£1,320

URB/01514/G Dr Kevin BrindleDepartment of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeThe role of nitric oxide in tumour growth and immune rejection

£1,650

URB/01519/G Dr Iain J McEwanSchool of Medical SciencesUniversity of AberdeenAnalysis of Androgen receptor-dependent gene regulation using site directed mutagenesis

£1,650

URB/01520/G Dr Polly L ArnoldDepartment of Inorganic ChemistryUniversity of NottinghamSynthesis of a vanadium carbene complex with an unusual electronic structure

£1,650

URB/01521/G Professor Ivan PowisDepartment of Physicsl ChemistryUniversity of NottinghamComputational studies of the photoelectron circular dichroism spectroscopy of chiral Bio-Molecules

£1,430

URB/01522/G Dr Keith HopcraftSchool of Mathematical SciencesUniversity of NottinghamFluctuations in mulitple immigration population models

£1,160

URB/01523/G Dr Francesca CaponDepartment of GeneticsUniversity of LeicesterAssociation analysis of a candidate gene for psoriasis susceptibility

£1,627



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01525/G Dr David Jenkins

Department of PhysicsUniversity of YorkEvaluation of nuclear rates relevant to nova explosions

£1,520

URB/01526/G Professor Margaret SnowlingDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of YorkThe effects of interventions to promote reading skills on children's reading

£1,380

URB/01527/G Dr Caroline AustinSchool of Cell and Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of NewcastleCloning, sequencing and bioinformatics analysis of in vivo topoisomerase II DNA binding sites isolated by chromatin immunoprecipitation (CHIP)

£1,450

URB/01528/G Dr Gerald LuettgenDepartment of Computer ScienceUniversity of YorkIntegrating databases into the synchronous paradigm for reactive-systems programming

£1,450

URB/01531/G Dr Karina J LinnellDepartment of PyschologyGoldsmiths CollegeWhere in the brain does the central attentional bias come from

£1,750

URB/01533/G Dr Nigel SmartDepartment to Computer ScienceUniversity of BristolInvestigation into exponetiation algorithms with a view to side channel analysis

£1,450

URB/01535/G Dr Helen White-CooperDepartment of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordPatterns and regulation of gene expression in Drosophilia testes, ovaries and early embryos

£1,650

URB/01536/G Dr Philip LarkmanDivision of NeuroscienceUniversity of EdinburghDoes hippocampus 5-HT1A-receptor sensitivity alter with age and MDMA (''Ecstasy'') treatment

£1,306

URB/01538/G Professor Stephen PriceDepartment of ChemistryUniversity College LondonLaboratory studies of the formation of molecular hydrogen on prototypical interstellar surfaces

£1,733

URB/01540/G Dr Costas FoudasDepartment of PhysicsImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineDevelopment of a first level tracking trigger for CMS at the super-LHC

£1,550

URB/01541/G Professor Nicholas HarrisonDepartment of ChemistryImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineA theoretical study of the vibrational modes in nanoscale titania

£1,550

URB/01542/G Dr Chang-Tsun LiDepartment of Computer ScienceUniversity of WarwickVideo integrity verification and authentication using fragile digital watermarking scheme

£1,650

URB/01543/G Dr Thomas MathesonDepartment of ZoologyUniversity of CambridgePlasicity of aimed movements in insects

£1,210

URB/01544/G Professor James SmithWellcome Trust/ Cancer Research UK Gurdon InstituteUniversity of CambridgeFunctional analysis of T-box transcription factors during embryogenesis

£1,343



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01546/G Dr Stephen Bell

MCR Cancer Cell UnitUniversity of CambridgeIdentification of novel MCM-interacting factors

£1,276

URB/01547/G Professor Sheena E RadfordSchool of Biochemistry and MicrobiologyUniversity of LeedsUsing mutagenesis to delineate the mechanism of beta2-microglobulin amyloidosis

£1,650

URB/01548/G Dr Joanne HamiltonInstitute of Biological SciencesUniversity of Wales, AberystwythMechanisms of schistosome resistance and suceptibility in Biophalaria glabrata - a functional proteomics approach

£1,650

URB/01549/G Professor Michael DoenhoffSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of Wales, BangorMolecular Characterization of a fibrino(gen)olytic enzyme in Schistosoma mansoni eggs

£1,650

URB/01550/G Dr Kamelia BoodhooSchool of Chemical Engineering and Advanced MaterialsUniversity of NewcastleOxygen transfer enhancement for high cell cultures in a porous rotating packed bed

£1,350

URB/01551/G Dr Janet QuinnSchool of Cell and Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of NewcastleConstruction of phosphorylation mutants in the candida albicans stress-activated protein kinase Hog1

£1,160

URB/01553/G Dr Sara SerenoDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of GlasgowHow and when does context affect word recognition

£1,650

URB/01557/G Professor Angela DouglasDepartment of BiologyUniversity of YorkNutrient variability and the feeding pattern of insect pests

£1,329

URB/01558/G Dr Gideon GroganDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of YorkCloning and expression of flavin monoxygenases from mycobacterium tubercolosis

£1,550

URB/01560/G Professor Tony KrierDepartment of PhysicsLancaster UniversityFree space optical communications in the mid-infared

£1,650

URB/01563/G Dr Philip DyerDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of DurhamRegioselective para-lithiation via steric control

£1,650

URB/01564/G Dr Sophie HuczynskaSchool of Mathematics and SatisticsUniversity of St AndrewsPermuting machines and groups

£1,160

URB/01565/G Dr Nik RuskucSchool of Mathematics an StatisticsUniversity of St AndrewsSubsemigroups of free groups

£1,160

URB/01566/G Professor David GrundyDepartment of Biomedical ScienceUniversity of SheffieldHydrogen sulphide: a pulative gaseous neurotransmitter modulating intestinal afferent nerve activity

£1,650



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01567/G Dr Somak Raychaudhury

School of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of BirminghamMotions of nearby galaxies -- how quiet is the neighbourhood

£1,450

URB/01570/G Dr Rodolfo MarquezSchool of Life SciencesUniversity of DundeeSynthesis of the anti-malarial agent boronolide

£1,600

URB/01571/G Dr A S PlautSchool of PhysicsUniversity of ExeterThe Anomalous hall effect in p-type semiconductors hetreojunctions

£1,360

URB/01572/G Dr Alistair MathieDepartment of Biological SciencesImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineFunctional properties and regulation of the neuronal two-pore domain potassium channels TREK-1 and TRAAK

£1,300

URB/01574/G Professor Matthew HolleyDepartment of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of SheffieldDifferentiation of mouse auditory sensory neurons

£1,360

URB/01575/G Dr Carlo De LilloSchool of PsychologyUniversity of LeicesterExecutive functions and hierarchical organisation in serial-spatial working memory: a study based on structured versions of the corsi task

£1,650

URB/01577/G Dr Michael J PontDepartment of EngineeringUniversity of LeicesterDesign and evaluation of a novel bus gaurdian distribution embedded systems

£1,340

URB/01580/G Dr Stephen GreenDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of ExeterRedox-polymer sensors; a pH-sensitive switch

£1,260

URB/01581/G Dr Ralph ShiellDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of SussexThe coherent evolution of ion-pair systems - quantum and classical calculations

£1,235

URB/01586/G Dr Tchavdar TodorovSchool of Mathematics and PhysicsQueen's University of BelfastTime-dependent tight-binding simulations of excited electron-ion dynamics

£1,650

URB/01587/G Dr Karl ColemanDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of DurhamChemical functionalization of carbon nanotubes

£1,360

URB/01588/G Dr Simon MortimerSchool of agricultural policy and developmentUniversity of ReadingEfficacy of soil conditioning by carbon amendments and plants to promote the creation of species- rich grasslands on ex-arable land

£1,645

URB/01589/G Dr Hugh BarrDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of YorkThe interaction of relativistically intense laser beams propagating in plasma

£1,450

URB/01590/G Dr Alexander WebbDepartment of Plant SciencesUniversity of CambridgeThe role of nitric oxide in the circadian signalling network of plants

£1,650



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01592/G Dr Christopher Thomas

School of Biochemistry and MircobiologyUniversity of LeedsPlasmid specificity of a staphylococcal mobilisation protein

£1,070

URB/01593/G Dr Martyn LucasSchool of Biological and Biomedical SciencesUniversity of DurhamSize related variations in spatial behaviour and habitat use of graying Thymallus thymallus

£1,260

URB/01596/G Dr William BrowneDepartment of CyberneticsUniversity of ReadingAbstraction in games playing algorithms

£1,450

URB/01597/G Dr Graham KirbySchool of computer ScienceUniversity of St AndrewsPeer-to-peer infrastructure for autonomic storage architectures

£1,450

URB/01598/G Dr Nicholas DunneSchool of Mechanical and Manufacturing EngineeringQueen's University of BelfastOptimisation of the mixing of polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA) bone cement for joint replacement surgery

£1,650

URB/01599/G Dr Andy GrahamDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of Wales, SwanseaNew synthetic routes to norcantharidin analogues as probes to understand the role of protein phosphatases in STAT6 modulation

£1,550

URB/01600/G Dr Emma LaingSchool of PsychologyCardiff UniversityReading development in individuals with Down Syndrome

£1,260

URB/01601/G Dr Anne C Ferguson-SmithDepartment of AnatomyUniversity of CambridgeEvolution of genomic imprinting in mammals - a comparative approach

£1,360

URB/01602/G Dr David CussansH.H.Willis Physics LaboratoryUniversity of BristolBuilding an affordable cosmic ray detector for education

£1,305

URB/01606/G Dr Andy KingComputing LaboratoryUniversity of Kent at CanterburyTighening Inequalities

£1,520

URB/01607/G Professor Simon ThompsonComputing LaboratoryUniversity of Kent at CanterburyHaRe as a platform for functional program transformations

£1,500

URB/01608/G Dr Dewi Wyn LewisDepartment of ChemistryUniversity College LondonIdentifying active site distributions in catalyts through e-science

£1,730

URB/01609/G Dr Kenneth WoodSchool of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of St AndrewsTheorectical laser light scattering spectroscopy simulation for the non-invasive early diagnosis of cervical neoplasia

£1,450

URB/01611/G Dr Guy S BewickSchool of Medical SciencesUniversity of AberdeenWhat is the role of synaptic-like vesicles in mechanosensory nerve endings

£1,070



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01612/G Dr David McPhail

Department of MaterialsImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineDevelopment of FIB SIMS based strategies for the analysis of interstellar dust collected by the stardust mission

£1,340

URB/01613/G Dr Jeremy FieldDepartment of BiologyUniversity College LondonEnvironmetal determination of social phenotype in halictine bees

£1,285

URB/01614/G Professor Philip G StrangeSchool of Animal & Microbial SciencesUniversity of ReadingAnalysis of G protein expression and signalling

£1,160

URB/01617/G Dr Steven TearDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of YorkGrowth of rare-earth silicides on silicon

£1,336

URB/01618/G Dr Michael WatkinsonDepartment of ChemistryQueen Mary, University of LondonInvestigation into the application of new manganese complexes in the asymmetric epoxidation of alkene substrates using an environmentally benign oidant

£1,750

URB/01619/G Dr Paul EadyDepartment of BiologyUniversity of LincolnFactors affecting the incubation period of birds

£1,545

URB/01621/G Dr Ellen PoliakoffDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of ManchesterThe effect of emotion on attention to vision and touch

£1,610

URB/01622/G Dr Daniel FaulknerDepartment of Earth & Ocean SciencesUniversity of LiverpoolElastic property development in variably factured rocks

£1,358

URB/01623/G Dr Nicola S ClaytonDepartment of Experimental PsychologyUniversity of CambridgeWhy do colonial rooks cache foods

£1,360

URB/01625/G Dr Joanna WorleySchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of East AngliaEffects of ADAM28 induction in THP-1 monocytic cell line on adhesion to endothelial cells

£1,353

URB/01627/G Professor Glyn HumphreysSchool of PsychologyUniversity of BirminghamControl of visual attention: The role of object names

£1,610

URB/01628/G Dr Andrea UtleySchool of Sport and Exercise ScienceUniversity of LeedsExtrinsic constraints on interliimb coupling in children with hemiplegic cerebral palsy

£1,450

URB/01629/G Dr Chang Hong LiuDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of HullThe role of active exploration of 3D face stimuli on encoding and retrieval of facial information

£1,650

URB/01634/G Dr Carl RedshawSchool of Chemical Sciences and PharmacyUniversity of East AngliaTowards environmetally friendly Vanadium-based catalyst systems

£1,550



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01635/G Professor David Hand

Department of MathematicsImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineSupervised classification for predicting optimal intervention

£1,550

URB/01638/G Dr Alice MauchlineDepartment of AgricultureUniversity of ReadingInteractions between seed predators and weed seeds: are volatile chemical signals involved

£1,631

URB/01639/G Professor Roger S WottonDepartment of BiologyUniversity College LondonMetabolism of organic matter in chalk streams

£1,020

URB/01640/G Dr John HaycookDepartment of Engineering MaterialsUniversity of SheffieldBiological evaluation of novel anti-inflammatory peptide-conjugates for bioactive materials

£1,650

URB/01641/G Dr Kenneth McCaffreyDepartment of Earth SciencesUniversity of DurhamBuilding 3D models of geological structures from integrated fieldwork and laser scanned outcrop data

£1,650

URB/01642/G Dr Julie HodgkinDepartment of Computing Science and MathematicsUniversity of StirlingExploring the role of decision support systems in service redesign

£1,450

URB/01643/G Dr Adrian BowyerDepartment of Mechanical EngineeringUniversity of BathRapid prototyping with electrical insulators and conductors

£1,650

URB/01646/G Dr Mark HodsonDepartment of Soil ScienceUniversity of ReadingInfluence of worm to soil ratio and soil volume on metal uptake by earthworms from contaminated soil

£1,650

URB/01647/G Dr Alan GangeSchool of Biological SciencesRoyal Holloway, University of LondonCan we produce endophyte fungal-free plants

£1,750

URB/01648/G Dr Kate CainDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of EssexReading skills in children with high levels of inattention and hyperativity

£1,493

URB/01649/G Dr Anthony BlazevichDepartment of Sport SciencesBrunel UniversityEffects of the duration of maximal muscle contractions on muscle stiffness in humans

£1,550

URB/01650/G Professor Michael ClemensDepartment of Basic medical SciencesSt George's Hospital Medical schoolInvestigation of the regulation of translation by the tumour suppressor protein p53 and DNA damaging agents in erythroleukaemia cells

£1,438

URB/01651/G Dr Scott JohnsonDepartment of Soil ScienceUniversity of ReadingDo root-feeding weevils follow each other when looking for food

£1,450

URB/01652/G Dr Andrew BeavilThe Randell CentreKing's College LondonA biophysical study of the asthma related interleukin-13 R130Q polymorphism

£1,550



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01656/G Dr Jan de Fockert

Department of PsychologyGoldsmiths CollegeDoes attentional capture truly involve attention

£1,595

URB/01660/G Dr David K SmithDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of YorkDesgn, synthesis and investigation of pre-organised selective receptors and sensors for anions

£1,650

URB/01661/G Professor Patricia KuwabaraDepartment of BiochemistryUniversity of BristolC. elegans flourescent markers for intracellular protein localisation

£1,650

URB/01662/G Dr Martin G RumsbyDepartment of BiologyUniversity of YorkDoes an actin polymerisation-driven protrusion mechanism drive ensheathment of axons by oligodendrocytes and Schwann cells at myelination

£1,650

URB/01663/G Dr Robert DominySchool of EngineeringUniversity of DurhamThe measurement and analysis of atmospheric unsteadiness close to the ground

£1,450

URB/01665/G Dr Andrew WestwellSchool of PharmacyUniversity of NottinghamSolid-phase synthesis of biomarkers for magnetic resonance imaging in Alzheimer's Disease

£1,360

URB/01669/G Professor Stephen SalterSchool of Engineering and ElectronicsUniversity of EdinburghDesign drawings of equipment to reduce the danger of flooding

£1,650

URB/01670/G Dr Corinne SpickettDepartment of BioscienceUniversity of StrathclydeDo mutations inToll-like receptor 4 (TLR4) alter the response to heat-killed bacteria

£1,350

URB/01671/G Dr Dominic DwyerDepartment of PsychologyCardiff UniversityEvaluative conditioning of visually presented foods using body shape as the US: effects of gender extinction

£1,650

URB/01674/G Dr Johanna van HooffDepartment of PyschologyUniversity of PortsmouthDetection of feigned amnesia using event-related brain potentials

£1,650

URB/01676/G Professor Patrick DohertyDepartment of Molecular NeurobiologyKing's College LondonInvestigation into factors regulating compartmentalisation of DAG lipases in neurons

£1,550

URB/01677/G Professor Peter SarreSchool of ChemistryUniversity of NottinghamAnalysis and chemical interpretation of astrophysical spectra of the interstellar medium

£1,610

URB/01678/G Dr Marcus J AllenDepartment of BiosciencesUniversity of KentCharacterisation of a new p150 homologue in Drosophila

£1,606

URB/01680/G Dr Christos MiasDepartment of EngineeringUniversity of WarwickFrequency selective, tunable absorbing sufaces for the microwaves spectrum

£1,650



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01682/G Dr Nigel Brand

National Heart and Lung InsituteImperial College of Science, Technology and MedicineChanges in transcription factor gene expression associated with heart failure: benefit of LVAD unloading of the heart

£1,360

URB/01684/G Dr Chris WelchSchool of EngineeringKingston UniversityOlfactory environment control systems for human spacecraft

£1,240

URB/01689/G Dr Christopher RichardsDepartment of ChemistryQueen Mary, University of LondonPlatinacycles for asymmetric catalysis

£1,595

URB/01692/G Dr Ian HendersonDivision of Immunity and InfectionUniversity of BirminghamDistribution and diversity of virulence-associated proteins among clinical and environmental isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

£1,650

URB/01693/G Dr Geraint ThomasDepartment of PhysiologyUniversity College LondonIsolation, identification and characterisation of ADP-ribosylation factor (ARF) kinases

£1,440

URB/01701/G Dr Joel TalcottDepartment of PsychologyAston UniversityExplaining variability in neural activity measured with MEG: an individual differences approach

£1,600

URB/01703/G Dr Pablo RomeroDepartment of InformaticsUniversity of SussexQualitative analysis of rich-data in computer program debugging

£1,450

URB/01704/G Dr Rona R RamsayCentre for Biomolecular SciencesUniversity of St AndrewsIs Histidine 340 the switch for malonyl-CoA sensitvity of peroxisomal carnitine octanoyltransferase

£1,650

URB/01705/G Professor Dallas SwallowDepartment of BiologyUniversity College LondonPolymorphism of a beta-glycosidase involved in metabolising dietary flavonoid Glycosides

£1,750

URB/01706/G Dr Robert P RayDepartment of Biology and Environmental ScienceUniversity of SussexGenetic and phenotypic characterization of Furin1, a candidate for the Drosophila BMP pro-protein convertase

£1,650

URB/01707/G Dr Daimark BennettDepartment of ZoologyUniversity of OxfordRegulation of RNA polymerase 11 by protein phosphatase 1

£1,595

URB/01708/G Dr Rachel A MillsSchool of Ocean and Earth ScienceUniversity of SouthamptonPreservation of biogenic silica in New Zealand shelf sea sediments

£1,650

URB/01710/G Dr Gail TaylorSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of SouthamptonElucidating genes involved in tolerance to drought and ozone

£1,650



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01711/G Professor Barry Hirst

School of Cell and Molecular BiosciencesUniversity of NewcastleRegulation of expression of glycine transporter GLYT1 isoforms by nutrients starvation and glycine supplementation in Caco-2-cells

£1,650

URB/01712/G Dr Claus JacobSchool of Biological and chemical SciencesUniversity of ExeterSythesis and electrochemistry of multi-catalyic anti-cancer agents

£1,350

URB/01724/G Dr Caroline SunderlandDivision of Sports ScienceNottingham Trent UniversityThe Kinematics of hockey specific movements and injury prevention

£1,305

URB/01725/G Professor Jonathan PercyDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of LeicesterDeveloping a route to novel diffluorinated cyclopentenones using accelerated claisen rearrangements and catalytic saegusa-ito cyclisation

£1,650

URB/01726/G Dr H B VoInstitute of Mathematics and Physical SciencesUniversity of Wales, AberystwythDo proton interaction aurora emissions show the kind of self-organised criticality relationships as electron interaction aurora emissions

£1,550

URB/01727/G Dr Stephen YoungDepartment of RheumatologyUniversity of BirminghamOxidative nano-switches and immune dysregulation in rheumatoid arthritis

£1,650

URB/01729/G Dr Ian EgglestonSchool of Life SciencesUniversity of DundeeSynthesis and evaluation of potential inhibitors of the glyoxylase pathway in leishmania manjor

£1,354

URB/01730/G Mr Mark DoughtyDepartment of Computing and InformaticsUniversity of LincolnCapturing the emotion of computer game players using standard game input technologies

£ 870

URB/01731/G Professor Gabrielle HawksworthDepartment of Medicine and TherapeuticsUniversity of AberdeenNephrotoxicity of cisplantinum analogues in rat and human proximal tubular cell cultures

£1,650

URB/01733/G Dr Christopher NesterCentre for Rehabilitation and Human Performance ResearchUniversity of SalfordInvestigation into shear forces under the sole of the foot

£1,450

URB/01734/G Professor Steve WoodSchool of Biological ScienceUniversity of SouthamptonInsulin amyloid recognition by serum amyloid p component

£1,552

URB/01735/G Dr James BloorResearch School of BiosciencesUniversity of KentMolecular genetic analysis of dispersed, a gene required for the integrity of the Drosophilia kidney

£1,650

URB/01736/G Dr Paul DupreeDepartment of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeA study of the subcellular localisation of Atflotillin, a possible plant membrane protein

£1,650



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01737/G Dr Mark Carrington

Department of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeFunction of a nuclear elF -4A

£1,650

URB/01739/G Dr Graham WoanDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of GlasgowBayesian evidence as a diagnostic for testing models of gravitational wave data

£1,450

URB/01740/G Dr Lyndsay FletcherDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of GlasgowAnalysis of the preflare phase of solar flares using soft X-ray data from the Yohkoh satellite

£1,160

URB/01742/G Dr Elizabeth M HillDepartment of Biology & Environmental ScienceUniversity of SussexBurial and persistence of oestrogens in river bed sediments-a preliminary investigation

£1,650

URB/01744/G Dr Jane LangdaleDepartment of Plant SciencesUniversity of OxfordThe role of GLK genes in chloroplast development

£1,360

URB/01745/G Professor Louis C MadadevanDepartment of BiochemistryUniversity of OxfordIntracellular signalling and gene regulation in mammalian cells: analysis of the effects of Thalidomide

£1,360

URB/01749/G Dr Ryan DonnellySchool of PharmacyQueen's University of BelfastPhotodynamc antimicrobial chemotherapy of onychromycosis pathogens

£1,616

URB/01752/G Dr Matt DavisMRC Cognition and Brain Sciences UnitUniversity of CambridgeNeural reorganisation associated with lexicalisation of novel spoken words

£1,650

URB/01753/G Dr Mark PfuhlDepartment of BiochemistryUniversity of LeicesterCloning and expression of fragments of the heart stress response protein MS1 - the start of a structure -function study

£1,650

URB/01755/G Professor Ekhard SaljeDepartment of Earth SciencesUniversity of CambridgeAnelasticity of domain microstructures of leucite at seismic frequencies

£1,450

URB/01757/G Dr Alexander D HopkinsUniversity Chemical LaboratoriescamInvestigations into new Zintl complex formation reactions

£1,650

URB/01758/G Dr Martyn P ColesDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of SussexInvestigation of the 'super-basic' properties of linked-bicyclic gaunidines

£1,360

URB/01759/G Dr Christopher HoweDepartment of BiochemistryUniversity of CambridgeNovel organization of chloroplast genes

£1,360

URB/01765/G Dr Mary ElliotSchool of GeoSciencesUniversity of EdinburghThe use of giant long-lived tropical marine bivalves (tridacna spp.) as archives of past climates

£1,070



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01766/G Professor Philip H Mellor

Department of Electrical and Electronic EngineeringUniversity of BristolElectro-machanical actuation of flight surfaces

£1,650

URB/01767/G Dr Edward BoltInstitute of GeneticsUniversity of NottinghamDNA repair in archaea: a newly identified ATP-dependent DNA flap-endonuclease

£1,160

URB/01768/G Dr Barrie KellumSchool of PharmacyUniversity of NottinghamSythesis and pharmacological evaluation of fluorescent PDE4 ligands; new molecular tools for understanding cell-signalling events implicated in asthma

£1,650

URB/01770/G Dr David BedfordDepartment of MathematicsKeele UniversityConstruction of combinatorial designs using heuristic algorithms

£1,592

URB/01775/G Professor David RickardSchool of Earth , Ocean and Planetary SciencesCardiff UniversityFossil bacteria in pyite

£1,650

URB/01780/G Dr Michael CarrollSchool of Natural SciencesUniversity of NewcastleCan DNA have a silicon based backbone? Silanediols as novel phosphodiester mimics

£1,588

URB/01783/G Dr Birgit HelmDepartment of Molecular biology and biotechnologyUniversity of SheffieldSite-directed Mutagenesis of Canine IgE

£1,650

URB/01786/G Professor Róbert Von Fáy-SiebenbürgenDepartment of Applied MathematicsUniversity of SheffieldSeismology of the solar atmosphere: Exploration of the golden age offered by the SOHO and TRACE satelite Missions

£1,650

URB/01787/G Dr Vitaly KudryavtsevDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of SheffieldSearch for dark matter using the NaIAD sodium iodide detector at Boulby Mine

£1,600

URB/01788/G Dr Dan ToveyDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of SheffieldDevelopment of offline reconstruction software for supersymmetry searches at ATLAS

£1,450

URB/01792/G Dr Peggy ShelbourneDivision of Molecular GeneticsUniversity of GlasgowMutation length variability within distinct cell types of Huntington's disease mouse cerebellum

£1,360

URB/01793/G Professor Myra NimmoDepartment of Applied PhysiologyUniversity of StrathclydeEffect of passive heating on the metabolic response to high intensity exercise

£1,650

URB/01794/G Dr John RiddellDivision of Neuroscience and Biomedical SystemsUniversity of GlasgowDoes the corticospinal tract contact inhibitory interneurones in the mammalian spinal cord

£1,160

URB/01796/G Professor Peter H KrophollerDepartment of MathematicsUniversity of GlasgowCreating aperiodic tilings of the plane with exotic rotational symmetry

£1,650



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01797/G Dr Jonathan Nimmo

Department of MathematicsUniversity of GlasgowPolynomial solutions of integrable systems and symmetric function theory

£1,650

URB/01799/G Dr Mark WilliamsDepartment of Cell BiologyUniversity of East AngliaRole of canonical Wnt signals in human colonic stem-progenitor cell proliferation and survival

£1,645

URB/01800/G Dr Netta CohenSchool of ComputingUniversity of LeedsEnhanced information extraction for event detection and automated decision modelling based on news-wire data

£1,550

URB/01801/G Dr Rik BrydsonInstitute for Materials ResearchUniversity of LeedsProduction and characterisation of single walled carbon nanotubes by chemical vapour deposition

£1,650

URB/01802/G Professor Bryan HickeyDepartment of Physics and AstronomyUniversity of LeedsPolarisation measurements by Andreev scattering

£1,650

URB/01805/G Dr Steve ArchibaldDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of HullNew sensors for mitochondrial function

£1,450

URB/01806/G Dr Catherine BattDepartment of Archeological SciencesUniversity of BradfordSourcing steatite from Viking Shetland

£1,650

URB/01808/G Dr Ross ColemanSchool of Biological SciencesUniversity of PlymouthEffects of copper on the ''keystone grazer'', Patella vulgata: An experiment rocky shore field study

£1,645

URB/01809/G Dr Stuart JenkinsMarine Biological AssociationLarval transport of Meroplankton: the role of vertical migration

£1,450

URB/01811/G Dr Colin HamiltonDivision of PsychologyUniversity of NorthumbriaThe contribution of posterior cortex and visual working memory processes to mathematical achievement

£1,650

URB/01814/G Professor Peter WinloveSchool of PhysicsUniversity of ExeterMechanisms of mechanotransduction in the pacinian corpuscle

£1,540

URB/01816/G Dr Lisa M SaksidaDepartment of Experimental PsychologyUniversity of CambridgeNeural mechanisms of visual object recognition memory

£1,650

URB/01817/G Dr Doreen ThompsonDepartment of PsychologyUniversity of StrathclydeObservational learning in toddlers: imitation and the role of prepotency

£1,070

URB/01821/G Dr Anna FengSchool of Mathematics and Information SciencesCoventry UniversityA PDA hosted emulator for a large, intelligent, wireless sensor array

£1,450



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01823/G Dr Mustak A Kaderbhai

Institute of Biological SciencesUniversity of Wales, AberystwythChaperoning factors involved in the targeting of cytochrome b5 to the endoplasmic reticulum

£1,650

URB/01825/G Dr Richard GraingerInstitute of Cell and Molecular BiologyUniversity of EdinburghUsing site-directed mutagenesis to investigate protein-protein interactions between Prp8p and Snu114p

£1,356

URB/01830/G Professor Ian BailiffDepartment of ArchaeologyUniversity of DurhamDevelopment of new techniques for dating archaeological ceramics based on spatially-resolved optically stimulated luminescence

£1,310

URB/01833/G Mr Quintin GeeSchool of Electronics and Computer ScienceUniversity of SouthamptonEntity location sevices

£1,450

URB/01836/G Professor Colin KleanthousDepartment of BiologyUniversity of YorkRedox homeostasis in the antibiotic-producing organism streptomyces coelicolor

£1,160

URB/01837/G Dr Richard BrazierDepartment of GeographyUniversity of SheffieldMeasuring the accuracy of computer models in representing erosion rates in an ephemeral stream after rainfall events

£1,450

URB/01842/G Dr Carlton BaughInstitute for Computational CosmologyUniversity of DurhamUnderstanding how star formation depends upon galaxy environment

£1,650

URB/01843/G Professor Kevin O'GradyDepartment of PhysicsUniversity of YorkEvaluation of pinholes in ultrathin alumina layers

£1,650

URB/01846/G Dr Spencer W ZieglerDepartment of Mechanical, Aerospace and ManufacturingUniversity of Manchester Institute of Science and TechnologyAutonomous exploration of a disaster area with mulit-agent robots

£1,625

URB/01850/G Dr Craig ButtsDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of ExeterSolvothermal synthesis in Ionic liquid solvents

£1,595

URB/01851/G Dr Yong YueDepartment of Computing and Information SystemsUniversity of LutonA study into the 3 dimensional packing problem

£1,550

URB/01852/G Dr Tahir PillayInstitute of Cell SignallingUniversity of NottinghamRole of the APS adaptor protein in ubiquitination of insulin receptor signalling components

£1,360

URB/01856/G Dr Cornelia H de MoorCentre for Biochemistry and Cell BiologyUniversity of NottinghamUsing an shRNA gene library knockdown screen to investigate phagocytosis of bacterial pathogens

£1,650



Application Ref. Supervisor/Institution/Project AwardURB/01858/G Dr Sebastian Brandner

Division of NeuropathologyUniversity College LondonAnalysis of transgenic mice with targeted deletions of Rb and p53 in subventricular stem cells

£1,750

URB/01859/G Dr Jonathan LawryDepartment of Engineering MathematicsUniversity of BristolFuzzy agents for modelling autonomy in unmanned air vehicles (UAVs)

£1,600

URB/01860/G Dr Timothy BatesSchool of Biomedical SciencesUniversity of NottinghamInvestigation of the effects of temperature on mitochondrial function

£1,360

URB/01870/G Dr John SiderovDepartment of Optometry and Ophthalmic DispensingAnglia Polytechnic UniversityUse of crowded Kay pictures to measure the vision of pre-school children

£ 958

URB/01871/G Dr Gillian M GreenwayDepartment of ChemistryUniversity of HullA novel photonic reporting systems for electrochemical arrays in microfluidic systems

£1,450

URB/01877/G Dr Terence P KeeSchool of ChemistryUniversity of LeedsProbing the ''Phosphonate Hypothesis'' in pre-biotic chemistry. A new slant on the origins-of-life.

£1,360


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