Students' achievements
We strongly encourage students to undertake exciting and ground breaking research which will lead to high impact publications. Indeed, the majority of the students on our programme produce published work in their PhDs. Many of these papers are in top quality journals. A few highlights are indicated below.
Leznicki, P., Clancy, A., Schwappach, B. & High, S. (2010) Bat3 promotes the membrane integration of tail-anchored proteins. J Cell Sci. 123, 2170-8.
Dickerson J.E., Pinney J.W. and Robertson D.L. (2010) The biological context of HIV-1 host interactions reveals subtle insights into a system hijack. BMC Systems Biology 4, 80.
Panagiotaki, N., Dajas-Bailador, F., Amaya, E, Papalopulu, N. and Dorey, K (2010) Characterisation of a new regulator of BDNF signalling, Sprouty3, involved in axonal morphogenesis in vivo. Development 137, 4005-15.
Gurden MD, Holland AJ, van Zon W, Tighe A, Vergnolle MA, Andres DA, Spielmann HP, Malumbres M, Wolthuis RM, Cleveland DW, Taylor SS. (2010) Cdc20 is required for the post-anaphase, KEN-dependent degradation of centromere protein F. J Cell Sci. 123:321-30.
Boros, J., Donaldson, I.J., O’Donnell, A., Odrowaz, Z., Zeef, L., Lupien, M., Meyer, C.A., Liu, X.S., Brown, M. and Sharrocks, A.D. (2009) Elucidation of the Elk-1 target gene network reveals a role in the coordinate upregulation of core components of the basal transcription machinery. Genome Research, 19, 1963-73.
Roboti, P., Swanton, E. and High, S. (2009) Differences in endoplasmic reticulum quality control determine the cellular response to disease-associated mutants of proteolipid protein. J. Cell Sci. 122, 3942-3953.
Other achievements
In addition to working in the lab, we encourage students on the programme to participate in broader scientific discussion with the scientific community and the lay public. Students regularly participate in international conferences and contribute to the public awareness of science. Examples include:
Boyan Bonev - Faculty of Life Sciences Research Symposium - award for best poster (from approx 100 posters)
Kirsty Roach - "CellSlam 2006" prize (public speaking) ASCB (American society for cell biology)
Pawel Leznicki - Second prize for best oral presentation. 2009. North of England Cell Biology Meeting, York