About the Grant
A student bursary to support Year 1 and Year 2 medical and dental students to carry out a research project in pathology during vacation periods.
Up to £220 per week, with a maximum of £1,100 per student (equivalent to a 5 week placement)
Who is eligible?
Research-active, medically qualified, Consultant Pathologists or Clinical Lecturers (or local equivalent), who are members of the Pathological Society and in a substantive or honorary post at a University or Research Institute
Deadline Dates
Applications are open any time from 1 January - 31 October and are reviewed on a rollling basis.
Applications must be submitted at least 6 week before the proposed start date of the project
How do I apply?
Projects funded from the JSPS Summer Studentships
2021
Solitary fibrous tumour, a rare soft tissue tumour - Emily Rose Hepburn / Prof Adrienne Flanagan
Multiplex immunoflyorescence and deep learning analysis to study the tumour microenvironment landscape in biopsies of relapsed and non-relapsed follicular lyphoma patients - Victoria Ngai / Prof Teresa Marafioti
Characterisation Of Spread Through Air Spaces As A Cause Of Recurrence In Non-small Cell Lung Cancer - Sumayyah Imran / Dr David Moore
The potential of CD47 as a therapeutic target for treatment of marginal zone lymphomas (MZL) - Sam Chamberlain-Keen / Prof Teresa Marafioti
The Presence of Macrophages, both M1 and M2 Sub-types, in Colorectal Tumours and their effect on Patient Outcome - Supervisor Dr Manuel Rodriguez-Justo
Use of Machine Learning to Risk Stratify Solitary Fibrous Tumours - Matthew D'Costa / Prof Adrienne Flanagan
CSF Cytology Changes before and during the Covid-19 pandemic - Vaishnavi Sabarigirivasan / Dr Ash Merve
DSTORM Imaging of Receptor Signalling in Epithelia and Immune Cells in Human Bowel Cancer - Jennifer Glass / Dr Debamita Bhattaccharjee and Prof Philip Quirke, Leeds
Identification Of Methylation-specific Markers In Chordoma - Calum Connolly / Prof Adrienne Flanagan, UCL
Bioinformatics Analysis of Histopathological Variables in Melanoma Patients to Determine Prognostic Significance Nekmee Gunasekera / Prof Somaia ElSheikh
Investigating a Surrogate Marker to Distinguish Astrocytomas and Oligodendrogliomas Alex Matthews / Prof Kathreena Kurian, Bristol
Exploration of the T-cell Differentiation Landscape in Soft Tissue Sarcoma Using a Transcriptional Signature Julia Bylinska / Dr Nischalan Pillay and Dr Shade Hames, UCL
2020
3D Reconstruction of Pig Liver Following High Intensity Focused Ultrasound (HIFU) Arif Hanafi Bin Jalal/Prof Quaglia UCL