THIS SCHEME HAS NOW CLOSED FOR APPLICATIONS
Thanks to funding from UKRI-BBSRC and in partnership with the Physics of Life Network (PoLNET), the Royal Microscopical Society, Institute of Physics, and the Black in Plant Science Network, we were delighted to offer 15 Summer Studentship placements lasting 4-6 weeks in July and August 2025.
Who was eligible?
These Studentships were designed to promote the social mobility of Undergraduate Students studying at a UK University. We applied widening participation eligibility criteria when we screened the applications. Successful students were selected based on enthusiasm for their subject and reasons for doing a studentship.
What we offered
- Stipend for 5 - 6 weeks equivalent to the UK Living Wage
- A generous consumables budget to carry out the research
- Access to valuable research and technical experience
Our 15 undergraduates and their Summer Studentship reports:
- Student: Anna D'Anna / Host organisation: University of Roehampton – Whitelands College / Project title: Role of WASP in EMT
AnnaD'AnnaReport.pdf
- Student: Amy Raper / Host organisation: Advanced Imaging Centre, Cambridge / Project title: Imaging, manipulating and measuring HeLa cells
AmyRaperReport.pdf
- Student: Charlotte Todd / Host organisation: University of Durham Biosciences Department, Durham / Project title: Expanding our knowledge on Expansion microscopy: Visualising Cancer cell markers and Cell-in cell structures in H1299 Cells
CharlotteToddReport.pdf
- Student: Daisy Porter / Host organisation: Warwick Medical School, Mechanochemical Cell Biology Building (MCBB) / Project title: User-Friendly Deconvolution Techniques for Advanced Microscopy
DaisyPorterReport.pdf
- Student: Emma Watts / Host organisation: University of Roehampton / Project title: Role of WASP in EMT
EmmaWattsReport.pdf
- Student: Fatema Kharbotli / Host organisation: MRC Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, John Radcliffe hospital, University of Oxford / Project title: Investigating the Effect of NF1 Loss on Spermatogonial Stem Cells in a Mouse Model
FatemaKharbotliReport.pdf
- Student: Flora Manu-Fofie / Host organisation: University of Sheffield / Project title: How do plants reduce leaf growth at low humidity
FloraManuFofieReport.pdf
- Student: Innis Abdulla / Host organisation: University of Nottingham / Project title: Silken Secrets: Revealing Spider Webs with Electron Microscopy
Innis_AbdullaReport.pdf
- Student: James Harker / Host organisation: Department of Biology, University of York / Project title: Super-Resolved Mapping of DNA Nanostar Hydrogels Reveals Ionic Modulation of Network Architecture
JamesHarkerReport.pdf
- Student: Kacey Love / Host organisation: Babraham Institute, Cambridge / Project title: Assessing Microscopy Methods to Study Localisation of Coilin and SMN proteins in Mammalian cells
KaceyLoveReport.pdf
- Student: Mia Johnson / Host organisation: Newcastle University / Project title: Investigating Environmental Microbes in Newcastle Using Nanopore Sequencing
MiaJohnsonReport.pdf
- Student: Nazmul Hasan / Host organisation: The Diamond Light Source, Oxfordshire / Project title: Correlating X-ray Techniques for Cellular Imaging to Model the Uptake and Distribution of Drug-like Molecules
NazmulHasanReport.pdf
- Student: Noir Tucker / Host organisation: University of Bristol / Title of project: Manipulating miR156 to control vegetative phase change in Camelina sativa
NoirTuckerReport.pdf
- Student: Ramy Abaker / Host organisation: University of Edinburgh / Project title: Building an AI-driven multiscale whole organism imaging workflow
- Student: Katie Clarke / Host organisation: King's College London / Project title: Modulating pulmonary lymphatics to improve lung health