2014 participants

Elizabeth Johnston

  • BA (Hons) Geography
  • Community-led housing: exploring the evidence and raising awareness of pioneer projects in the North East.

Naeem Adam & Emma Walshaw

  • BDS
  • Newcastle University Expedition 2014: Patients Valuation of Preventative Dentistry in Porto Alegre, Brazil

Laura Misch

  • BA Media, Communication and Culture
  • Activism and new media: Exploring activist’s engagement with digital technologies during the Gezi park protests in

Samuel Tingle

  • MBBS
  • The effect of anti-hypertensive medication on pancreatic cancer

Chinedu Agwu

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • How does the telomerase protein TERT travel into the mitochondria - always via the nucleus?

Shobana Anapalakhan

  • MBBS
  • The role of inhibitory interneurons in the prefrontal cortex of patients with post-stroke dementia and other dementias

Sasha-Marhys Antoine

  • Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Investigating the protomap hypothesis in the primate cerebral cortex; EPH A receptor expression

Elena Armstrong

  • Bsc (Hons) Psychology
  • Identifying behavioural phenotypes of individuals with Delayed Sleep Phase Disorder (DSPD)

Richard Ashby

  • BEng Mechanical Engineering
  • XPS (X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy) Energy Calibration

Abraham Attah

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Validation of target genes of the leukaemic fusion gene MLL/AF4

Dalvir Bajwa

  • MBBS
  • Does anatomy knowledge deteriorate through medical school? A literature review, pilot study and future study design

Laura Barlow

  • Bsc (Hons) Zoology
  • Measuring environment enrichment adequacy in pigs for farm inspections

Mila Batacchi

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Validation of candidate disease-causing variants in children with primary immunodeficiency

Shane Bell

  • BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
  • The effect of “spice” on human stem cell survival

Rikki Bobal

  • MBBS
  • Do novel rho-kinase inhibitor drugs alter the cell cycle duration of HeLa cells, and through what mechanism do they achieve this?

Luke Bradley

  • Beng (Hons) Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Two Dimensional semiconductors – beyond graphene

Yazead Buhidma

  • BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
  • Treating cognitive deficits associated with nicotine withdrawal in rats

Olivia Butters

  • MMath (Hons) Mathematics
  • Cellular Automata Models of Volcanism

Lin Chew

  • MBBS
  • The molecular genetic basis of mitochondrial complex I deficiency

Jas Min Chin

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Does localisation of DAP3 in the cytosol act as a trigger for apoptosis?

Kathleen Christie

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
  • Investigating the Role of Rho Kinase in Cardiomyocytes during Heart Development

Bethany Currie

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
  • Use of methylation profiling to identify genes involved in relapse in adult ALL

Andrew Dale

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Lipopolysaccharide binding site of the antibacterial toxin Colicin N

Carys Davies

  • Bsc (Hons) Biochemistry
  • Structural studies of proteins associated with C. difficile pathogenicity

Jake De Thier

  • BSc (Hons) Biology (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
  • Identification of Novel Insect Control Molecules for Development of Biopesticides

Hayley Donnelly

  • BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
  • Suitably Skilled? Matching Bioscience Graduate Skill and Employers Expectations.

Lucy Durrer

  • BA (Hons) History
  • Crime and Women in Colonial India: Society and Gender Roles, 1900-20

Helen Earnshaw

  • Bsc (Hons) Zoology
  • Does nicotine enhance olfactory learning and memory in the honeybee?

Jack Eklid

  • Bsc (Hons) Physiological Sciences
  • Quantification of Cox4 in the prefrontal cortex in post-stroke, vascular, and other ageing related dementias

Justin Engelbert

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Control of pronuclear migration and fusion in sea urchin eggs by CaMII Kinase

Hannah Fuller

  • Bsc (Hons) Biochemistry
  • The effects of Skp2 N-terminal post-translational modification on its interactions with CDK2/cyclin A

Teresa Man Pui Fung

  • MBBS
  • Investigating the Level of mtDNA Carryover in Mitochondrial Replacement Embryos

Annika Gaiani

  • Bsc (Hons) Pyschology
  • Do the watching eyes enhance people’s pro-social behaviour? Does gaze and gender of eyes affect the probability of donating in a museum setting?

Matthew Gale

  • MBBS
  • Identification of genetic risk factors for drug-induced liver injury

Grace Gardner

  • Bsc (Hons) Food Marketing and Nutrition
  • Consumer perceptions of seaweeds in Southeast Asia

James Gibson

  • MEng Electrical & Electronic Engineering
  • Establishing and assessing a GNSS reflectometry tide gauge in North Shields

Andy Wei Shen Goh

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Mitochondrial Dysfunction and Chemotherapeutic Induced Peripheral Neuropathy (CIPN)

William Herbert

  • Bsc (Hons) Psychology
  • Visual perception in the praying mantis

Thomas Hopper

  • Mchem (Hons) Chemistry
  • STM investigations of nanoscale materials

Jin Hui Hor

  • BSc (Hons) BioChemistry
  • Title: Developing nanomaterial based drug delivery system to compact drug resistant bacteria

Harriet Howard

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Relationship of secretagogin and neurogenesis with increasing AD pathology

Rachel Hubbard

  • Bsc (Hons) Biology
  • The role of β-amylase 9 in starch degradation in the CAM plant Kalanchoe fedstchenkoi

Gideon Hurwitz

  • BA (Hons) Business Management
  • The mantra of "food miles": will sourcing locally-produced food save the planet?

Mohammad Hussain

  • BEng Mechanical Engineering
  • Investigation of sputtering of organic semiconductors and other soft materials.

Joseph Hutchinson

  • MBBS
  • A student partner approach for strategic design and evidence-based evaluation of e-learning technologies for utilising a novel ORDER artistic learning process in anatomy education

Rebecca Jordan

  • Bsc Biology (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
  • Carbon assimilation in plants under stressful and changing environment

Sin Yin Kee

  • Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Assessing the contribution of KMT5A phosphorylation to AR signalling in prostate cancer

Ashni Khetarpal

  • MBBS
  • “Unconventional” NK cells in the uterus: What do they do?

Atousa Khiabany

  • MSc Biomedical Sciences
  • Validating KDM3A as a novel target for breast cancer therapy

Katie Khong

  • Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • How does the Assisting Hand Assessment relate to relative upper limb movement measured by actigraphy in children with hemiplegia?

Ilias Konstantinou

  • BEng Mechanical Engineering
  • Statistical analysis of vorticity transport in turbine premixed flames

Harriet Lane

  • Bsc (Hons) Biochemistry
  • Understanding fructan breakdown by key members of the human gut microbiota

Siobhan Lister

  • Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Does gastro-oesophageal reflux contribute to cystic fibrosis lung disease?

Felix Liu

  • MBBS
  • The Role of Dominant-negative Mutations on the Autoimmune Regulator (AIRE) gene in Sporadic Addison’s Disease

McKenzie Lloyd-Smith

  • BA (Hons) Business Management
  • Developing a Visualisation Tool for a broader insight into the Student Experience

Suzanne Maguire

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Is a preference for sons skewing the sex ratio in India?

Alexander Martin

  • MBBS
  • High serum levels of IL-8 may be responsible for excessive fatigue in female carriers of X-linked Chronic Granulomatous Disease

Christopher McCusker

  • BSc Biology (Cellular and Molecular Biology)
  • Development and Production of Novel Biopesticides

James Metcalfe

  • BA History and Archaeology
  • The Life and Times of the British Far Right: Why has there been no dominant far right in the UK of significance in the last century?

Jonathan Mulligan

  • MComp Computer Science (Game Engineering)
  • Rollercoaster Simulation for use with Autistic Subjects

Rachel Norman

  • BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
  • Screening of siRNA formulations for potential leukaemia treatments

Osinachi Nwankwo

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Defining copper pools in a model eukaryote

Anita Ofuru

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
  • Identification of Aβ subtypes in DLB and PDD

Nicole Ong

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Does mutant telomerase decrease oxidative stress and protects mitochondria?

William Pickering

  • BA History and Archaeology
  • The North East Coast Industries Exhibition, Newcastle – upon – Tyne 1929: an interdisciplinary investigation.

Andrew Pitkeathley

  • BA (Hons) Business Management
  • What is the future strategic direction of CRM for HEIs? A qualitative study

Ross Purcell

  • BA (Hons) English Literature
  • An Enhanced Catalogue of the Nineteenth Century Novels Collection, Robinson Special Collections

Maithili Raju

  • MBBS
  • Improving the effectiveness of written communication between paediatric oncologists, primary care and long-term survivors. A pilot study.

Hannah Reeve

  • BA (Hons) History
  • Graveyard Matters: Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century gravestones in Yorkshire and Gloucestershire

Miriam Ridley

  • BA (Hons) Geography
  • Beyond the gender binary: Exploring the spatial nature of the production, understanding, making and unmaking of gender identities within educational sites.

Connor Rogerson

  • Bsc (Hons) Biochemistry
  • Does the RNA surveillance machinery ensure integrity of non-coding RNAs?

Lefkios Van Rooij

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Surface modified nanoparticles as vectors to deliver therapeutic agents through mucus layers

Eve Rose

  • Bsc (Hons) Psychology
  • How and why do watching eyes enhance pro-social behaviour?

Jessica Ryan

  • Bsc (Hons) Economics & Mathematics
  • Morphology of random fields: application to interstellar neutral hydrogen

Oliver Scott

  • MEng Mechanical Engineering with Bioengineering
  • D-parameters: Development of program to automate Sp2:Sp3 Carbon analysis of XPS image

Chileleko Siachisumo

  • MSci Biomedical Sciences
  • The Cell Cycle Control

Abigail Smith

  • MSci Biomedical Sciences
  • Functional analysis of the osteoarthritis susceptibility mapping to the gene NCOA3

Nicholas Smith

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • Understanding the molecular mechanisms of neurodegeneration in mitochondrial disease

Thomas Sparke & Rachel-Louisa Gardener

  • MSc Tropical Coastal Management
  • Newcastle University Expedition 2014: The Relationship between coral reef complexity and fish communities, Bonaire

Shaun Stevens

  • MChem (Hons) Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
  • Exploring the use of Heteroatom Donor Functionalised Polymer Immobilised Ionic Liquids for the Stabilisation of Palladium Nanoparticle: Application in Catalysis

Jonathan Stockton

  • MSci Biomedical Sciences
  • Characterisation of putative circulating macrophages by Imaging Flow Cytometry

Catherine Stockwell

  • BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Sciences
  • Comparing the consistency of speech sounds in children with different types of cerebral palsy

Gokulan Suthermaraj

  • MBBS
  • A student partner approach for strategic design and evidence-based evaluation of a novel ORDER artistic learning process for skill development in interpretation of clinical imaging

Winnie Hii Siew Sze

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Nano- Carriers for Vaccinating Fish

Winnie Hii Siew Sze

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • In Vitro and In Vivo Evaluation of Nano- Carriers for Vaccinating Fish

Charankumal Thandi

  • MBBS
  • A student partner approach for strategic design and evidence-based evaluation of a novel ORDER artistic learning process for acquisition and retention of anatomical knowledge

Charankumal Thandi

  • MBBS
  • A student partner approach for strategic design and evidence-based evaluation of a novel ORDER artistic learning process for acquisition and retention of anatomical knowledge

Lauren Tough

  • BSc Cell & Molecular Biology
  • The interaction of a biological control agent (Trichoderma harzianum T-22) and the spot blotch pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana in barley leaves.

Lauren Tough

  • BSc Cell & Molecular Biology
  • The interaction of a biological control agent (Trichoderma harzianum T-22) and the spot blotch pathogen Bipolaris sorokiniana in barley leaves.

Beata Tutajewska

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
  • Vascular smooth muscle cell fate in spiral artery remodelling in early human pregnancy’

Beata Tutajewska

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
  • Vascular smooth muscle cell fate in spiral artery remodelling in early human pregnancy’

Naomi Uziel

  • MChem (Hons) Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
  • [18F]T807: A tau selective radioligand for PET imaging of neurodegenerative disease

Naomi Uziel

  • MChem (Hons) Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry
  • [18F]T807: A tau selective radioligand for PET imaging of neurodegenerative disease

Vanessa Williams

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
  • Use of methylation profiling to identify genes involved in relapse in adult ALL

Vanessa Williams

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
  • Use of methylation profiling to identify genes involved in relapse in adult ALL

Wai Wong

  • BSc (Joint Honours) Mathematics and Psychology
  • Application of Inertial Measurement Units in Controlling of a Prosthesis Hand

Wai Wong

  • BSc (Joint Honours) Mathematics and Psychology
  • Application of Inertial Measurement Units in Controlling of a Prosthesis Hand

Hannah Woodward

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • The regulation of the tumour suppressor p53 by ribosome biogenesis

Hannah Woodward

  • BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
  • The regulation of the tumour suppressor p53 by ribosome biogenesis

Ting-Ya Yang

  • MBBS
  • Developing a typology for the use of music in dementia care

Ting-Ya Yang

  • MBBS
  • Developing a typology for the use of music in dementia care

Catriona Waktare

  • BSc (Hons) Psychology
  • Can ‘watching eyes’ influence punishment behaviour?

Catriona Waktare

  • BSc (Hons) Psychology
  • Can ‘watching eyes’ influence punishment behaviour?

Thomas Wilson

  • MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
  • 3D Controlled Deposition of Nano Materials for X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Thomas Wilson

  • MEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
  • 3D Controlled Deposition of Nano Materials for X-ray Photoelectron Spectroscopy

Greta Wood

  • MBBS
  • What evidence is there for the use of silver sulfadiazine in the treatment of burns?

Greta Wood

  • MBBS
  • What evidence is there for the use of silver sulfadiazine in the treatment of burns?

Hyun Woo Yu

  • MBBS
  • Exploring circulating biomarkers in patients with hepatocellular cancer

Hyun Woo Yu

  • MBBS
  • Exploring circulating biomarkers in patients with hepatocellular cancer