2019 participants
2019 Participants
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Agatha Chu
- MBBS
- How does hearing loss contribute to cognitive decline?
Anna Kalish, Katie Berry, Hannah Cowie, Anya Hawkins and Lucy McAdam
- BSc (Hons) Geography / BSc (Hons) Physical Geography
- Newcastle Greenland Expedition 2019
Meilin Song
- BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- Learning from trees: do we get dirtier air in the Winter time because trees shed their leaves?
Jennifer McFarlane, Lauren Barnes, Lydia Crabtree and Alex Lowe
- BSc & MSci Biology (Ecology and Conservation) / BSc Applied Plant Science
- Newcastle University Peru Expedition 2019: Investigating the Flora and Fauna of Manu National Park
James English, Megan Picken, David Warnes and Harry Williams
- BSc (Hons) Geography/ BSc (Hons) Physical Geography
- Newcastle University Russia Expeditions 2019: Reconstructing environmental conditions in the Sayan Mountains, Siberia, Russia.
Kemi Adediran
- BA (Hons) Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
- Race, Place and Memory
Sharmin Ahmed
- MBBS
- Exploring the relationship between early childhood adversity, linguistics and mental health disorders
Mohammed Ahmar Ali
- BA (Hons) Sociology
- From Rap to Trap
Keaan Amin
- MBBS
- Can Machine Learning Identify Patients with iAMP21, a High Risk of Tumour Relapse Subtype of Childhood Acute Lymphoblastic Leukaemia?
Elliot Aspery
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- The Impact of Antibiotic Use On Microbial Behaviour During Urinary Tract Infection Associated Clinical Trials
Sam Bailey
- BA (Hons) English Literature
- When is pornography not pornography? A new approach to Love Letters between a late nobleman and the famous Mr Wilson (1723)
Alfie Baines
- BSc (Hons) Mathematics and Statistics
- Historic unsolved cipher: Kryptos
Henry Baker
- MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- Investigating the fluidisation and behaviour of dry cohesive powders in axially rotating drums.
Jo Baker
- BSc (Hons) Speech and Language Sciences
- Early speech and language: A comparison of outcomes for children with cleft palate with and without Robin Sequence (RS)
Jenny Banton
- BA (Hons) History and Archaeology
- Feminising the Orient: The Use of Chinese Wallpaper in 18th and 19th English Country Houses
Laura Barlow
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Professional Placement
- To Further Investigate the Reliability and Acceptability of the CsCOT in the Early Years as a Tool for Supporting the Oral Language Classroom Environment
Louise Baxandall
- Msci Biomedical Genetics
- Targeting the WIP1/PPM1D Oncoprotein for potentiation of p53-dependent therapies in neuroblastoma
Ella Bending
- BA (Hons) Media, Communication & Cultural Studies
- “Breaking up and being dumped”: Exploring young men, masculinity and partner initiated relationship dissolution on digital platforms
Felix Bijoy
- BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
- Investigating chronic inflammation as a driver of pain following total knee replacement
George Blackwell
- BA (Hons) Ancient History and Archaeology
- She’s Got It: A Comparison of Personal Ornamentation between Gravettian ‘Venus’ Figurines and Burials
Joshua Bonacorsi
- Bsc (Hons) Biochemistry
- Role of de novo mutations in genetic male infertility
David Bradford
- BSc (Hons) Chemistry
- Synthesis and Characterisation of DNA Component Nanomaterials from Silver/Gold/Copper nanoparticles.
Philippa Mcleod-Brown
- MArch Architecture
- Hygrospores: programming hygromorphic bacteria for architectural applications
Netanya Aarabi Canagarajah
- MBBS
- Does mitochondrial dysfunction in skeletal muscle stem cells drive sarcopenia in people ageing with HIV?
Ian Rye-Carriegas
- BSc (Hons) Physics
- Investigating the effects of solar intensity on ionic conductivity in lead iodide perovskite thin films.
Laura Chambers
- BSc (Hons) Speech & Language Sciences
- Storytelling after right-sided stroke: Using real-time speech measures to identify the deficit
Stephen Chan
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Comparison of matrix deposition and biomechanical responses in tissue engineered cartilage model of musculoskeletal ageing
Jeremy Jie En Cheong
- MBBS
- Evaluation of an anatomy education MOOC
Ugo Chira
- BSc (Hons) Economics
- The socio-economic effects of gentrification by studentification in UK cities: the case of Newcastle upon Tyne and Durham
Hong Hong Chong
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- The importance of mitochondrial DNA population variation in the expression of mtDNA mutations
Rebecca Chungath
- MBBS
- Understanding the relationship between muscle energetics and physical performance in older people – analysis of data from the ALFIE randomised controlled trial
Alex Coburn
- BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
- Discovering a new drug to treat Renal Disease
Anastasia Cockerill
- BA (Hons) Architecture
- The development of a mycelium based functionally graded material
Daniel Codd
- BEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- Intensified carbon capture using adsorption with potential uses in industry
Joseph Crafton
- MBBS
- Designing and developing robust digital resources and assessment tools to enhance and test the short- and long-term retention of complex anatomical knowledge across the healthcare sciences.
Levi Croom
- BA Combined Honours
- How far we have come! : Can contemporary international relations theories explain the actions of the Greek city state actors in the ancient world?
Sarah Cudworth
- BSc (Hons) Physiological Sciences
- Collection, analysis and presentation of ‘real life’ physiological data for use in teaching, engagement and outreach activities to promote Newcastle University and enhance student’s learning
Kirsten Baillie
- MSci Biomedical Sciences
- Biological roles of Type VII substrate proteins in Staphylococcus aureus
Odeta Bondarevaite
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
- Altered association of RAB39B with pathological protein aggregates in idiopathic neurodegenerative disease
Charlotte Cummings
- MChem with Hons in Chemistry
- Developing new OLED technology: An investigation into Excition-Plasmon coupling
Brigid Davidson
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Memorising chromatin structure in mitosis
James Davidson
- BSc (Hons) Earth Science
- The Daily Grind: Glaciers and ice sheets as pressurized mechanochemical reactors
Isabella Davies
- MBBS
- Improving Health Promotion for Childhood Cancer Survivors in Long-Term Follow-Up Care
Zoe Dunnett
- BSc (Hons) Biology (Ecology and Conservation)
- Determining and comparing levels of herbivory across planted, ecologically restored and pristine mangrove forests in Northern Sulawesi, Indonesia
Jake Elliot
- BSc (Hons) Physiological Sciences
- Building a library of engagement and teaching material based on ‘real life’ physiological data to promote Newcastle University and enhance student’s learning
Rowan English
- BA (Hons) Archaeology
- Buried antiques: examining the reuse of objects and landscape features in Anglo-Saxon conversion period burials
William Fostier
- MBBS
- Effects of incremental doses of high-nitrate beetroot juice on health outcomes in overweight and obese older subjects: a qualitative assessment of the key strengths and weaknesses of the study
Thomas Foy
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Investigating the role of INO80 chromatin remodeler in metabolism in S.cerevisiae
Chloe Frost
- MSci Biomedical Sciences
- Investigating how the dysregulation of autophagy, leads to abnormalities in heart development and disease
Rahul Gogi
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Expression of Inversion in the developing mouse and human heart
Sarah Goode
- BA (Hons) Modern Languages, Translating and Interpreting
- Mapping the Global Translations of Simone de Beauvoir’s Le Deuxième Sexe (1949)
Leo Nelki Gopfert
- BA Combined Honours (With Year Abroad)
- Refugees in Japan
Sophie Graham
- MBBS
- Optimisation of viral transfection in rodent cortical cells
Jack Griffiths
- MPhys Physics
- Metastability in a prototype atomtronic circuit
Justina Grigalyte
- BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
- Carboxylic acid drugs and chemicals – investigating their potential to trigger idiosyncratic liver injury and an auto-immune liver disease
Nurul Asyiqin Mohamed Halim
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Influence on Post-Traumatic Growth (PTG) Following Cancer: A Literature Review
Sophie Handson
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Reverse genetic analysis of the bacterial helicase loader protein DnaI
Glen Hebberd
- MChem with Hons in Chemistry
- Title of project: Fluorescent Phosphonium Salts as Triple-Function Cell Imaging Probes
Melie Hide
- MChem with Hons in Medicinal Chemistry
- Mapping reactive residues on proteins using electrophilic Fraglites
Chang Wang Hei
- BSc (Hons) Accounting and Finance
- Corporate Innovation in the future
Abdelrahman Hekal
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
- Software Development for a prototype air jet indenter for use in optical coherence elastography of soft matter
Rosie Hutton
- MChem Chemistry with Study Abroad
- The Design and Synthesis of Triple Function Probes of Mitochondrial Disease
Yik Roy Hwang
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- MedEx-UK: A feasibility study exploring the effects of a Mediterranean diet (MD) and physical activity intervention for the prevention of dementia
Emma Jackson
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Investigating in vitro the adherence of Proteus mirabilis clinical isolates to bladder cells
Jason Ting Siong Kai
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Modulation of Motor Pathway Using Loud Sounds and Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation (TMS)
Sukhmani Kaur
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- An investigation of the function of NF-κB p52 Ser222 phosphorylation using CRISPR/Cas9 engineered cell lines
Isabelle Kenningham
- BA (Hons) Fine Art
- Drawing as Activation and Recovering the Family Photograph
Jessica Knaggs
- BSc (Hons) Geography
- The development and application of a new tool for measuring wood debris and macro-plastic fluxes in river channels.
Shiv Kolhe
- MBBS
- In vitro immunofluorescence imaging of sarcoma cells for potential targeted fluorescence-guided surgery
Rhiannon Lamb
- BSc (Hons) Marine Biology
- Analysing humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae) population dynamics and regional migration patterns of breeding substock C1 using song characteristics
Eliza Lee
- BA (Hons) Music
- Post-Tonal Pathways: From Analysis to Understanding
Nikita Lewis
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Optimising Immunotherapy using STING Agonist
Yijun Lin
- MSci Biomedical Sciences
- Developing Immunotherapy for Cervical Cancer
Ross MacDonald
- MPhys Physics with Hons
- Large area deposition of printable electronics
Phillippa Louise Greenhalgh-Maychell
- Msci Biomedical Sciences
- Validating a Quantitative Readout of ER-stress Suitable for High-Throughput Drug Screening
Ethan McGuigan
- MEng (Hons) Chemical Engineering
- Gas Marble Production
Mhairi McBride
- BSc (Hons) Biochemistry
- Determination of TIAR foci as an indicator of replication stress for potential ATR inhibitor-induced cytotoxicity in cancer therapy
Abigail Rebecca Middlemas
- BA (Hons) English Language
- An ethnographic study covering engagement with pleasure reading by a group of adult learners of English as a second language
Bethany Milburn
- BA (Hons) Archaeology
- Bound to the staff: An investigation of seiðr and Viking “witches” in the archaeological record of early medieval Scandinavia
George Harvey Morritt
- MPhys Physics with Hons
- Investigating hole transport in organic semiconductor layers of perovskite solar cells
Abbi Mullins
- MChem (Hons) Chemistry
- ‘Zinc-ing’ to the future: Investigating OLED materials from Zinc PMO’s
Raab Mujarrab
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Role of p31Comet Phosphorylation in Regulating the Mitotic Checkpoint Silencing in Human Cancer Cells.
Elle McWilliam
- BSc Hons Speech & Language Science
- Spoken production in people with aphasia: what do individuals view as important?
Thuvina Aruku Naidi
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Investigating the effect of compounds on mitochondrial biogenesis
Gayathri Rajesh Nair
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
- The Role and Regulation of lncRNA NEAT1 in Vascular Inflammation
Elliot Noble
- MBBS
- Exploring the activity of deiodinase 2 in the human prostate stem cell niche & the implications for prostate carcinogenesis
Pihla Numminen
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- The Role of PM20D1 in Longevity
Kelly-Rose O'Reilly
- MSci Biomedical Sciences
- Mecillinam resistance mediated by overproduction of peptidoglycan endopeptidases
Shalman Jesse Ngozi Ojukwu
- MEng (Hons) Electronics and Computer Engineering with Industrial Project
- Designing Pervasive AI Hardware using Tsetlin Machines
Emma Packer
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Pilot study to assess the potential clinical value of adapting sleep management on psychiatric wards across Northumberland Tyne and Wear NHS Foundation Trust
Phong Yen Wen (Nicole)
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Effect of electrical stimulation on brain activity and reaction time in young and older adults
Clara Harrison-Place
- Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Effects of vitamin D status on methylation of WNT pathway-related genes in the context of colorectal cancer
Mary Niamh Podmore
- BSc (Hons) Psychology
- A Systematic Review of the Perceived Barriers and Facilitators to Physical Activity in Childhood Cancer Survivors
Jodi Grace Reeve
- BEng (Hons) Mechanical Engineering
- Developing next-generation plasma actuators to tame the turbulence flowing over aerodynamic vehicles
Marianne Richards
- BSc Hons Biomedical Sciences
- Validating novel candidate disease-causing mutations identified by whole exome sequencing in primary immunodeficiency
Megan Rigby
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Title of project: Optimisation of Basescope probes for the detection of androgen receptor and its AR-V7 splice variant in prostate cancer tissue
Antony Rose
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Investigation into the role of ADAMTS9 in primary cilia structure / function
Jacob Marvin and Philipp Rethwisch
- BA (Hons) Archaeology
- Stones and pots along the East African coast: Digital recording and conservation of East African Archaeology
Sophie Russell
- MSci Biomedical Sciences
- Pathophysiology of Exercise Intolerance in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy
Gunkavee Saengkrajang
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Assessing the link between reading/writing direction and perception of the corridor illusion
Dejan Samardzhiev
- BSc (Hons) Computer Science (Software Engineering)
- Autonomous Vehicle Navigation with Collaborative Diffusion for City Congestion Control
Mary-Chelsea Chong-San
- MSc Biomedical Sciences
- Developing novel fluorescent CRISPR approaches for understanding androgen receptor biology in prostate cancer
Ruby Scarlett
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Professional Placement
- Seizure freedom: the importance of structure-function coupling
Bailey Schwab
- BA (Hons) Politics & History
- Thatcher’s Legacy in the North East: A Case Study of Three Initiatives
Keval Sidphura
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Parvalbumin interneuron vulnerability in dementia with Lewy bodies
Yige Sima
- Msci Biomedical Sciences
- Genome-wide association studies (GWAS) and post-GWAS analysis of studies of liver disease
Max Stenberg
- MPhys Physics with Hons
- Two photon inscription of sub-wavelength optical waveguides
Charlotte Stephenson
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- The use of FISH technique to look into chromosomal realignment in bone marrow cells from patients with leukaemia
Luke Stewart
- BSc (Hons) Psychology with Professional Placement
- Café Community: A qualitative investigation of a unique peer-support group
Katie Stienlet
- BSc (Hons) Sport and Exercise Science
- The effectiveness of developing player specific proprioception training programs in an attempt to prevent ankle injuries in high level basketball
Yu Heng Brian Tan
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Changes in spinal connections by descending pathways with ageing
Iona Tatham
- MBBS
- Process and Outcomes Evaluation of Smartphone Applications for Bipolar Disorder: A Scoping Review
Harriet Todd
- BSc (Hons) Biology
- Nocturnal photosynthesis and how to find it
Arda Deniz Tugrul
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Genetics
- Investigating the effects of cdc28 on cell cycle regulation in Saccharomyces Cerevisiae
Jessica Kate Tyerman
- Bsc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Pectin as a Modulator of Digestive Enzyme Activity
Dominic Weller
- MBBS
- The ‘dying forward’, ‘dying backward’ and ‘dying outward’ theories of motor neurone disease (MND): a review of the evidence.
Konstantinos Valtetsiotis
- BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
- Measuring free and bound drug and target in blood samples
Imogen Wadd
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Epigenetic Markers of chemo-resistance in CLL
Jessica Watkins
- BSc (Hons) Biomedical Sciences
- Epigenetic Markers of chemo-resistance in CLL
Elizabeth Westhead
- MBBS
- What are the palliative care needs of older people with frailty? A qualitative systematic review
Daniel Whitaker
- BSc (Hons) Pharmacology
- Utilising clinical pharmacology studies to optimise analysis of blood samples in childhood cancer patients
Zhen Yi Wong
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Normative scores for new digital stereoacuity test
Zhen Xin Wong
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Normative scores for new digital stereoacuity test
Wei Kang Yap
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Normative scores for new digital stereoacuity test
Xinye Yek
- MBBS (NUMed Malaysia)
- Normative scores for new digital visual acuity test
Yee Ying Yong
- MBBS
- Prevalence and symptoms of delirium associated with inpatient Parkinson’s disease
Julian De Zordi
- Msci Biomedical Sciences
- Information processing in recurrent gene regulatory networks