Research Project (6 months)
The projects will be carried out in the Imperial College Faculty of Medicine departments at the Hammersmith, St. Mary’s, Charing Cross, and South Kensington campuses, subject to approval by all concerned. Each student will be assigned a research project and will be selected such that a student can be reasonably be expected to make an original contribution to the chosen area of research within the time period allotted. The purpose of the project is to provide the student with training in academic research and acquisition of practical skills, including the design of a research project, planning of experiments, dealing with practical problems, recording, presenting and analysing data. Time will be allocated towards the end of the project period to write a report of 10,000 words.
Examples of research projects undertaken by students include;
- An Investigation of the Mutations causing X-linked Dyskeratosis Congentia
- Analysis of the Role of Specific DNaseI Hypersensitive Sites in the Regulation of the Mouse .5-VpreB1 Locus
- Development of c-Met and M0cadherin Specific reagents using Phage Display Technology
- Investigation on the Role of ARA70 in Prostate Cancer Characterisation of a Novel Zinc Finger Gene ZnFx5 involved in Neural Development and Apoptosis
- Analysis of the Chromosome 7 q-arm for Imprinted Gene effects in Silver-Russell Syndrome
- An Investigation into the Effects of Agonists on Glut-1 Gene expression in Cardiac Myocytes
- Functional Analysis of the AF4 Gene Involved in Leukaemia
- Expression and Function of the Fas Death Receptor in Oligodendrocyte Cell Lines
- Gene Knockouts in vitro Mediated by Double Stranded RNA: Silencing Genes Implicated in Breast Cancer
