The Undergraduate Summer Studentship programme will fund up to three undergraduate students to undertake an interdisciplinary research project in Cambridge during the summer vacation. The Programme aims to give motivated undergraduate students the opportunity to work in partnership with a research group on a collaborative project in the general field of Physical Biology.
Summer Students 2024
Harvey J Williams
Mechanical Forces Tuning Tissue Compartmentalization During Early Avian Development
Xiong Lab - Gurdon Institute
Supervised by Lakshmi Balasubramaniam
Keywords: Collective cell motion computational model
Yuchi Guo
Exploring the dynamics of coral-algae symbiosis under changing physical conditions
Gurdon Institute / Department of Biochemistry
Supervised by Susie McLaren / Ben Jenkins
Keywords: Segmentation, Cnidarian, Imaging, Symbiosis, Method