Projects

Active grants

Project Funder Dates
Exploring the genetics of pigmentation in dairy cattle to build resilience to climate change induced heat stress BBSRC iCASE LIC (PI: £125,000) 2024–2028
The role of Gli similar transcription factors and the primary cilium in melanocyte development and melanoma phenotype switching Medical Research Council (PI: £1.425M) 2024–2028
Spot the Difference: The Cellular and Clonal Basis of Dalmatian and Mouse Spots Leverhulme Trust (PI: £498,556) 2024–2028
C-Trap for the North West: Visualisation of single molecule biomolecular dynamics for the biosciences BBSRC (CoI: £1M) 2025–2026
Machine learning & mathematical modelling to predict cell cycle kinetics in fixed tissues BBSRC (CoI: £225k) 2025–2026
p27-FucciCA: A next-generation Quiescence and Cell Cycle indicator for functional studies in mouse NMGM Directors Fund (PI: £53,014) 2024–2025

Completed grants

Project Funder Dates
MSI:iCASE: Electrically conductive biomaterials for the preservation and regeneration of soft tissue EPSRC iCASE (CoI: £93,500) 2020–2024
Investigation of white spotting in the coats of bovine to demonstrate causality Livestock Improvement Agency (PI: £25,000) 2021–2023
The generation and validation of novel molecular biology tools for the study of ‘protective protein’ combination therapies in Alzheimer’s disease Dowager Countess Eleanor Peel Trust (CoI: £25,000) 2021–2023
A next generation Quiescence and Cell Cycle Indicator (QuCCi) for the refinement and reduction of animal usage in proliferation assays NC3Rs (PI: £90,000) 2020–2023
Building and optimisation of a microscope stage mounted stretch apparatus to investigate the role of physical forces in melanoblast behaviour The Royal Society (PI: £19,805) 2021–2022
Development of mouse tail skin as a translational preclinical model for UV exposure and early melanomagenesis North West Cancer Research Fund (PI: £252,000) 2018–2021
Investigating the thermosensitivity of cancer cell division dynamics: toward cancer thermotherapies? North West Cancer Research Fund (CoI: £15,030) 2019–2020
NWCR Equipment grant: Spinning Disc Confocal Microscope for superfast multichannel live imaging North West Cancer Research Fund (PI: £50,000) 2019–2020
MSI: Feasibility of developing light emitting wound care dressing Materials Science Institute (CoI: £5,000) 2018–2020
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