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Current and Past Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD Students

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Current Wellcome Trust 4-year PhD students
Amanda Bolt
Year of Entry 2004.
MChem (Ind) 1st Class, University of Leeds. Industrial placement at Celltech, Cambridge
Undertaking her PhD on directed evolution of new enzymes with Dr Alan Berry and Prof Adam Nelson
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Gerard Huysmans
Year of Entry 2004.
Master Degree (Great Distiction) in Bio-engineering �?? specialisation cellular and genetic engineering. Free University of Brussels, Belgium.
Undertaking his PhD with Prof Steve Baldwin and Dr David Brockwell on the mechanism of membrane protein folding
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Kyle Dent
Year of Entry 2008.
BSc (1st Class) in Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Cape Town, South Africa.
Final year PhD student
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Joanne Rushworth
Year of Entry 2008.
BSc (1st Class) in Biochemistry from the University of Leeds
1 year study/research in Paris
PGCE in Secondary Science from the University of Leeds
Winner of the Crabtree scholarship and the Organon and Frank Happold prizes in Biochemistry.
Final year PhD student
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Catherine Joce
Year of Entry 2004.
MChem (Ind) 1st Class. University of Leeds. Industrial placement at GSKs Stevenage site.
Working for her PhD with Profs Adam Nelson and Peter Stockley
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Neil Syme
Year of Entry 2004.
BSc Biological Sciences with honours (1st Class) in Biochemistry. University of Edinburgh. One year spent at University of Uppsala, Sweden.
Working for his PhD with Prof Steve Homans
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Karine Deville
Year of Entry 2006.
BSc Biochemistry. University Claude Bernard, Lyon. Third year spent at University of Manchester (European Program ERASMUS). MSc Biochemistry. University Claude Bernard, Lyon.
Working for her PhD with Prof Steve Baldwin
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Ivan Campeotto
Year of Entry 2005.
1st Class Degree in Biotechnology. University of Padua, Italy.
PhD supervised by Prof Simon Phillips and Drs Alan Berry and Arwen Pearson on the X-ray crystal structures of new enzymes produced by directed evolution
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Stuart Kyle
Year of Entry 2005.
MEng 1st Class Biomedical Materials Science. University of Manchester.
Undertaking his PhD with Prof Mike McPherson on ....
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James Muldoon
Year of Entry 2005.
BSc (Upper Second) Medicinal Chemistry. University of Leeds and MSc Chemical Biology. University of Leeds.
Studying for his PhD with Drs Alison Ashcroft and Andy Wilson....
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Anthony Roberts
Year of Entry 2005.
BSc 1st Class Biochemistry. Imperial College London
Studying .... under the supervision of Prof Peter Knight and Dr Stan Burgess
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Toshana Foster
Year of Entry 2006.
BSc 1st Class Biomedical Sciences. University of Kent. One year in industry at Merck, The Neuroscience Research Centre, Harlow.
Studying ... with Prof Mark Harris
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Ottar Rolfsson
Year of Entry 2005.
BSc 1st Class Biochemistry. University of Iceland and MSc Organic Chemistry, University of Iceland.
PhD studies on .... under the supervision of Prof Peter Stockley
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Barbora Malkova
Year of Entry 2006.
Ing Biochemistry (Distinction), Institute of Chemical Technology in Prague.
PhD studies with Drs Stan Burgess and Thomas Edwards
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Nathalie Valette
Year of Entry 2006.
Diploma Chemistry, Technical Institute of Chemistry (IUT de chimie Castres, France) and MSc Chemistry/Chemical Engineering. CPE Lyon, France.
Studying for her PhD with Dr Stuart Warriner and Prof Sheena Radford
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Zu Thur Yew
Year of Entry 2006.
BSc (1st Class) Biotechnology. Imperial College London
PhD studies with Drs Emanuele Paci and David Brockwell
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Eva Petrik
Year of Entry 2007.
MSc (1st Class) in Biology (specialism in molecular biology) from Eotvos Lorand University, Hungary.
Thesis submitted, awaiting viva
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Henry King
Year of Entry 2007.
BSc (1st Class) in Biochemistry from the University of Leeds
Completed his research and awaiting viva
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Saskia Bakker
Year of Entry 2007.
BSc (Upper Second Class) in Pharmacy from Utrecht University
Masters (cum laude) in Drug Innovation from Utrecht University.
Thesis submitted, awaiting viva
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Richard Malham
Year of Entry 2007.
Bsc (1st Class) Biochemistry with Medical Biochemistry (Industrial Placement) from the University of Leeds.
Finalising his thesis
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Marko Noerenberg
Year of Entry 2007.
Diploma degree (1st Class) in Biology from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) (Germany).
Successfully completed PhD
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Sasha Derrington
Year of Entry 2010.
BSc (1st Class) Biochemistry from the University of Sussex.
First year PhD student
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Sophie Schumann
Year of Entry 2010.
BSc (1st Class equivalent) in Nutritional Science from the University of Potsdam, Germany.
Masters in Nutritional Science, University of Potsdam, Germany
First year PhD student
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Joe Shaw
Year of Entry 2010.
BSc (1st Class) Biochemistry from Newcastle University.
First year PhD student
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James Gowdy
Year of Entry 2010.
Integrated Masters (1st Class) in Natural Science from the University of Leeds.
Winner of the Joint Honours Prize in Biological Sciences.
First year PhD student
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Kevin Tipping
Year of Entry 2010.
BSc (1st Class) in Biochemistry from the University of Leeds.
Winner of the Frank Happold Prize in Biochemistry.
First year PhD student
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Charles-Hugues Lardeau
Year of Entry 2008.
BSc (1st Class) in Chemistry from ENSIACET (The National Engineering School of Chemical and Technological Arts, Toulouse, France)
1 year ERASMUS exchange at Manchester Metropolitan University
Masters (Distinction) in Chemical Biology from the University of Leeds )
Final year PhD student
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Derek Revill
Year of Entry 2008.
BSc (1st Class) in Physics from the University of Leeds
Final year PhD student
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Alessandro Sicorello
Year of Entry 2008.
BSc (1st Class equivalent) in Biotechnology, University of Florence, Italy.
Masters (distinction) in Medical Biotechnology, University of Florence, Italy
Final year PhD student
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Lucy Chappell
Year of Entry 2009.
BSc (1st Class) in Biochemistry from the University of Bath.
1 year placement at Thomas Jefferson University Philadelphia.
Winner of the Catherine Award for Enzymology.
Second year PhD student
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Briony Yorke
Year of Entry 2009.
MChem integrated Masters (Chemistry) (1st Class) from the University of Leeds
Second year PhD student
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James Ross
Year of Entry 2009.
BSc (1st Class) in Molecular Biology with Industry from the University of Liverpool
1 year placement with Pfizer, UK.
Second year PhD student
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Theodoros Karamanos
Year of Entry 2009.
Dipolma (BSc equivalent) (1st Class) in Biology from the University of Athens (Ethniko kai Kapodistriako)
Second year PhD student
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Alexander Borodavka
Year of Entry 2009.
BSc (1st Class) in Biology from the University of Kiev, Ukraine
Masters (Distinction) in Virology & Microbiology, University of Kiev, Ukraine
Second year PhD student
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Deville
Year of Entry 0.


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Anna Polyakova
Year of Entry 2011.
BSc in Chemistry from the University of Gothenburg, Sweden
MSc (Distinction) in Chemical Biology from the University of Leeds
Foundation year student
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Diana Monteiro
Year of Entry 2011.
MChem & BSc (1st Class) Medicinal Chemistry (Industrial) from the University of Leeds with a 1 year industrial placement with F. Hoffmann - La Roche (Basel, Switzerland)
Winner of Craig Jordan Prize 2011 and Robert Macrae Prize 2011
Foundation year student
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Gael Radou
Year of Entry 2011.
MSc in Biophysics from the Institut National Polytechnique de Grenoble
Foundation year student
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Rebecca Thompson
Year of Entry 2011.
BSc (1st Class) in Molecular Biology from the University of Cardiff
Foundation year student
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Philip Morrison
Year of Entry 2011.
MChem (1st class) in Chemistry with Medicinal Chemistry from the University of St Andrews with an integrated year in industry at GSK (Stevenage)
Winner of Irvine Jubilee Prize/Medal and Forrester Prize 2011
Foundation year student
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