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Undergraduate Research Internship Programme (URIP) 2012

Undergraduate Research Internships

NameSchoolSupervisorProject
BOZHINOVA Inna Physics and Astronomy Prof Keith Horne Advanced Markov Chain Monte Carlo sampling methods for microlensing lightcurves
BUTLER Sean Philosophy  Dr Patrick Greenough The lie of the Liar Paradox
DE GRAUW Hendrik Psychology Prof Dave Perrett Developing a behavioural measure of facial imitation skill for use in developmental and clinical psychology
LATYSHEVA Natasha Biology Dr Daniel Barker Transcription factor binding-site prediction: computationally combining evolutionary genomics, epigenetic modifications and sequence data to discover p53 binding sites in the human genome
LIU Pei Psychology Dr Clare Jonas/Prof Julie Harris Does how we talk affect how we think?  Mental representations of time in English and Mandarin speakers
MEST Kyle Classics Dr John Hesk The Iphidamas and Coon Scene (11.218-263), a wound of what proportion?
PLEYDELL Bethany Art History Dr Kathryn Rudy A study of the St Andrews maces
POLLICK Johanna Art History Dr Kathryn Rudy The function of marginal imagery in fragments of a 15th century book of hours
REYES Katherine Dinivity Dr William Tooman Mystical communion of angels:  a study of the Songs of the Sabbath Sacrifice
REYS Nicolas International Relations Dr Holger Stritzel Mapping the French-European military security field:  how has the French-European security field impacted on the articulation of the security challenge in Libya in 2011?
ROZPEDEK Filip Physics and Astronomy Dr Natalia Korolkova Continuous variable quantum communication:  transmissionof squeezed coherent quantum states through the atmospheric channel
TALBOT Darren Biology Dr Nathan Bailey How does social experience affect mating behaviour?  Non-linear responses in the field cricket, Teleogryllus oceanicus
THOMSON Helena English Dr Rhiannon Purdie Orientalism in Middle English literature
THORNTON Chris Computer Science Dr Alan Miller Bringing back Robert the Bruce
TOLLAN Vhairi Geography and Geosciences Dr Matt Sothern Positioning "community" in sustainable development policy
TYRIE Naomi English Dr Chris MacLachan JRR Tolkien and DH Lawrence:  proto-environmentalist thinkers or prisoners of nostalgia?
VAN HERSTRAETEN Christina Philosophy Dr Simon Prosser Waht is "I"? Can Hofstadter's strange loops explain consciousness of the self?

Undergraduate Research Internships: EPSRC

NameSchoolSupervisorProject
COTTELL Emma Physics and Astronomy Dr Carlos Penedo Single-molecule studies of CRISPR RNA processing by Cas6 endonuclease
CUNNINGHAM Tara Physics and Astronomy Dr Graham Smith EPR - Optimising high frequency sample holders
GLOBYTE Victoria Physics and Astronomy Dr Graham Smith Liquid state dynamic nuclear polarisation
HARPER Andrew Chemistry Dr Andrew Smith Emulating nature: isothiourea-mediated Michael-addition lactonisations
HARWELL Jonathon Physics and Astronomy Prof Ifor Samuel Optical muscle contraction sensor
OFFER Rachel Physics and Astronomy Prof Thomas Krauss Label-free cell-based assays using photonic crystal optical biosensors
RILEY Jonathon Physics & Astronomy  Dr Chris Hooley Spin waves in a ferromagnetic near a quantum critical point
SCHULZ Maximilian Physics & Astronomy Dr Chris Hooley Cold atom realisations of topological insulators

Carnegie Trust for Scotland Vacation Scholarships 

NameSchoolSupervisorProject
BROUGHTON Charles History Dr Alex Woolf The Isle of Scalpay:  uncovering a lost Hebridean island community
SPRACKLEN Alexander Physics and Astronomy Dr Jonathan Keeling Investigation of phonon-exciton interactions in quantum dots

 Wellcome Trust Biomedical Vacation Scholarship

NameSchoolSupervisorProject
MKRTCHIAN Anahit Psychology Dr Ines Jentzsch Major keys to success:  increased performance monitoring in highly trained musicians

British Psychological Society

NameSchoolSupervisorProject
MILLAR Rachael Psychology Dr Akira O'Connor An approach to individual memory processes under group conditions:  are two heads better than one?