Designing peptides to uncover cancer vulnerabilities at telomeres
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS)
Postgraduate Studies
How do cells copy chromosome ends whose protection depends on restricting access to DNA? Telomeres are protected by shelterin, a protein complex that prevents chromosome ends from being mistaken for broken DNA. Read more
Supervisors: Prof C Speck, Dr A Barnard, Dr A Barr
18 November 2026
PhD Research Project
Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)