The Chemistry and Ecology of British Bluebells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta)

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor) & Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Human DNA damage sensor RAD9B affects CHK2-T68 Phosphorylation, p21 stability and cell survival in G1

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Rad9.M50 Variant of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Rad9 Regulates the MAP Kinase pathway in the Response to Heat Stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The Synthesis of Biologically Active Guanidines

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The impact of large-scale sea-level changes on tides in the past, present and future

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor) & Scourse, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The medical biomarker and oncogenic potential of the human cancer- and stem/germ cell-specific gene TDRD12

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The nature of remotely-sensed surface turbidity in U.K. and Atlantic French Waters

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The potential for wheat roots in phytoremediation of phenolic compounds

Supervisor: Tomos, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of extensin cell wall proteins in the resistance of potato (Solanum tuberosum L. cv. Desiree) to pathogen attack

Supervisor: Shirsat, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The winds of change? : A comparative study of community energy developments in Scotland and Wales

Supervisor: Griffiths, G. (Supervisor), McDonald, M. (Supervisor) & Parkhill, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding the impacts of changing soil temperature, water irrigation source and fertiliser types on C and N cycling in arid soils

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Using high-throughput sequencing to investigate microbial mechanisms underlying drought-driven carbon release from peatlands

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Will warming affect food web structure?

Supervisor: Jenkins, S. (Supervisor), Gimenez Noya, J. (Supervisor) & Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of nucleotide excision repair factors and the Mre11 nuclease in nucleoside analogue sensitivity

Supervisor: Fleck, O. (Supervisor) & Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of freeze-thaw cycles on the composition and concentration of low molecular weight dissolved organic carbon in Arctic tundra soils

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Late blight (Phytophthora infestans) on tomato: evaluation of pathogen population structure in Britain and development of resistant tomato cultivars for growing outdoors

Supervisor: Steele, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Increasing agricultural grass production using novel bio-inoculants

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor) & Withers, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Variation in seed ecophysiology and temperature requirements for germination in Pinus Sylvestris

Supervisor: Cahalan, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genome-wide analysis of topoisomerase removal after campothecin treatment in the context of replication and transcription

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Ecology of Fibrobacter spp. in cellulose-degrading microbial communities

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The analysis of genome stability maintenance mechanisms in human cancer cells and stem cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A Universal Magnetic Carrier for use in Cancer Prodrug Therapy

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Beyond carbon accounting: A landscape perspective on measuring and monitoring tropical forest degradation

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor) & Klein, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Building and verifying parallel corpora between Arabic and English

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Changes in colour and contrast perception between day and night vision

Supervisor: Mantiuk, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation and lifetime studies of CPDT- and BT- based photovoltaic cells

Supervisor: Kettle, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Developing in-situ and real-time methods of soil nitrogen determination

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of new diagnostic devices for TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Exploring payments for ecosystem services in the context of native tree planting in Lebanon

Supervisor: Hockley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fisheries ecology of the brown crab (Cancer pagurus L.) in the Isle of Man

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor), Murray, L. (Supervisor) & Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From volcanic ash to allophanic dust : : understanding phosphorous behaviour in Dominican soils

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genomic analysis of shifts in life history traits in the Trinidadian guppy, Poecilia reticulata

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving the impression of depth perception

Supervisor: Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Integrated sensor suite for indoor building inspection with an unmanned aerial vehicle

Supervisor: Pierce, I. (Supervisor) & Mansoor, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating mechanisms of genome expansion in Corydoradinae catfish

Supervisor: Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Measuring the effectiveness of conservation governance, policies and programmes in forest protected areas

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Laura, S. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

New roles of S.pombe Casein kinase 1 epsilon (Hhp1) in DNA replicatation stress

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Optical pulse generation using an optically injected Nd:YVO4 laser

Supervisor: Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Phytochemical Investigation of Trichilia emetica (Natal mahogany)

Supervisor: Fitzsimmons-Thoss, V. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Plant processing for multiple products using environmentally benign extraction techniques

Supervisor: Tomos, A. (Supervisor) & Marriott, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Population characteristics and environmental interactions of the king scallop fishery in the English Channel

Supervisor: Kaiser, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Process and drivers of vegetation change in African drylands : a case study of Yankari Game Reserve

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Reducing the carbon footprint of red meat

Supervisor: Williams, A. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Sheep urine patch nitrous oxide emissions: measurement and mitigation

Supervisor: Chadwick, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Surface pre-treatment methods for improving adhesion ability in wood plymer composite for frame and furniture construction applications

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of Uracil Containing Precursors and Analogues Of Cylindrospermopsin

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The delivery of biodiversity benefits in the REDD+ climate mechanism

Supervisor: Jones, J. P. G. (Supervisor) & Secco, L. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The ecology, age and growth of two muricacean gastropods from shores of Kuwait

Supervisor: Richardson, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of restoration on biodiversity, water quality and greenhouse gas fluxes in a rich fen peatland

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor), Pullin, A. (Supervisor), Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor) & Evans, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effects of saltmarsh conservation grazing on breeding Common Redshank Tringa totanus

Supervisor: Hiddink, J. (Supervisor) & Skov, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The fate and impact of groundwater nitrogen contamination on dune slack ecology

Supervisor: Jones, L. (External person) (Supervisor) & Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The interaction between tides, ice shelves and ice streams

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of estuarine sediments as a reservoir for pathogenic microorganisms

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Tidal modulation of seabed light and its implications for Benthic Algae

Supervisor: Bowers, D. (Supervisor) & Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Trade-offs in macroalgal chemical defences: battle of the sexes,invaders and consumers

Supervisor: Davies, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Understanding plant residue decomposition in shrubland ecosystem

Supervisor: Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Using local informant data and boat-based surveys to improve knowledge on the status of the Ganges River dolphin (Platanista gangetica gangetica)

Supervisor: Jones, J. P. G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Norovirus contamination of Mytilus edulis shellfisheries : assessing the threat to human health

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and functional characterisation of potential novel cancer-testis genes in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of mRNA splicing factor B52 in regulating Choline Acetyltransferase and larval locomotion in Drosiphila

Supervisor: Bossing, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A novel miRNA cluster within the circadian clock gene NPAS2 and the implications of rs1811399, an autism enriched single nucleotide polymorphism

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The use of constructed treatment wetlands for water quality amelioration in conservation scenarios

Supervisor: Fenner, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design and analysis of adaptively modulated optical orthogonal frequency division multiple access multiband passive optical networks

Supervisor: Tang, J. (Supervisor) & Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Quantifying and mitigating greenhouse gas emmissions from horticultural peat soils

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Molecular methods for species –specific identification of Bacillus species

Supervisor: Braig, H. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Induction of metamorphosis and seed attachment in hatchery production of the king scallop Pecten maximus (L.) and the blue mussel Mytilus edulis (L.)

Supervisor: Le Vay, L. (Supervisor) & King, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A psychophysiological acquisition device for affective video games

Supervisor: Kuncheva, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Variants of the DNA Damage Checkpoint Protein Hus1 in Fission Yeast and Human Cells

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Temporal variability of suspended particulate matter in a tidal estuary

Supervisor: Jago, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physico-mechanical and decay resistance properties of bio-resin modified wood

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification of Novel Human Cancer-Testis-Antigen Genes in Cancers

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Transformation of peptides and amino acids in soil and plants

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor), Roberts, P. (Supervisor) & Murphy, D. V. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Does Co-Management programme reconcile community interests and forest conservation:A Case study of Malawi

Supervisor: Pullin, A. (Supervisor) & Hockley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Comparative Phylogeography and species delimitation of the Arabian Peninsula lizards

Supervisor: Wuster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Two terminal organic nonvolatile memory devices

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in sheep farming systems

Supervisor: Cross, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

A roll-to-roll compatible vacuum-evaporation route to organic circuit production

Supervisor: Taylor, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Cycling of dissolved organic nitrogen in plant-soil systems

Supervisor: Jones, D. L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Master of Philosophy

Analysis of the Relationship between Pluripotency and DNA Damage Tolerance Recombination in Mammalian Stem Cells

Supervisor: Wakeman, J. (Supervisor) & Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Impact of sea level rise, land reclamation and tidal power plants on regional tidal dynamics

Supervisor: Green, M. (Supervisor) & Rippeth, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improved procedures for the transport and storage of fruit and vegetables

Supervisor: Tomos, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Revealing components of the economic value for environmental goods and services from forest : an application of stated preference methods for forest valuation and conservation

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of cylindrical semiconductor metal-clad nano-lasers

Supervisor: Shore, K. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Faithful visualization and dimensionality reduction on graphics processing unit

Supervisor: Lim, I. S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Diverse approaches to modelling conformations of mycolic acids from Myobactrium tuberculosis

Supervisor: Croft, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Divergence and speciation of East African haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Water and Solute Relations of Salt stressed Wheat and Annual Suaeda maritima

Supervisor: Tomos, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Catchment Influences on Dissolved Organic Carbon Concentration and Character; Implications for Potable Water Treatment and Trihalomethane Control

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Adaptive models of Arabic text

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

DNA barcoding and population genetic structure of Malaysian marine fishes

Supervisor: Carvalho, G. (Supervisor) & Taylor, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

An Advanced Virtual Environment for Rugby Skills Training

Supervisor: John, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The use of biogeochemical tags to determine the origins and movement patterns of fishes

Supervisor: McCarthy, I. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Climate-driven changes in the recruitment success of marine invertebrates: the role of food supply and temperature

Supervisor: Gimenez Noya, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Agent based modelling of Malaria

Supervisor: Teahan, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advanced study of pentacene-based organic memory structures

Supervisor: Mabrook, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Investigating the Feasibility of Using Focussed Airborne Ultrasound as Tactile Feedback in Medical Simulators

Supervisor: John, N. W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Generating carbon credits through application of the enzymic latch mechanism in peatland carbon sequestration

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Coastal and shelf sea hydro-morphodynamic modelling using process-based and data-based techniques

Supervisor: Neill, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Physiological capacities of Gammarid amphipods to survive environmental change

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of an electrode for the detection of potassium phosphate

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy