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 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 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 role of estuarine sediments as a reservoir for pathogenic microorganisms

Supervisor: McDonald, J. (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

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

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

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (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

The mitigation of greenhouse gas emissions in sheep farming systems

Supervisor: Cross, P. (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

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

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

DNA barcoding and population genetic structure of Malaysian marine fishes

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

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

Synthesis of mycobacterial cord factors and related compounds

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The cloning, expression and characterisation of PbRR from Pseudomonas putida KT2440

Supervisor: Murphy, L. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic aspects of a small scale honeybee breeding program

Supervisor: Malhotra, A. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The generic modification of enzymes towards an anti-cancer prodrug activation system

Supervisor: Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Polyembryony, brood chamber development and gender specialisation in cyclostome bryozoans

Supervisor: Hughes, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon storage in Orchards

Supervisor: McDonald, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and functional characterisation of germ line genes in human cancer cells

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Elucidating the impact of novel A1 and A2 Phytophthora infestans strains on existing Irish blight populations

Supervisor: Wright, D. (External person) (Supervisor), Mullins, E. (External person) (Supervisor) & Shaw, D. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Advancing mitogenomics : a case study in the Araneae

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The effect of peatland rewetting on gaseous and fluvial carbon losses from a Welsh blanket bog

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Anaerobic digestion : its potential to improve the economic and environmental performance of organic farming systems

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Use of novel chitosan derivatives for the control of food-borne pathogens

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Identification and analysis of DNA repair pathways that contribute to the survival of cells after nucleoside analogue treatment in Schizossacharomyces pombe

Supervisor: Hartsuiker, E. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The development of a novel sensor for the detection of TB

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Gwenin, C. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The functional characterisation of leukaemia-associated protein TRAX

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

From history to heritage : using a company's past to guide its future

Supervisor: Pierce, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Combining the use of accelerometry and GPS to measure free-flight performance in homing pigeons (Columbia livia)

Supervisor: Whiteley, N. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Structural and mechanistic studies of catalysts

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Use of woodchip for agricultural livestock bedding

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The characterisation of dissolved organic carbon and its influence on tri-halomethane formation potential

Supervisor: Freeman, C. (Supervisor) & Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Plant traits and litter decomposition of tree species naturally regenerating in Central America pasturelands

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Nitrogen dynamics in boreal forests

Supervisor: DeLuca, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of low cost biological photovoltaic cells

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Studies of the dye sensitization of inorganic colloids used in dye-sensitized solar cells

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Prevalence and spread of pathogenic Escherichia Coli O157 on farms in north Wales

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The role of bio-inoculants on phosphorous relations of barley

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Applications of modified plant extracts in controlling parasites

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of a new analytical method to diagnose tuberculosis

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor) & Al-Dulayymi, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthetic steps towards the cylindrospermopsin alkaloids

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Improving plant conservation interventions through a better understanding of human decision-making

Supervisor: Gibbons, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon dynamics in terrestrial ecosystems

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis and bioactivation of redox-activated quinone prodrugs of guanidine

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel bio-active fatty acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of oxygenated mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of biodiversity and soil C storage in the south Konkan coast of Maharashtra (India)

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Are we learning? : strengthening local people's capacities to facilitate the recuperation of degraded pasture lands in Central America

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing and sentencing illegal behaviours in conservation

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

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity, ecosystem function and ecosystem service provision in saltmarsh and sand dune grasslands

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioreduction : an alternative strategy for storing fallen stock prior to disposal

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Carbon and economic performance of coffee agroforestry systems in Costa Rica and Nicaragua

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Development of bioinfirmatic analytical approach to identify novel human cancer testis gene candidates

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Fragmented forests in South-West Ethiopia : impacts of land-use change on plant species composition and priorities for future conservation

Supervisor: Healey, J. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Function of cancer associated protein translin

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Genetic variation in field emergence and related traits in naked and covered spring barley

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Local knowledge regarding trade-offs among coffee productivity and other ecosystem services in a range of different agroforestry systems in Central America

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Modelling greenhouse gas emissions for the UK and overseas food production

Supervisor: Jones, D. (Supervisor) & Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel Isoforms and Functions of the S.pombe Rad9 Checkpoint Protein

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Religious phenomenology, sociodemography and ecology in the rural Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania

Supervisor: Brook, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Survival and transport of Escherichia coli in the aquatic environment

Supervisor: Williams, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The behavioural ecology of aggression in Lake Malawi haplochromine cichlid fish

Supervisor: Turner, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Design, synthesis and characterization of novel low band gap conjugated polymers for use in bulk heterojunction photovoltaic solar cells

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Functional molecular wires from self-assembled films

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Growth and characterisation of functional molecular wires

Supervisor: Ashwell, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Guanidine glycomimetics

Supervisor: Murphy, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Low cost procedures towards photovoltaic devices

Supervisor: Holliman, P. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Multilocus phylogeography and species delimitation in the widespread African puff adder (Bitis arietans), and the systematics of the genus Bitis

Supervisor: Wüster, W. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Novel isoforms and functions of the S. pombe Rad9 checkpoint protein

Supervisor: Caspari, T. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Synthesis of mycolic acids and related sugar ester

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

The synthesis of mycolic acids

Supervisor: Baird, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Characterisation of non-metal cation polyborate salts and silicate solutions

Supervisor: Beckett, M. A. (External person) (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Approaches for spacially explicit negotiation of impacts of land use change on ecosystem services

Supervisor: Sinclair, F. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Bioactive carbohydrates: isolation, synthesis and conjugation

Supervisor: Lahmann, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Effects of salinity on soils of the Gefara Plain, Libya

Supervisor: Godbold, D. (Supervisor) & Jones, D. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Analysis of stem cell genome stability and cancer-associated developmental programmes

Supervisor: Mcfarlane, R. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Assessing the impacts of organic farming on domestic and exporting smallholder farming households in Tanzania : a comparative analysis

Supervisor: Edwards-Jones, G. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Biodiversity and stress response to extremophilic prokaryotes isolated from the Escondida Copper Mine, Chile

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Defining marine meiofaunal genetic diversity using 454 sequencing

Supervisor: Creer, S. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy

Factors affecting the enhancement of Acacia hybrid particleboard

Supervisor: Hale, M. (Supervisor)

Student thesis: Doctor of Philosophy