Funding
Funding
We are very grateful to all past and present generous funding that allows us to carry out our research.
In addition to external sources of funding, the lab has also been supported by internal ICR funding, including fully funded PhD studentships.
Below are all external sources of funding, listed from most recent.
Funding agency: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)
Award type: Industry Partnership Award (IPA)
Title: “Nanopore-Enabled STructure detection (NEST): High Resolution Genome-wide Mapping of DNA Secondary Structures”
Amount awarded: Total award: £931,629. Awarded to the lab: £538,674.
Period: Sep 2025 – Aug 2028
Collaborative grant with Mike Boemo (Cambridge University) and Oxford Nanopore Technologies.
Funding agency: Wellcome Trust
Award type: Career Development Award
Title: “When DNA becomes its own enemy: How DNA impacts replication dynamics, fidelity, and integrity”
Amount awarded: £2,903,096
Period: Oct 2024 – Sep 2032
Funding agency: Medical Research Council (UKRI MRC)
Award type: Research Grant
Title: “Repeat-induced mutagenesis in Huntington’s disease”
Amount awarded: Total award: £984,110. Awarded to the lab: £279,466
Period: Sep 2023 – Aug 2027
Collaborative grant with Prof. Vincent Dion (Cardiff University)
Funding agency: The Royal Society
Award type: Research Grant
Title: “When DNA becomes its own enemy: Single molecule analysis of DNA-induced replication stalling”
Amount awarded: £19,656
Period: Oct 2022 – Sep 2023
Funding agency: Wellcome Trust and The Royal Society
Award type: Sir Henry Dale Fellowship
Title: “Replication through structure-prone DNA – mechanism and impact on genome stability”
Amount awarded: £1,283,217
Period: Oct 2018 – Sep 2024