The London Research Institute conducts comprehensive PhD and Postdoc training programmes, and are supported by highly trained scientific and administrative staff.
Summer Students
The LRI Summer Student Programme
Regrettably the LRI will not be able to run a formal summer student programme in 2012
The Cancer Research UK London Research Institute has an international reputation for outstanding research into the basic biology of cancer and is committed to training the next generation of research scientists.
Our Summer Student Programme is aimed at high calibre, motivated and enthusiastic undergraduate students who are contemplating a career in research.
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If you are considering doing a PhD after your undergraduate degree, then being a summer student is a great way to find out what 'working at the bench' is like and to gain some practical experience.
Successful applicants will get the chance to develop their practical skills working alongside world-class scientists in well-resourced laboratories at Clare Hall (just north of London in South Mimms) or Lincoln's Inn Fields (central London).
The techniques learnt will depend on the project, but may include molecular biology techniques such as cloning, sequencing and SNP analysis, biochemical techniques such as Western Blotting, immunoprecipitation and analysis of protein-protein interactions, and cell biological techniques such as immunofluorescence and light and confocal microscopy. The day-to-day supervision of our summer students is carried out by postdoctoral fellows in our research labs.
The programme starts with a one-day induction, to introduce students to the LRI and working in a research laboratory, and to give them a chance to get to know each other before they start work on their projects. During the summer, the students:
- are given the opportunity to attend a session offering advice on choosing and applying for PhD positions,
- are given training in giving talks and using PowerPoint, and
- participate in several student social events.
The highlight of the scheme is the Summer Student Symposium, in early September, when each student gives a 10 minute presentation about the work they have done over the summer.
Practical details
LRI summer students in 2011 were paid £210 per week for 10 or 12 weeks. In 2011, the programme starts on Monday 27 June 2011 and ends on Friday 2 or 16 September 2011.
Applications for the 2011 Summer Student Programme have now closed.
To be eligible for the LRI Summer Student Programme, you should be an undergraduate student studying a Life Sciences discipline and in your penultimate year at a UK university.
Please note that this programme is not suitable for students studying medicine/on medical degree programmes.
See below for details of summer student projects offered for 2011.
Group A: Molecular and Cell Biology - Projects A1 to A7
Group B: Developmental Signalling and Biology - Projects B1 to B7
Group A - Molecular and Cell Biology
Projects A1 to A7
The following projects are available for the LRI Summer Studentship Programme 2011. Use the links below to read more about each project (in PDF format), the group leader and the research in that group.
The locations of the laboratories are indicated as either Clare Hall or Lincoln's Inn Fields (LIF).
- A1: The mechanistic basis of aneuploidy tolerance. Postdoc supervisor - Laurent L'Epicier-Sansregret . Group leader - Mark Petronczki (Cell Division and Aneuploidy)
- A2: The biological effects of DNA-protein crosslinks. Postdoc supervisor - Quentin Gueranger. Group leader - Peter Karran (Mammalian DNA Repair)
- A3: Analysis of Cdc6 phosphorylation in mammalian cells . Postdoc supervisor - Khalid Siddiqui . Group leader - John Diffley (Chromosome Replication)
- A4: The role of protein kinase 6 epsilon in mitosis and cytokinesis. Postdoc supervisor - Nicola Brownlow . Group leader - Peter Parker (Protein Phosphorylation)
- A5: Stem cell dynamics of human intestinal crypts . Postdoc supervisor - Trevor Graham . Group leader - Nick Wright (Histopathology)
- A6: Structural studies of Fanconi Anemia core complex proteins. Postdoc supervisor - Ateesh Sidhu. Group leader - Helen Walden (Protein Structure and Function)
- A7: DNA repair defects in endometrial cancer cells . Postdoc supervisor - Britta Weigelt . Group leader - Julian Downward (Signal Transduction)
The Group A project descriptions are also available to download as a single PDF file (113KB).
Group B - Developmental Signalling and Biology
Projects B1-B7
The following projects are available for the LRI Summer Studentship Programme 2011. Use the links below to read more about each project (in PDF format), the group leader and the research in that group.
The location of the laboratories are indicated as either Clare Hall or Lincoln's Inn Fields (LIF).
- B1: Characterising new regulators of invadopodia. Postdoc supervisor - Jasmine Abella . Group leader - Michael Way (Cell Motility)
- B2: Investigating gene networks defining molecular subgroups in kidney cancer and their clinical implications. Postdoc supervisor - Tammy Cheng . Group leader - Paul Bates (Biomolecular Modelling)
- B3: Identification and validation of novel therapeutic targets in kidney cancer . Postdoc supervisor - Marco Gerlinger. Group leader - Charles Swanton (Translational Cancer Therapeutics)
- B4: Examining signaling subpopulations in lung cancer. Postdoc supervisor - Madhu S Kumar . Group leader - Julian Downward (Signal Transduction)
- B5: Importance of the RAS-PI3K interaction in metastasis . Postdoc supervisor - Miguel Murillo . Group leader - Julian Downward (Signal Transduction)
- B6: Regulation of Drosophila tissue growth by cell polarity proteins . Postdoc supervisor - Paulo Ribeiro. Group leader - Nic Tapon (Apoptosis and Proliferation Control)
- B7: Identification of metabolic enzymes involved in glucose metabolism and lipid synthesis requried for carcinogenesis . Postdoc supervisor - Susana Ros Dominguez. Group leader - Almut Schulze (Gene Expression and Analysis)
The Group B project descriptions are also available to download as a single PDF file (98KB).
