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Qasim Abbas
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

 Iterative Approximate Analysis of Graph-Structured Data For Precision Medicine

Keywords: Knowledge extraction, scalable algorithms, graph processing, biomedical informatics, Cancer, Coronavirus, COVID-19, SARS-CoV-2

Partner Organisation: IBM Research-Zurich 

Prachi Bendale
Novel Molecular Tools to Tackle the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Emergency

Prachi Bendale
School of Pharmacy
Project title: Novel Molecular Tools to Tackle the Antimicrobial Resistance (AMR) Emergency

Key words: Antimicrobial resistance, antibiotics, glycosylation, inhibitor, molecular tools

Supervisor: Professor Gerd Wagner

Partner Organisation: UK Health Security Agency

Ece Sila Bora (ESR4)
Innovative Ways of Seeing Cities through Cinema

Ece Sila Bora
School of Natural and Built Environment

Innovative Ways of Seeing Cities through Cinema

Supervisor: Dr Gul Kacmaz Erk

Partner Organisation: Film Hub NI

Sejal Chandak (ESR 5)
The Governance and Management of Data in the Smart City

Sejal Chandak
School of Law

The Governance and Management of Data in the Smart City

Supervisor: Professor John Morison

Partner Organisation: Belfast City Council

Swathine Chandrasekaran (ESR6)
Investigating the importance of queuosine (q) as a novel micronutrient in human ageing and brain health

Swathine Chandrasekaran
School of Biological Sciences

Investigating the importance of queuosine (q) as a novel micronutrient in human ageing and brain health
Supervisor: Dr Brian Green

Partner: Devenish Nutrition

Simran Cheema (ESR 7)
Maximizing the Clinical Impact of Donor Human Milk

Simran Cheema
School of Biological Sciences

Maximizing the Clinical Impact of Donor Human Milk

Supervisor: Dr Simon Cameron

Partner Organisation: Human Milk Foundation

Charalampos Eleftheriadis (ESR 8)
Scalable Heart-Rate-Variability Analysis for Individualized Secure Health Monitoring

Charalampos Eleftheriadis
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Scalable Heart-Rate-Variability Analysis for Individualized Secure Health Monitoring

Supervisor: Dr Georgios Karakonstantis

Partner Organisation:  B-Secur  

Abdul-Akim Guseinov (ESR 9)
Understanding allosteric and biased GPCR signalling from computer simulations and mutagenesis

Abdul-Akim Guseinov
School of Pharmacy

Understanding allosteric and biased GPCR signalling from computer simulations and mutagenesis

Supervisor: Dr Irina Tikhonova

Partner Organisation: NQuiX

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Achmad Himawan (ESR 10)
Blood-free, microneedle-mediated, early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Achmad Himawan
School of Pharmacy

Blood-free, microneedle-mediated, early diagnosis of SARS-CoV-2 infection

Supervisor: Professor Ryan Donnelly

Partner Organisation: Johnson & Johnson

Anna Korelidou (ESR 11)
3D printing and bioprinting strategies to treat coronary heart disease

Anna Korelidou
School of Pharmacy

3D printing and bioprinting strategies to treat coronary heart disease

Supervisor: Dr Eneko Larrañeta

Partner Organisation: InnoUp Farma 

Leonid Kusmenko (ESR12)
Co-Designing Immersive Virtual Reality Experiences with People with Dementia

Leonid Kusmenko
School of Arts, English and Languages

Immersive Technologies to drive inclusion of disabled musicians

Supervisor: Dr Franziska Schroeder

Partner Organisatons: Drake Music Northern Ireland and Be Another Lab Barcelona

Morgan Mattingly (ESR13)
Expanding & Evolving Education Resources of Refugees: From Camp to Resettlement

Morgan Mattingly
School of Social Sciences, Education & Social Work

Expanding & Evolving Education Resources of Refugees: From Camp to Resettlement

Supervisor: Dr Alison MacKenzie

Partner Organisation: Africa House (NI)

Ivan Palmisano (ESR 14)
Complex nanophotonics for a quantum internet

Ivan Palmisano
School of Maths & Physics

Project title: Complex nanophotonics for a quantum internet

Supervisor: Professor Mauro Paternostro

Partner Organisation: LightOn

José Pérez Tomás (ESR 15)
Overcoming Enzyme Poisoning in Bioprocesses

José Pérez Tomás
School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering

Overcoming Enzyme Poisoning in Bioprocesses

Supervisor: Dr Andrew Marr

Partner Organisation: Almac

Sweta Pramanick (ESR16)
Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective

Sweta Pramanick
Queen's Business School

Tackling Productivity Questions: A Long-Run Perspective

Supervisor: Philip Fliers

Partner Organisation: Central Bank of Ireland

Riddhi Salotra (ESR 17)
Seaweed bioactives for livestock nutrition and methane mitigation

Riddhi Salotra
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Seaweed bioactives for livestock nutrition and methane mitigation

Supervisor: Dr Pamela Walsh

Partner Organisation: Teagasc 

Stanley Simoes (ESR 18)
Fair AI for the Public Sector: Advancing the Technological Frontier

Stanley Simoes
School of Electronics, Electrical Engineering and Computer Science

Fair AI for the Public Sector: Advancing the Technological Frontier

Supervisor: Dr Deepak Padmanabhan

Partner Organisations: IBM Research 

Julia Volkmar (ESR19)
Dealing with the Past in a Digital Age: Oral History in Transition

Julia Volkmar
School of Law

Dealing with the Past in a Digital Age: Oral History in Transition

Supervisor: Dr Anna Bryson

Partner Organisations: British Library and Greek Oral History Association

Hangtian Zhou (ESR 20)
Innovative Energy Saving Process for Advanced Manufacturing

Hangtian Zhou
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering

Innovative Energy Saving Process for Advanced Manufacturing

Supervisor: Dr Peter Martin

Partner Organisation: Maus GmbH