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Undergraduate Alumni and Project Titles

Undergraduate Alumni and Project Titles 

Sophia Faulkner       2025   Meta-analysis investigating vaping on embryonic development

Anna Murphy            2025   A morphological investigation of embryonic hip ligament maturation; is it sensitive to embryonic movement?

Allie Noonan             2025   Profiling Spinal Ligament Organisation across Development in a Mammalian Model

Ella Shiels                 2025   An investigation of the Spiny Dogfish (Squalus acanthias) Embryo; Can Morphological and Histological Analysis Reveal the Presence of Areolar Cartilage on the Pectoral Girdle?

Stefan Simonovic     2025   A Morphological Investigation Of Knee Ligament Development In Murine Models

Ayni Abdallah            2024    An investigation to identify gene expression changes associated with the clinical condition Idiopathic Scoliosis, to reveal any potential candidate genes associated with the musculoskeletal system.

Sarah Hennigan          2024    Morphological investigation of embryonic chick vertebral ligaments across normal development: are they sensitive to embryonic immobilisation?

Lucia Jamieson           2024    A Genetic Profile of Chick Vertebral Ligaments

Alec Lea                     2024    An investigation of structural and immune-specific gene expression in the developing chick tendon
Laura Crean               2023    Investigating cellular changes in embryonic chick tendons during normal development and following immobilisation
Fergus Hughes            2021    Structure and organisation of embryonic chick tendons following immobilisation during late development.

Sarah Austin               2020    Spine Morphogenesis: Investigating the Effects of Movement on Spinal Recovery Post-Paralysis.

Rachel Grant               2020    Investigating the role of movement in the recovery of aspects of vertebrate limb development post immobilisation.