MRes projects
Before you apply, please review the project portfolio below and consider whether you wish to apply via the standard or the bespoke route.
Standard – select up to two projects that match your research interests. As part of the application process, please upload a project choice statement of up to 500 words. Your chosen project(s) should be listed in preference order with a supporting rationale explaining how they align with your research interests and how they will support your future career.
Bespoke – if the available projects do not fit with your research interests, you may wish to propose your own research project.
- This must align with ongoing research in the Faculty of Infectious and Tropical Diseases. Review the faculty web pages for an overview of our research and use the LSHTM profiles site to explore the research interests of the academics in the faculty’s constituent departments (Clinical Research, Disease Control and Infection Biology).
- As part of the application process, please upload a Research Proposal of up to 1000 words (excluding references). This should provide a concise summary of your proposed project, including key background information, the research question, a summary of the planned approaches and relevant ethical considerations. You are also recommended to include the details of at least one prospective supervisor and a brief explanation of how their research interests align with your own.
Please note that whether you submit a project choice statement or a research proposal, you will also need to complete a Personal Statement as per the instructions on the application portal.
Eligible applications submitted via the application portal will be reviewed as they are received and suitable applicants will be invited to interview.
The project portfolio is updated regularly as projects are allocated and is intended to reflect current availability as closely as possible. However, because applications are processed on an ongoing basis, the list below may not always provide a complete picture of project availability.
Early application is strongly recommended to ensure you have the best chance of securing your preferred project (standard route) and to enable timely review of research proposals versus the Faculty’s ongoing research and supervisory capacity (bespoke route).
ID | Location | Project title |
|---|---|---|
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology - see project summaries | ||
| BC1 | London | Characterising mycobacterial genomic diversity using sequencing, bioinformatics, and AI. |
| BC2 | London | Developing a genomic framework for Acinetobacter baumannii to support outbreak investigations. |
| BC3 | London | Using tprK recombination to distinguish long-term from repeat syphilis infections. |
| BC4 | London | AI for molecular prediction and therapeutic design in infectious diseases. |
| BC5 | London | Genetic variation & genome-scale metabolic modelling of globally successful enteric fever pathogens. |
Disease Control - See project summaries | ||
| DC1 | London | Understanding the effects of Mycoplasma and Ureaplasma infection on adverse pregnancy outcomes. |
| DC2 | London | Can combined treatments reduce hepatic inflammation in experimental schistosomiasis? |
| DC3 | London | Exploring self-testing, point-of-care testing and alternative care pathways for syphilis in the UK. |
Immunity and Immune Modulation - see project summaries | ||
| IM1 | Uganda | Rural–urban residence and parasitic infections in yellow fever vaccine waning in Ugandan adolescents. |
| IM2 | London | Multi-pathogen sero-surveillance in a Ugandan cohort. |
| IM3 | London | Investigating inflammatory biomarkers in female genital schistosomiasis. |
| IM4 | London | Unmasking the role of immune checkpoint PD-L1 in Klebsiella pneumoniae immune evasion. |
| IM5 | London | Dissecting the role of the T6SS to manipulate lung immunity. |
| IM6 | London | Disarming macrophages: how KivA hijacks innate immune signalling. |
Pathogen biology - see project summaries | ||
| PB1 | London | Dissecting the antibacterial role of the Campylobacter jejuni T6SS and its effectors. |
| PB2 | London | Investigating menaquinone-mediated re-sensitisation of drug-resistant tuberculosis. |
| PB3 | London | High-content imaging of antibiotic effects on Treponema pallidum. |
| PB4 | London | Catch me if you can: How intracellular bacteria evade host detection. |
| PB5 | London | Drug resistance by dormancy: How do trypanosomes sleep and avoid elimination? |
| PB6 | London | Temporal patterns of cercarial shedding and sex ratios in Bulinus infected with Schistosoma haematobium. |
| PB7 | London | Bacterial expression, enzyme kinetics and protein structure of a novel malaria lactate dehydrogenase. |
| PB8 | The Gambia | Variation in parasite sexual commitment for transmission of malaria in The Gambia. |
| PB9 | London | How do Plasmodium falciparum male gametocytes support the fastest DNA replication in existence? |
| PB10 | London | Molecular epidemiology and biology of a newly-discovered cryptic malaria parasite population. |
| PB11 | London | Characterisation of novel erythrocyte invasion genes in the malaria parasite Plasmodium knowlesi. |
