Our Students

‘Cell/Advanced Therapies for Regenerative Medicine’ Wellcome Trust PhD Programme students (past and present) at the Centre for Gene Therapy & Regenerative Medicine (CGTRM).

 

COHORT 2016

COHORT 2017

COHORT 2018

COHORT 2019

COHORT 2020

COHORT 2021

COHORT 2022

COHORT 2023

Profiles coming soon…

Filmed at the Centre for Gene Therapy & Regenerative Medicine (CGTRM) before lockdown, Maria Andrews documents a snippet of cell counting methods used by PhD student Ana Maria Cujba (Cohort 2016) to prepare cultured cells to be differentiated into pancreatic organoids.

 COHORT GALLERY

Ideal Candidate

Selection criterion

We receive 200-300 applications/year for this programme. Please see the current student web profiles to get an idea of the range of their previous experiences. In selecting students to interview we consider the following criterion.

  • Excellent grades throughout your academic history.

  • Undergraduate university degrees in a biological/ biochemical/life science discipline are most common, but candidates who have undertaken any STEM degree will be considered.

  • Research experience in at least one laboratory.

  • Outstanding reference letters. Referees should comment favourably on your academic attributes and your potential to carry out a successful PhD.

  • Supporting statement in the application that answers the question posed.


Widening Participation

We welcome applicants from communities underrepresented in academia

We recognise that privilege currently plays an important part in who succeeds in a career in academia. Inequality in outcomes is particularly evident for students who come from black minority ethnic or low-income backgrounds, or who are living with a disability. This is something that our PhD programme and King’s College London are keen to help change. If you are part of a community that is historically under-represented in research, please be encouraged to apply.

Congratulations to King's Wellcome PhD Programme students

Congratulations to our students who have successfully published review articles with Professor Fiona Watt and/or Dr Francesca Spagnoli. Find out more about their work below.

They stand in front of historic DNA models near the site where Maurice Wilkins and Rosalind Franklin played their part in determining the structure of DNA.