significant contributions to the field, some of which are highlighted below.
His contributions to the field include making all the sequencing data generated in the lab publicly available through easy-to-use websites. He also shares the lab’s protocols through his website and some cases through youtube videos (eg. single cell prep for the human breast cell atlas).
Based on their single cell work in mouse and human they have identified several pathways that are associated with precancerous cellular changes in the women at high risk of breast cancer. This includes the observation that immune cells in the healthy breast tissue from BRCA1/2 high risk women exhibit an exhausted phenotype. These dysfunctional immune cells are normally only found at latestage tumours. With further funding from CRUK they started a pre-clinical trial to assess the efficacy of these drug paving the way to window of opportunity trials in human.
To Apply:
We encourage prospective PhD students to reach out directly to Professor Khaled, wtk22@cam.ac.uk to discuss potential projects and supervision.
Applicants must secure the support of a Supervisor within a laboratory before submitting an application. Please contact the project Supervisor(s) to discuss potential supervision, proposed research project and funding options, which should then be used to write your formal application.
Applications will be submitted to the 'PhD in Stem Cell Biology' and full course details can be found at https://www.postgraduate.study.cam.ac.uk/courses/directory/blscpdscp
Funding Notes
This is not a core-funded PhD programme, and candidates are therefore required to secure their own funding.
Please visit Postgraduate Funding | Cambridge Stem Cell Institute for funding available via the Cambridge Stem Cell Institute.
Funding options should be discussed on an individual basis with the proposed Supervisor before submitting an application.
Applicants are recommended to apply to the University funding scheme by ticking 'Yes - I wish to apply for funding' in the funding section of the Applicant Portal, by the funding deadline. You will then automatically be considered for any University funding that you are eligible for.
To learn more about how to apply for University funding, please visit Postgraduate funding | Postgraduate Study
