THE WELLCOME TRUST
Each winner will receive between £1 million and £3 million, with the total allocation worth £56 million
Investigator Awards
• Award winner: Jurg Bahler
• Institution: University College London
Non-coding RNA function in genome regulation and cell maintenance
• Award winner: Juan Burrone
• Institution: King's College London
Homeostatic plasticity: from synapses to the axon initial segment
• Award winner: Peter Donnelly
• Institution: University of Oxford
Statistical methods development and analysis of genomic data in health and disease
• Award winner: Mate Lengyel
• Institution: University of Cambridge
Normative neurophysiology
• Award winner: Dimitri Kullmann
• Institution: University College London
Synaptic neurology
• Award winners: Matteo Carandini and Kenneth Harris
• Institutions: University College London and Imperial College London
Integration of internal and external signals in sensory cortex
• Award winner: Peter Rothwell
• Institution: University of Oxford
Improving prevention of stroke by better understanding of existing risk factors and treatments
• Award winner: Klaus Okkenhaug
• Institution: The Babraham Institute, Cambridge
PI3K signalling in immunity and infection
• Award winner: Gavin Screaton
• Institution: Imperial College London
Studies of immunopathogenesis in dengue virus infection
• See Times Higher Education next week for the remaining winners
IN DETAIL
• Award winner: Alister G. Craig
• Institution: Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine
Cytoadherence-mediated pathology in cerebral malaria
About one million people die each year from severe malaria, mainly young children and pregnant women in low-income countries. This project will be examining why cytoadherence - the process whereby red blood cells infected with the malaria parasite adhere to the walls of blood vessels - leads to severe cases of the disease. Professor Craig hopes the project will help in the design of new treatments.