Three of the interns from Summer 2012 tell us about their experience of working in NDM's laboratories and staying in an Oxford college. Three of the interns from Summer 2012 tell us about their experience of working in NDM’s laboratories and staying in an Oxford college. If you are interested in applying for a Summer Internship at the Nuffield Department of Medicine, the please take a look at our main internships page with information on how to apply.

The Nuffield Department of Medicine offers awards to outstanding DPhil Students from any country.

Yang Li joined Oxford in October 2010 after completing an undergraduate degree in Maths and Computer Science at McGill University in Montreal, Canada. He works on A comparative genomics approach to de novo genome assembly of next-generation sequencing. Every year, about 65 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. The Department offers a highly competitive studentship for our DPhil programme to outstanding candidates of any nationality. The candidates are judged on the basis of their academic and research potential. The NDM Prize Studentship is a four year course which includes full payment of all fees and an annual stipend.

Katherine Bull completed preclinical studies at Cambridge in 1999 and graduated in Clinical Medicine in 2002 at Oxford. She works on Whole Genome Sequencing in ENU mutagenesis and Autoimmunity under the supervision of Richard Cornall. Every year, about 65 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. The Department offers a highly competitive studentship for our DPhil programme to outstanding candidates of any nationality. The candidates are judged on the basis of their academic and research potential. The NDM Prize Studentship is a four year course which includes full payment of all fees and an annual stipend.

Zhe Zhao joined Oxford in 2010, after completing an undergraduate degree in Biological Science at Tsinghua University in Beijing and a Msc at Leiden University Medical Centre. He works on Transcription Regulation in Coronary Development. Every year, about 65 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. The Department offers a highly competitive studentship for our DPhil programme to outstanding candidates of any nationality. The candidates are judged on the basis of their academic and research potential. The NDM Prize Studentship is a four year course which includes full payment of all fees and an annual stipend.

Karolis Bauza joined Oxford in 2009 after completing an undergraduate degree in Pre-Medicine at Belmont Abbey College, North Carolina. He works on Malaria pre-erythrocytic stage vaccines: targeting antigen combinations. Every year, about 65 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. The Department offers a highly competitive studentship for our DPhil programme to outstanding candidates of any nationality. The candidates are judged on the basis of their academic and research potential. The NDM Prize Studentship is a four year course which includes full payment of all fees and an annual stipend.

Manuel joined Oxford in 2010, after completing an undergraduate degree in Mathematics at MIT. He works on Rare and low-frequency DNA variants and their contribution to individual predisposition to common diseases. Every year, about 65 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. The Department offers a highly competitive studentship for our DPhil programme to outstanding candidates of any nationality. The candidates are judged on the basis of their academic and research potential. The NDM Prize Studentship is a four year course which includes full payment of all fees and an annual stipend.

Annette Böhmer joined Oxford in 2010 after completing an undergraduate degree in Medicine at the University of Leipzig. She is working on Defining Hepatitis C genotype 3 immune responses under the supervision of Dr Ellie Barnes. Every year, about 65 DPhil students start a life changing experience in the Nuffield Department of Medicine in Oxford. The Department offers a highly competitive studentship for our DPhil programme to outstanding candidates of any nationality. The candidates are judged on the basis of their academic and research potential. The NDM Prize Studentship is a four year course which includes full payment of all fees and an annual stipend.