Insects as models to study the impact of antibiotics and microbiota therapies on the human gut microbiome: reducing the use of animals in research Principal Investigator: Professor Anthony Maxwell, John Innes Centre PhD Studentship
Developing and validating a computational model of the gut microbiota-mucosa interactions to replace and reduce animal experiments Principal Investigator: Dr Jan-Ulrich Kreft, University of Birmingham PhD Studentship
Developing an in vitro repeat-dose test as a 3Rs approach to detect non-genotoxic carcinogens Principal Investigator: Professor Gareth Jenkins, Swansea University PhD Studentship
Refining, reducing and replacing non-model amphibian experiments on amphibian infectious diseases Principal Investigator: Dr Trenton Garner, Zoological Soc London Inst of Zoology PhD Studentship
Using zebrafish embryos to identify genes that protect against atherosclerosis Principal Investigator: Professor Paul Evans, University of Sheffield PhD Studentship
Moving the Adverse Outcome Pathways Framework towards Practical Utility by Integrating Compound Profiling Data and Using Deep Learning Principal Investigator: Dr Andreas Bender, University of Cambridge PhD Studentship
Multiphoton imaging in human liver tissues: validation of a new tool for drug discovery Principal Investigator: Dr Scott Davies, University of Birmingham Fellowship
Recreating thrombosis models using tissue-engineered arterial constructs: A novel method to reduce and replace mice used in platelet research Principal Investigator: Dr Alan Harper, Keele University PhD Studentship
Replacing animal models in fungal pathogen research: An in vitro Titan virulence assay for the human fungal pathogen Cryptococcus neoformans Principal Investigator: Dr Elizabeth Ballou, University of Birmingham PhD Studentship
ImmuLiver – An immunologically-competent in vitro model of the human liver for the assessment of Yellow Fever vaccine attenuation Contractor: Professor Lyle Armstrong, Newcells Biotech Ltd CRACK IT Challenge
Development of E-Sense: a flexible in vitro platform to determine cardiovascular risk Principal Investigator: Dr Stephen White, Manchester Metropolitan University PhD Studentship
A live model to study mucociliary clearance in health and disease Principal Investigator: Professor David Thornton, University of Manchester Project grant
A highly sensitive replacement assay for botulinum neurotoxin type B Principal Investigator: Dr Andrew Peden, University of Sheffield Project grant
DARTpaths: Mapping developmental and reproductive toxicity (DART) genes and pathways for cross-species comparison of toxic compound effects Contractor: Professor Raymond Pieters, University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (UASU) CRACK IT Challenge
A new sensor platform combining plastic antibodies with simple thermal detection Contractor: Dr Marloes Peeters, Manchester Metropolitan University CRACK IT Solution
Novel approach to model Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease using human Pluripotent Stem Cells Principal Investigator: Dr Carola Morell, University of Cambridge Fellowship
Generating in vitro human optic vesicles to dissect the genetic modifiers affecting ocular maldevelopment Principal Investigator: Dr Mariya Moosajee, University College London PhD Studentship
Development of the chick embryo as a replacement for rodent models of tumour metastasis Principal Investigator: Dr Anne Herrmann, University of Liverpool Fellowship
Galleria mellonella - a novel infection model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis aimed at reducing the number of animals in experimentation Principal Investigator: Professor Paul Langford, Imperial College London PhD Studentship
Identifying regulators of tissue regeneration by in vivo imaging in the zebrafish Principal Investigator: Dr Robert Knight, King's College London PhD Studentship