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Royal Holloway, University of London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 28 Royal Holloway, University of London PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Engineering Biology for Sustainable Isoprenoid Production

Background. Isoprenoids represent one of the largest and most diverse classes of natural products, with applications spanning nutrition, health, Pharma and industry. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Fraser, Dr G Enfissi, Dr LP Perez
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Investigating molecular mechanism of medium chain fats in muscle health and cardiovascular disease treatment

Ketogenic diets, involving restricted carbohydrate and high fat consumption, have been proposed to increase skeletal muscle strength, with likely impacts on professional sports performance. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R S B Williams, Dr AB Malerba
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Haustoria-omics and RNAi gene silencing, to understand gene regulation, fungal virulence and infection during powdery mildew and rust diseases in cereals.

Powdery mildews (PMs) and rusts are prevalent plant diseases that compromise the production of many valuable food and horticultural crops, including wheat and barley. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Bindschedler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Identification and precise gene editing of wheat and barley susceptibility factors to generate disease resistant crops against powdery mildew and rust fungi.

Powdery mildews (PMs) and rusts are prevalent plant diseases that compromise the production of many valuable food and horticultural crops, including wheat and barley. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L Bindschedler
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Biology of ageing: investigating the effect of novel compounds on longevity and functionality

One of the primary goals of ageing research is to identify compounds that can extend lifespan and/or improve physical and cognitive performance in old age. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Augustin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Targeting human neurodegenerative diseases using the fruit-fly Drosophila melanogaster

Almost a million of people in the UK suffer from neurodegenerative disorders. Alzheimer’s disease, dementia with Lewy bodies, and Frontotemporal dementia are the most common causes of neurodegenerative dementias. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Augustin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding the erratic spin evolution of radio emitting neutron stars

Formed in the supernova explosions of massive stars, neutron stars are compact remnants that exhibit extreme gravity, ultra-high densities, fast rotation, and strong magnetic fields. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Graber
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bioengineering of stimuli-responsive molecules with advanced functional properties for therapeutic and biotechnology applications

About the Project. Biological polymers, such as proteins and nucleic acids, are responsible for a vast range of biological functions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Soloviev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Manipulating the plant phyllosphere microbiome for plant and environmental health

Healthy plants, like all higher organisms, host an extensive commensal microbial community or microbiome. Non-pathogenic microbes in many cases benefit the host. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Devlin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Tuning correlated electron systems from magnetism to unconventional superconductivity

Applications are invited for a PhD project in Experimental Condensed Matter Physics. In this project you will explore the rich phase diagrams of strongly correlated electron systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P G Niklowitz
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Simulating the dynamics of many body quantum systems with Graphical Processor Units (GPUs)

For more than a century, statistical physics has proved a powerful framework for understanding the behavior of systems made of a large number of particles. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Ithier
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Cooling low-dimensional electrons down to the quantum limit

The study of mesoscopic semiconductor devices, where electrons are confined into submicron-sized dots and wires, has been extremely fruitful over the past 25 years. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J T Nicholls
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Stroke in South Asian populations

Stroke is the third leading cause of death and the commonest cause of disability. The World Health Organisation estimates that by 2050 around 80% of the entire world’s burden of stroke will be in India and China. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Sharma
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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