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University of Leeds, Faculty of Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 28 University of Leeds, Faculty of Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Evaluating the potential consequences of climate heating for Caspian seals and ecosystem services in the Caspian Sea

Marine mammals are keystone species for marine ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Goodman, Prof M Beger
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Using a novel anal epithelial cell culture model to better understand the human papillomavirus lifecycle and anal cancer progression

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Macdonald, Prof A Whitehouse
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigation of host-virus interactions

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26 in the area of molecular virology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Stacey, Dr J N Barr
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Muscle function during running

The anatomy of the legs is complex with multiple muscles that are (anatomically) capable of flexing and extending the limb joints. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G N Askew, Dr J Usherwood
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Disrupted SUMO signalling in epithelial cancers, implications for genome stability and response to therapy.

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Garvin
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Engineering Developable Biopharmaceuticals

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D B Brockwell, Prof S E Radford
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Targeting protein acetylation to reduce microglia activation in neurodegenerative disorders

The School of Biomedical Sciences invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof I Wood
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Optimising functional independence across the life and healthspan using neurostimulation

Neuroplasticity is integral to recovery and maintenance of functional independence as we age, and even more crucial in individuals with developmental disorders such as Cerebral Palsy and those with injuries to their brain and/or central nervous system (Spinal Cord Injury, Stroke, MS). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S L Astill, Dr R M Ichiyama
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Control and inhibition of virus replication

The Tuplin group explores how RNA viruses regulate replication and translation of their genomes through dynamic interactions between structured viral RNA, host and viral proteins and host-cell non-coding RNAs (including siRNAs, lncRNAs, and circRNAs). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A.K Tuplin
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Towards new antibacterial drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: identification and characterization of novel natural product antibiotics

Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to the average human lifespan. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill
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Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens

  Research Group: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to average human lifespan. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A O'Neill, Dr M McPhillie, Prof C Fishwick
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Revolutionising antimicrobial susceptibility testing to optimise treatment of bacterial infection and overcome AMR

  Research Group: School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Antimicrobial susceptibility testing (AST) is an essential component of the diagnostic workflow in the clinical microbiology laboratory, since it is able to define which antibiotics have the potential to treat bacterial infection in a given patient. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Dissecting the molecular mechanisms of antibiotic resistance in bacterial pathogens

  Research Group: School of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections. Since their introduction in the middle years of the 20th Century, they have added ~10 years to the human lifespan, and have become a cornerstone of modern medicine. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill
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