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biotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 379 biotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Digital Biomanufacturing for Integrated Biorefining and Industrial Biotechnology

Industrial biotechnology via biorefining is a key industry for the transition towards sustainable circular economies, the mitigation of climate change, and enabling fossil-resource independence and valorisation of locally available biomass and wastes as feedstocks. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Wongsirichot
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Novel type of RNA polymerases, their molecular biology and application in synthetic biology and biotechnology

In synthetic biology and biotechnology, there is an urgent need for alternative orthologous expression platforms for protein and RNA production and building complex synthetic networks. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Zenkin
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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4-Year Fully Funded EPSRC PhD Studentship in AI-Enabled Visual Phenotyping for Engineering Hydrophobic Polymer-Degrading Enzymes

Project ID. 2531cs1093. EPSRC Theme. Manufacturing the Future. Principal Supervisor. Dr Michele Crotti. Co-Supervisor. Dr Castrejón-Pita. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MC Crotti
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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PhD Programme at the School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB), NTU Singapore

The School of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CCEB) at Nanyang Technological University (NTU Singapore) offers world-class PhD research opportunities designed to provide future academics, scientists, and industry leaders with the most advanced research skills. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Singapore PhD Programme
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Understanding the Biotechnological Potential of Archived Polar Samples - Towards Net-Zero polar Biotechnology

This PhD is part of the Net Zero Polar Science DTP, which aims to make polar science possible in a net zero world. For further details visit https://nzps-dtp.ac.uk/. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Pearce, Dr A Jones, Dr K Hughes, Prof Peter Convey, Dr J Finnigan
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How algae run a hijacked nitrogen-scavenging enzyme, and how we can engineer it for biotechnology

Supervisory team Main supervisor. Dr Adam Monier (University of Exeter). Second supervisor. Dr Glen Wheeler (Marine Biological Association; MBA). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Monier
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Deciphering and Predicting Attachment-Site Compatibility Rules in Serine Integrase-Mediated Genome Integration

Project Description. Precise genome engineering is a cornerstone of modern biotechnology, underpinning the development of microbial cell factories for sustainable production of medicines and chemicals. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Gao, Prof M S Akram, Dr S F Yang
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a quantitative multi-parametric in ovo bioscreening platform for comparative evaluation of engineered viral biotherapeutics in complex tissue microenvironments.

Project Description. Engineered viral biotherapeutics, including gene-delivery vectors and emerging cancer therapies, are transforming biotechnology and medicine. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Allison, Dr N McCaul, Prof E Blair
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating CCN1 function and regulation to develop next-generation protein detection technologies

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 Supervisors: Dr A Brüning-Richardson, Dr H Girvan, Prof V Rand, Dr YL Lam
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering protein nanocages for biotechnology applications (LE BRUN_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Professor Nick Le Brun. Proteins that self-assemble to yield cage-like structures are of great interest due to their potential applications in biotechnology. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Le Brun
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design, construction and testing of recombinant protein production systems for industrial biotechnology applications.

Details of the Project. The production of recombinant biopharmaceuticals, e.g., antibody fragments and growth hormones, is a billion-dollar industry, with many therapeutic proteins being expressed in the bacterium Escherichia coli [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DB Browning
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Stimulated and Quantum-enhanced Brillouin imaging

Brillouin spectroscopy is an important technique for measuring the visco-elastic properties of biological materials, with applications to fundamental biology, tissue engineering, and drug-discovery. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof IK Kabakova
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum sensing for biomedicine

Quantum sensing is creating unprecedented new capabilities to observe biological systems. These capabilities are changing our understanding of biology across the wide range of length and timescales over which it operates, and ultimately will lead us to better understand, diagnose and treat disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof WB Bowen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Where environmental stress tolerance meets biotechnology – understanding Cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase function during stress responses and targeted protein degradation in plants

Plants use ubiquitination to regulate cellular function more than any other group of Eukaryotes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Hemsley, Dr M Balcerowicz
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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4 Year Fully Funded PhD Opportunities in Bioscience and Biotechnology

The Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership holds a UKRI-BBSRC funded Doctoral Landscape Award. We offer PhD studentships at one of the largest and most successful centres for biological and biotechnological research and training in Europe. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  4 Year PhD Programme