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We have 1,218 2026 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Engineering stable designer chromosomes (NIEDUSZYNSKI_E26DTP3)

Earlham Institute

Graduate Programme

Project description. Primary Supervisor - Professor Conrad Nieduszynski. Recent technological advances allow us to design and construct entire chromosomes, allowing unprecedented potential for the creation of cellular machines. Read more

Supervisor: Prof C Nieduszynski

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Transcriptional evolution in Miscanthus hybrids and polyploids (DE-VEGA_E26DTP3)

Earlham Institute

Graduate Programme

Primary Supervisor - Dr Jose De Vega. This project aims to determine how hybridisation and polyploidisation independently and jointly shape transcriptional evolution in Miscanthus hybrids, and to investigate how regulatory, epigenetic, and structural mechanisms contribute to the balance or dominance among subgenomes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J De Vega

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Chew on this! Understanding food structure transformation during oral processing and its impact on digestion (EDWARDS_Q26DTP3)

Quadram Institute Bioscience

Graduate Programme

Primary Supervisor - Dr Cathrina Edwards. Ever wondered how chewing transforms your food? Be it a crunchy cracker, gooey cookie, or a lumpy porridge, our mouth is capable of transforming these different textures into a bolus that is safe to swallow. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Edwards

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Engineering bacteria for improved bioremediation and hydrogen production (LEA-SMITH_U26DTP3)

University of East Anglia

School of Biological Sciences

Primary supervisor - Dr David Lea-Smith. Engineering biology has enormous potential to address global environmental challenges like bioremediation, biosequestration, pollutant monitoring, and resource recovery. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Lea-Smith

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Safeguarding wheat yields from cereal fungal invaders (SAUNDERS_J26DTP3)

John Innes Centre

Graduate Programme

Primary Supervisor - Professor Diane Saunders. Every year fungal pathogens destroy 10–23% of all major calorie and commodity crops. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Saunders

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Microbial determinants of behaviour in herbivorous beetles (SALEM_J26DTPF3)

John Innes Centre

Graduate Programme

Primary Supervisor - Dr Hassan Salem. Many animals rely on beneficial microbes for nutrition, defence, or reproduction. In this project, the student will explore an exciting new dimension of these relationships. Read more

Supervisor: Dr H S Salem

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Investigating how plants use RNA to cope with stress (DING_J26DTP3)

John Innes Centre

Graduate Programme

Primary Supervisor - Professor Yiliang Ding. The diversity of RNA structure is wide and varied, from hairpins and bulges through to triplex and quadruplexes. Read more

Supervisor: Prof Y Ding

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Controlling greenhouse gas emissions by targeting G-quadruplex DNA/RNA structures in plant-associated bacteria (GATES_U26DTP3)

University of East Anglia

School of Biological Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr. Andrew Gates. As well as carbon dioxide (CO2), other important climate-active gases are known to drive global warming. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Gates

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Understanding molecular wires involved in enhancing bacterial electricity. (CLARKE_U26DTP3)

University of East Anglia

School of Biological Sciences

Primary supervisor. Thomas Clarke. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T Clarke

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Vanishing Virulence: Investigating pathogenicity loss in a plant pathogenic fungus (TALBOT_S26DTP3)

The Sainsbury Laboratory

Graduate Programme

Primary supervisor - Dr Nick Talbot. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Talbot

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Trash to Treasure: Photocatalytic Reaction Cascades in Vesicle Microreactors (BUTT_U26DTP3)

University of East Anglia

School of Biological Sciences

Primary supervisor - Dr Julea Butt. This exciting project will engineer light-driven microreactors converting nitrate to ammonia thereby delivering proof-of-principle for a sustainable technology converting a widespread pollutant, nitrate, to a valuable fertiliser and chemical feedstock, ammonia. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Butt

30 July 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

EPSRC - The mitochondrion as an engineering target for mammalian cell factories

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemical Engineering

This is an Industrial collaboration PhD project (working with FUJIFILM Biotechnologies) associated with improvement of the manufacture of recombinant medicines (antibodies, domain-engineered multi-specifics). Read more

Supervisors: Prof A J Dickson, Dr H A. Prag

24 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Last chance to apply

Morphology and mechanisms of brain microvascular defects in Spinal Muscular Atrophy

University of Aberdeen

School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

We are pleased to offer an exciting opportunity to join a fully funded, 36-month project commencing in October 2026, supported by an Anatomical Society Prize Studentship. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Parson, Dr D Berg

21 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The microbiome & skin responses to solar radiation: is there a connection?

The University of Manchester

Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences

Research Group: Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences

The surface of human skin is colonized by millions of microorganisms, forming a complex microbial community. The skin, together with its microbiota, is continuously exposed to environmental factors, including solar radiation, which exerts both short-term and long-term effects on skin cells. Read more

Supervisors: Prof CN O'neill, Dr H.S. Serrage, Prof A McBain

20 July 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Developing heat-inducible CRISPR-based genetic control tools for the Mexican fruit fly (Anastrepha ludens)

Imperial College London

Department of Life Sciences

The Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Mexfly), is an important invasive agricultural pest and a priority target for the development of precise, species-specific and environmentally responsible control strategies in the United States. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof AM Meccariello, Mr EB Braswell, Prof OSA Akbari

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