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We have 17 auto PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

MSc by Research - Development of the early surveillance for auto-immune diabetes exercise intervention (EXTEND-IT).

University of Birmingham School of Sport, Exercise and Rehabilitation Sciences

Background. Type 1 diabetes (T1D) is a chronic autoimmune disease which currently effects around 8.4 million individuals worldwide. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Hesketh, Prof P Narendran

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Point-of-Care diagnostics for auto-immune diseases

University of Leeds Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: School of Electronic & Electrical Engineering

Many autoimmune diseases, including rheumatoid arthritis, lupus, and scleroderma, often lead to progressive damage to organs and tissues. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C Wälti, Dr F Del Galdo

Open Day(s) 8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Mobilisation of plant images and data to address the taxonomic impediment of the Syzygium, the world's largest tree genus

Loughborough University Department of Computer Science

This project would aim to revise a section of the world's largest tree genus, Syzygium, through classical taxonomy, molecular systematics, testing deep learning algorithms for rapid auto-identification of herbarium specimens. Read more

Supervisors: Dr O Pescott, Dr E Lucas, Dr N Nicolson, Dr H Cai

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Advanced Deep Learning Methods for Automatic Segmentation of Brain Tumours and other Intracranial Structures

University of Auckland Auckland Bioengineering Institute

Interested in a rewarding career in bioengineering? Get sponsored to do life-changing research in New Zealand!. Preoperative manual segmentation of Brain tumours is an extremely time-consuming task and adds an enormous amount of Neurosurgical workload. Read more

Supervisor: Dr HA Abbasi

22 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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NIHR Leeds BRC: Comparison and contrast of bone marrow failure syndromes resulting from somatic mutation: PNH and VEXAS syndrome

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

VEXAS (Vacuoles, E1-ligase, X-linked, Auto-inflammatory, Somatic) is a recently discovered, progressive systemic auto-inflammatory disorder associated with ageing. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Savic, Dr D Newton, Dr R Kelly

Open Day(s) 1 February 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Elucidating the mechanisms of pathology in neurodevelopmental white matter diseases

University of York York Biomedical Research Institute

Our research interests are to dissect the mechanism of auto-inflammatory neurological disorders using zebrafish as an animal model. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Hamilton, Dr S Sweeney

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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From waste to compostable packaging: The environmental end-of-life impact of modified cellulosic films

University of Leeds Faculty of Environment

Industrialisation of manufacturing has dramatically reduced the cost of products for consumers leading to the creation of a throw-away society in which we “take-make-dispose”. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Benitez-Alfonso, Dr H M R Greathead

Open Day(s) 5 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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New sinks for potent climate gas nitrous oxide

Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Supervisors: Prof Mark Trimmer. Funding: China Scholarship Council (CSC). Deadline: 31st January 2024. Research environment. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Trimmer

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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New shortcuts through the nitrogen cycle

Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Supervisors: Prof Mark Trimmer and Dr Ozge Eyice. Funding: China Scholarship Council (CSC). Deadline: 31st January 2024. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Trimmer, Dr O Eyice

31 January 2024 PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Precision medicine for treatment of VEXAS syndrome

University of Leeds MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

As the population ages it is becoming increasingly important to more completely understand the pathophysiology of age-related diseases. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Savic, Prof D G Kent

Open Day(s) 17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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OP2416 Machine Learning for Urban Climate: How to Cool Down Your City with Trees

Northumbria University Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Urban heat islands (UHIs) are areas of higher temperature in cities due to global warming and urbanization, which can affect human health, energy use, and climate. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BZ Zhai

11 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Quantifying the mechanosensation of T-cell activation exploiting advanced force probing technologies

University of Oxford Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Antigen recognition is a crucial process in health and disease. Over the last couple of years, a convincing body of evidence has emerged revealing that mechanical force is present at all stages of T-cell activation. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Fritzsche, Prof M Dustin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Funded PhD - Understanding the molecular mechanism of the MADS innate bacterial immune system and its synergy with CRISPR-Cas

University of Bristol School of Biochemistry

Prokaryotes have evolved over billions of years alongside their viruses, the bacteriophages, or “phages”. To prevent viral infection, prokaryotes have evolved rudimentary immune mechanisms, the most widespread and well-studied of which are the Restriction-Modification and the CRISPR-Cas enzymes. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M D Szczelkun, Prof M Dillingham

8 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Undiminishing School Governance. Investigating ‘Maturity’ and School Governing Body Effectiveness

Nottingham Trent University School of Social Sciences

Project ID. S2. The funding, inspection and governance of state education in England are high-profile policy discourses, with the school budget for England alone over £57 billion for 2023-24. Read more

Supervisor: Assoc Prof A Clapham

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Identifying novel inflammatory pathways and using them to develop new therapeutics

University of Birmingham Institute of Cardiovascular Sciences

We are seeking talented, motivated students with a passion for research in cardiovascular immunology, chronic inflammatory diseases (e.g., Atherosclerosis, psoriasis, other diseases with a chronic inflammatory component) drug discovery/ development of novel therapeutics, to join the Cardiovascular Immunology group led by Prof Ed Rainger. Read more

Supervisor: Prof E Rainger

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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