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biofilm PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 68 biofilm PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Integrated Smart Sensors for Early Detection of Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infections

Queen’s University Belfast

School of Pharmacy

Research Group: Drug delivery and biomaterials

Catheter-associated urinary tract infections (CAUTIs) remain a major challenge in healthcare, particularly among patients requiring long-term urinary catheterisation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr SZ Zhang

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

Engineering Multifunctional Hydrogel Catheters for Long-Term Infection Prevention and Monitoring

Queen’s University Belfast

School of Pharmacy

Research Group: Drug delivery and biomaterials

This PhD project aims to develop multifunctional hydrogel-based medical catheters that combine long-term infection prevention with early infection detection. Read more

Supervisor: Dr SZ Zhang

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

A statin-releasing vaginal ring for treating bacterial vaginosis

Queen’s University Belfast

School of Pharmacy

Research Group: Drug delivery and biomaterials

This project aims to develop and evaluate a novel statin-releasing vaginal ring as a long-acting treatment and prevention strategy for recurrent bacterial vaginosis (BV), the most common vaginal condition affecting women of reproductive age worldwide. Read more

Supervisor: Prof K Malcolm

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

EASTBIO SRUC The effect of microbubbles on bacteria associated with meat spoilage

SRUC - Scotland’s Rural College

PHD Opportunities

Microbubbles are tiny gas-filled structures with a gaseous core and an outer shell. The gas within the microbubble can vary, although the gas is at least as dense as air. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N McEwan

30 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Antibiotic taxis during host infection and antibiotic treatment

University of Liverpool

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Background. Pseudomonas aeruginosa is a globally significant “priority” bacterial pathogen (WHO) that causes biofilm-associated, antibiotic-resistant infections. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Wheeler, Dr S.K. Khandaker, Dr RT Tank

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Engineering Safer Healthcare Water Systems: Evaluating Cold Water Recirculation for Water Quality and Pathogen Control

Heriot-Watt University

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment

Do you want to help shape the future design of safer and more sustainable healthcare buildings through cutting-edge engineering research? We are seeking an ambitious PhD candidate to investigate the role of cold water recirculation systems in healthcare buildings and their implications for water quality, infection prevention, and sustainable water management. Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Kelly, Prof M Gormley

17 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Engineering Safer Healthcare Water Systems: Tackling Opportunistic Waterborne Pathogens

Heriot-Watt University

School of Energy, Geoscience, Infrastructure and Society

Research Group: Institute of Sustainable Built Environment

Are you passionate about improving public health through innovative engineering solutions? We are seeking an outstanding PhD candidate to undertake interdisciplinary research to investigate how healthcare water systems can be designed and operated to minimise the risk of opportunistic premise plumbing pathogens (OPPPs). Read more

Supervisors: Dr D Kelly, Prof M Gormley

17 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Oral dysbiosis and S. aureus: understanding how change in the oral microbiome drive infection risk

Leeds Beckett University

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Staphylococcus aureus is one of the World Health Organisation’s priority pathogens, causing wide-ranging infections from skin and soft tissue infections to life-threatening conditions such as pneumonia, bloodstream infections and infective endocarditis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Gupta, Dr A Oates, Dr PS Stafford, Dr T Do

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

SWBio DTP PhD Project: The RNA Code of Bacterial Warfare: Discovering how the RNA binding protein SpoVG controls antimicrobials and toxin production

University of Bath

Department of Life Sciences

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more

Supervisors: Dr ED Denham, Dr CT Tooke

2 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Sweet and sticky: The role of protein glycosylation in bacteria colonisation and adaptation to the gut (JUGE_Q27DTP)

Quadram Institute Bioscience

Graduate Programme

The accessory secretion (aSec) system is a protein export pathway that is uniquely present in Gram-positive bacteria and is dedicated to the secretion of large, glycosylated cell wall-anchored adhesins called serine-rich repeat proteins (SRRPs). Read more

Supervisor: Prof N Juge

30 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Bacterial Bioelectricity: How Microbes Use Voltage to Regulate Metabolism, Signalling and Survival

University of Warwick

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership

Bacteria are electrical —their membrane potential drives ATP synthesis, nutrient uptake, pH homeostasis, motility, cell-cell communication, and stress survival (Benarroch and Asally 2020). Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Asally, Dr ASV Singh Vishen

23 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Communication, competition and resilience in structured bacterial communities

University of Warwick

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership

How do bacterial communities communicate and reorganise to survive environmental stress? Biofilms are dense microbial communities with major consequences for health, agriculture and the environment, including chronic infections, antimicrobial resistance and biofouling. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Thery, Dr M Asally

23 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

When the past shapes the future: How microbial interactions influence behaviour in Staphylococcus aureus

University of Leicester

College of Life Sciences

Research Group: Microbiology and Infection

Second Supervisor. Dr Jan-Ulrich Kreft, University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences. Staphylococcus aureus colonises humans and animals and is a major cause of disease worldwide. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Schilcher

23 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Electrophysiology of Bacterial Biofilms

The University of Manchester

Department of Physics and Astronomy

Bacteria are the most numerous living organisms on planet Earth (~10^30) and most of them spend the majority on their lives encased in biofilms [1]. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Waigh, Dr R Krasovec

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

Establish the determinants for bacteriophage cocktail stabilization

The University of Manchester

Division of Pharmacy and Optometry

Research Group: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry

Phage therapy uses bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections and is attracting renewed interest because of rising antimicrobial resistance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Pluen, Prof A McBain, Dr R Curtis, Dr CI Igler

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

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