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We have 478 bioinformatics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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EASTBIO: Mapping the ocular immune response to Mycobacterium bovis in cattle

Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused predominantly by Mycobacterium bovis, remains a major challenge for the cattle industry, with important consequences for animal health. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Hope, Mr HP Petrushkin
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Tribo-Informatics and physics informed machine learning for manufacturing efficiency in the steel sector (in collaboration with British Steel) (C4-MAC-Fletcher)

A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Fletcher, Dr M Jones
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Edmond and Lily Safra PhD Studentship in Parkinson's Disease

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD studentship funded by the Edmond J. Safra Foundation within Dr Cynthia Sandor’s group in the Department of Brain Sciences at Imperial College London. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CS Sandor
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(MCRC Clinical) Development and validation of a transcriptomic and genomic signature of acquired radioresistance in muscle-invasive bladder cancer

Bladder cancer affects around 614,000 people worldwide each year. Muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) is the most aggressive form of the disease and can be difficult to treat. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof AC Choudhury, Dr VB Biolatti, Dr AS Shamin, Prof P Hoskin, Prof LD Dubois
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons

Project Title. Cross-Species determinants of stress susceptibility in PSC-derived Neural Progenitors and Spinal Motor Neurons. Life unfolds at remarkably different speeds across species, yet the molecular mechanisms that regulate developmental tempo remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Rayon
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mapping and Editing Gene Regulatory Networks to Develop Therapies for Genetic Disorders.

Inherited diseases are often caused by mutations within genes, but an increasing number arise from variants in the regulatory elements that control when and where genes are switched on. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Davies, Prof R Chakraverty
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing a Precision RNA Editing Platform for Therapeutic Applications

RNA editing is a natural and widespread post-transcriptional modification in mammalian cells, primarily involving adenosine to inosine (A-to-I) conversions mediated by ADAR enzymes, and cytosine to uridine (C-to-U) conversions facilitated by APOBECs. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Rinaldi, Prof S Sanders
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027). Decoding the climate–resistance link: spectral and transcriptomic responses of resistant and sensitive E. coli to environmental stress

Climate change is intensifying the environmental stresses bacteria face, and rising temperatures are increasingly linked to antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr THS Hock Siew
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027). Shotgun Metagenomic Profiling of Seasonal and Climatic Effects on Gut Microbiome and Resistome Dynamics in a Community Cohort

Climate change and extreme weather events are increasingly recognised as drivers of antimicrobial resistance (AMR), yet their influence on the human gut microbiome and resistome remains poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PY Yap
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Studying Environmental DNA and Biodiversity in isolated Mountain Lakes

Our group studies how isolated mountain lakes record environmental pressure in the DNA they shed, and how such biodiversity signals can be used to predict ecosystem states. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Benisty
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Defining neuro-immune circuits in viral infection

The nervous system provides a wide range of signals to immune cells residing in peripheral tissues such as the lung, the salivary glands, the gut or the female reproductive tract. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Rodriguez
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Host-microbe dialogue through metabolic interactions

The intestinal microbiome is a complex community of organisms that exists in symbiosis with its host. Microbiota perform essential digestive, metabolic, and immunomodulatory functions in health, and disturbance of the microbiota can contribute to disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F Powrie, Prof H Uhlig, Dr C Pearson, Dr A Bertocchi
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding How Blood Vessel Cells Communicate in Cardiovascular Disease

Cardiovascular diseases such as atherosclerosis and aortic aneurysms develop when communication between cells in the blood vessel wall becomes disrupted. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr JSC Serbanovic-Canic, Dr V Ridger
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating Non-thermal ‘Cold’ Plasmas for Enhancing the Delivery and Efficacy of Antibiotics and Complex molecules to biofilms of clinically relevant bacteria

  Research Group: Infection and antimicrobial resistance
Biofilms, complex multi-species consortia of microorganisms existing either as surface attached communities or non-surface-attached aggregates, are characterised by significantly elevated tolerance to antimicrobial challenges and often an inability to adequately treat the infection with conventional antibiotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Gilmore, Dr T Thompson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating the fidelity of real-world data transformation into Common Data Models: novel measures for the assessment of OMOP data standardisation as a case study (Botnar-2026-05)

Real-world data (RWD), routinely collected across various healthcare settings, are increasingly used in observational studies, which are now recognised as valuable complements to traditional randomised controlled trials for informing patient care, healthcare delivery, and policy-making. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Delmestri, Assoc Prof S Kiefer, Dr M Pineda-Moncusí
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)