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We have 626 biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Host Advantage: Uncovering Protective Factors Against HPV‑Driven Cervical Cancers

University of Nottingham

School of Pharmacy

Who we are looking for. We are seeking a PhD student who is motivated by the process of scientific discovery and the opportunity to identify novel targets for anti-cancer therapies. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Spriggs, Dr C de Moor

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

Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

University of Reading

Department of Biomedical Sciences

Project Overview. Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of rare, inherited, neurodegenerative disorders characterised by weakness and tightness of the leg muscles. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Cogo

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

Towards robotic 2D-IR spectroscopy for biomolecular fingerprinting of cancer

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

Research Group: Healthcare Engineering

Ultrafast 2D-IR spectroscopy is a new variant of Infrared spectroscopy which offers a unique analytical method for characterizing complex biomolecular samples. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Chauhan, Prof N Hunt

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

Structural and mechanistic studies of fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Research Group: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology

We have identified a previously undiscovered ‘signal switching’ mechanism used by a branch of the receptor tyrosine kinase (RTK) family – fibroblast growth factor receptors (FGFRs) – that are important in early development but also oncogenic in a range of cancers. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A.L. Breeze, Prof F. Sobott

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

Development of chemical genetic tools to characterise the response to perturbation of protein folding homeostasis in the endoplasmic reticulum

Durham University

Department of Biosciences

A self-funded PhD studentship to develop chemical genetic tools to study signal transduction in the unfolded protein response in human cells is available in the group of Dr. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Schroeder

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

Spatio-temporal drivers of insect biodiversity and conservation

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Hassall, Dr R Neely, Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof W E Kunin

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

Using a novel anal epithelial cell culture model to better understand the human papillomavirus lifecycle and anal cancer progression

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Macdonald, Prof A Whitehouse

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

Looping DNA for Nanotechnology and Biomedicine Using Computer Simulations

University of York

School of Physics, Engineering and Technology

DNA is often depicted as a perfect double helix, yet inside living cells it is constantly bent, twisted, and supercoiled to perform essential genetic functions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr AN Noy

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

Disrupted SUMO signalling in epithelial cancers, implications for genome stability and response to therapy.

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Garvin

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

Towards new antibacterial drugs to treat infections caused by multidrug-resistant bacteria: identification and characterization of novel natural product antibiotics

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to the average human lifespan. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A O'Neill

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

Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens

University of Leeds

Faculty of Biological Sciences

Research Group: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology

Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to average human lifespan. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A O'Neill, Dr M McPhillie, Prof C Fishwick

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

Understanding the causes and consequences of heterogeneous regulation of translation elongation in disease

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

The interface between biochemistry and cell biology is a major scientific challenge; while we can dissect complex biological mechanisms in vitro, studying them in the context of a living cell is more difficult. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JK Knight, Prof M Ashe, Prof S Taylor

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

Genetic mechanisms of nutrition sensing and photosynthesis.

The University of Manchester

Division of Molecular and Cellular Function

How a cell determines its fate is a fundamental question in Biology. A differentiated somatic plant cell can be triggered to regain its pluripotency. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Kim, Prof G Johnson

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

Genetic network controlling somatic embryogenesis and pluripotency in Kalanchoë

The University of Manchester

Division of Molecular and Cellular Function

How a cell determines its fate is one of the longstanding and fundamental questions in Biology. Compared with animal cells, plant cells demonstrate incredible plasticity in terms of cell fate changes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Kim, Prof S Turner

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

The KAT6 Chromatin Regulators: Understanding Structure & Function

University of Nottingham

School of Pharmacy

Regulated transcription of genes in the cell nucleus is central to all life processes. This is achieved by the coordinated actions of hundreds of DNA-binding transcription factors, chromatin regulators and RNA Polymerase complexes. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Heery

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

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