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A multi-modal approach to study acute myeloid leukaemia

University of York
York Biomedical Research Institute
Lead supervisor. Dr William Grey. Co-supervisors. Dr Anjum Khan. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) remains the most lethal blood cancer, with long-term survival under 10% in older patients. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Grey, Dr A Khan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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New molecules and mechanisms in angiogenesis

University of Leeds
Faculty of Biological Sciences
The School of Molecular & 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: Dr S Ponnambalam, Dr M A Harrison
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Unravelling alternative cancer metabolic pathways

University of Sheffield
School of Biosciences
The surface of cancer cells is a unique environment to study, as it is the gatekeeper for the uptake of nutrients and drugs. The turn-over and organisation of proteins at the plasma membrane is an essential part of cellular regulation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Brown
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A structural biology approach to understand IMPDH2 rod-ring structures in Embryonic Stem Cells

University of Liverpool
Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology
IMPDH2 is a critical enzyme responsible for the rate limiting step of purine nucleotide biosynthesis. In naïve pluripotent stem cells, it forms large rod-ring structures (RRs) which are hypothesised to control the enzyme’s output when the pool of guanine nucleotides is in high demand. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Turner, Prof D J Rigden
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Water and the biology of structure of articular cartilage

University of Birmingham
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Articular cartilage (AC) is composed of ~70% water by weight. The rules for life for this critical constituent of AC are poorly understood, and often overlooked experimentally. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Espino, Dr A Mahomed
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EastBio CASE: Engineering topologically complex DNA structures inspired by the mitochondrial genome of trypanosomes

University of Edinburgh
School of Biological Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
The mitochondrial DNA of trypanosome parasites (kinetoplast or kDNA) is one of the most topologically complex genomes in nature1–3. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Schnaufer
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Investigating the dynamic regulation of tissue disassembly and death in vivo

University of Edinburgh
School of Biological Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cell Biology
Tissues and organs are not only built, they must also be dismantled and removed at the appropriate stage. Tissue disassembly and death are fundamental to normal development and physiology, while their disruption underlies developmental disorders and diseases such as cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Agrawal, Dr J Regan
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Decoding how m6A reshapes RNA–protein interactions

University of Edinburgh
School of Biological Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cell Biology
RNA does not act alone. Its functions are controlled by interactions with hundreds of RNA-binding proteins (RBPs), which determine where an RNA is localised, how long it survives and whether it is translated. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Shkumatava, Prof D O'Carroll
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Type VII ABC transporters: New biology in the bacterial cell envelope

University of Warwick
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership
Type VII ABC transporters are ATP-powered membrane proteins that perform essential functions in the bacterial cell envelope. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Crow, Prof P Stansfeld
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Does transcription speed decide if a gene gets silenced? Structural biology meets functional genomics

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
How does a cell decide whether a gene stays switched on or is silenced into heterochromatin? This project tests whether the speed at which RNA polymerase II travels along DNA is not merely a consequence of gene activity, but an instructive signal that determines it. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Schalch, Dr MT Tellier
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluating the function of podoplanin (PDPN)+ cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAFs) in bladder cancer biology

Institute of Cancer Research
PhD Programmes
Bladder cancers which are enriched for cancer-associated fibroblasts (CAF) have poor therapeutic outcomes. We have identified that a CAF population that stains positively for podoplanin (PDPN) is the most common CAF subtype. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Wilkins
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Eastbio: Molecular basis of viral superinfection exclusion

University of St Andrews
School of Biology
Background. Viral superinfection exclusion (SIE) occurs when a virus that has successfully established infection in a host cell subsequently prevents further infection by the same, or closely related viruses. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Tilsner, Dr CM Czekster
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Eastbio: Mechanism and consequences of lethal zygosis in bacteria restricting AMR plasmids.

University of St Andrews
School of Biology
Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health crisis, largely due to the carriage of AMR genes on conjugative plasmids, mobile genetic elements that spread by conjugation between bacteria. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Dimitriu, Prof M F White
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship project: Engineering biology for food and medicines

Imperial College London
Department of Chemical Engineering
Our group works broadly in the application of engineering biology to develop systems for recombinant protein expression. We use a variety of host organisms and work with both cell-based and cell-free expression. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Polizzi
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Mapping the biology of complex brain disorders: uncovering molecular pathways and identifying potential drug targets

University of Bristol
School of Engineering Mathematics and Technology
Drug development has proven extremely challenging for complex brain disorders such as autism, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease, leading many companies to scale back or abandon work on CNS conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DD D'Andrea
 26 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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