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We have 1,182 biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Investigating the role of pericytes in Exercise-induced Pulmonary haemorrhage disease and progression

University of Surrey

School of Veterinary Medicine

This project sits at the cutting edge of equine biomedical research and aims to transform our understanding of a condition that significantly impacts racehorse welfare and performance. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Armstrong, Dr P Campagnolo, Prof K Jeevaratnam

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

How Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Reshapes Therapeutic Niches in Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Institute of Cancer Research

Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a rare and heterogeneous group of malignancies arising from connective tissues such as muscle, fat and nerve sheaths. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P Huang

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

EastBio: Reading emotions: testing predictive processing accounts with EEG and computational modelling

University of Aberdeen

School of Psychology

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Understanding what another person is feeling is one of the most fundamental abilities in human social life. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Bach, Dr M Jackson, Dr J Rommers

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

EastBio: Inflammatory Fat: Understanding how the immune system drives adipose tissue dysfunction using spatial lipidomics

University of Aberdeen

School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. In obesity, adipose tissue can become inflamed with the infiltration of immune cells, particularly macrophages, which surround adipocytes to create crown-like structures. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J.L Griffin, Dr J Rochford, Prof H Wilson

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

EastBio: The role of colour in food recognition, attention and behavioural choice

University of Aberdeen

School of Psychology

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Hesse, Prof A Sahraie

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

Molecular mechanisms of RNA–Protein interactions and their dysregulation in human disease

King’s College London

Randall Centre for Cell and Molecular Biophysics

Project Summary. Cells employ RNA-binding proteins (RBPs) to control gene expression during development and stress. Many of these proteins contain intrinsically disordered regions and undergo dynamic regulation through post-translational modifications such as phosphorylation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Prischi

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

EASTBIO Mapping the gut microbiome of an understudied poultry species: environmental and nutritional drivers of resilience in African Guinea fowl

University of St Andrews

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

Guinea fowl are a key smallholder poultry species across many regions of Africa, contributing to food security, women’s livelihoods and climate‑resilient farming systems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Spencer, Dr LG Glendinning, Dr J Smith, Dr ES Some

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

Mechanistic analysis of endosomal network function in human health and disease.

University of Bristol

School of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences

Dysfunction in the endosomal-lysosomal network is a key cellular pathology found across human developmental and age-related neurological diseases including Alzheimer's and Parkinson's disease. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P J Cullen

13 December 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

EASTBIO: Decoding metastatic niche selection in canine oral melanoma using patient-derived organoid-on-chip models

University of Edinburgh

Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)

Metastasis is a complex, multistep process in which tumour cells must escape the primary tumour, survive transit through vascular or lymphatic pathways, and successfully colonise a permissive secondary tissue. Read more

Supervisors: Dr KB Blacklock, Prof M Chen, Prof EEP Patton

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

Design, Synthesis and In Vitro Translation of Non-Canonical Amino Acids

The University of Manchester

Department of Chemistry

We are seeking a highly motivated and talented PhD student to join a multidisciplinary project on non-canonical amino acids (ncAAs). Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Miller, Dr R Obexer

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

The Evolutionary Logic of Amniogenesis - lessons from stem cell models

The Francis Crick Institute

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Silvia Santos. Project background and description. The amnion is one of evolution's most transformative innovations—a protective membrane that enabled vertebrates to reproduce on land and paved the way for the extraordinary diversity of reptiles, birds and mammals. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Santos

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

Regulatory switching of a microtubule motor-scaffold complex

The Francis Crick Institute

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Sami Chaaban. Project background and description. To divide successfully, a cell must build a highly organised microtubule structure, use it to position the division site, and then remodel it as the two daughter cells separate. Read more

Supervisor: Dr Chaaban Chaaban

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

Cryomicroscopy of lipid-enveloped virus entry and assembly

The Francis Crick Institute

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Peter Rosenthal. Project background and description. Our group studies the architecture of large protein and membrane assemblies to understand basic molecular mechanisms involved in virus infection. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Rosenthal

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

Germ cells in gastruloids

The Francis Crick Institute

A 2027 Crick PhD project with Naomi Moris. Project background and description. Gametes (sperm and egg) originate from progenitors called ‘germ cells’ that arise early in embryo development, and are crucial for the fertility of the offspring. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Moris

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

Defining the role of protein glutathionylation in proteostasis and cellular stress adaptation

University College London

London Interdisciplinary Biosciences Consortium (LIDo)

Protein glutathionylation is a reversible post-translational modification in which glutathione is added to protein cysteine residues. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Thalassinos, Dr JL Labbadia, Dr JL Langridge, Dr DCS Cooper-Shepherd

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

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