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Empowering green seaweeds as beneficial health products (TODD_Q27CASE)

Quadram Institute Bioscience
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Professor Jonathan Todd. Introduction. Demand for natural weight loss remedies is exceptionally high. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof JT Todd
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unlocking healthy ageing: harnessing proteostasis pathways to promote extracellular matrix function (TAYLOR_U27DTP)

University of East Anglia
School of Biological Sciences
Primary Supervisor - Dr Rebecca Taylor. Background. Ageing causes increased frailty and higher rates of disease. As societies age, this presents an enormous public health challenge, making understanding the ageing process critically important to develop ways to promote age-related health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Taylor
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Cardiac Positioning System – how do heart progenitors find their way? (MUNSTERBERG_U27DTP)

University of East Anglia
School of Biological Sciences
Primary Supervisor - Professor Andrea Munsterberg. The first organ to develop in vertebrate embryos is the heart, when two streams of cardiac progenitor cells undertake an epic migration before reuniting at the heart field – the site of future heart formation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A E Munsterberg
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How does NRP2 keep blood vessels sealed and calm under stress? (ROBINSON_Q27DTP)

Quadram Institute Bioscience
Graduate Programme
Blood vessels are lined by endothelial cells, which form a living barrier between blood and tissues. These cells must stay tightly connected, sense blood flow, respond to nutrients and communicate with immune cells, while avoiding unnecessary inflammation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Robinson
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A Hostile Niche: How Mutant Blood Stem Cells Damage Their Healthy Neighbours (MISTRY_U27DTP)

University of East Anglia
Norwich Medical School
Primary Supervisor - Dr Jayna Mistry. As people age, some blood stem cells acquire mutations that give them a growth advantage over their normal counterparts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Mistry
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Understanding the genetic and molecular basis of complex glycan metabolism by the human gut microbiota

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
Understanding the genetic and molecular basis of complex glycan metabolism by the human gut microbiota. The human gut is colonised by trillions of microbes collectively termed the human gut microbiota (HGM) that play a vital role in human health and disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Ndeh, Dr V Singh
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A single-cell atlas of the Euglena gracilis cell cycle (HALL_E27DTP)

Earlham Institute
Graduate Programme
Primary Supervisor - Professor Neil Hall. Euglena gracilis is one of biology's outliers. This single-celled protist diverged from plants and animals over a billion years ago, switches effortlessly between photosynthesis and feeding, and carries a genome stitched together from multiple ancient endosymbionts. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Hall
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Identification of pancreatic β-cell RNA binding proteins and characterisation of their metabolic regulation: uncovering the post-transcriptional machinery regulating insulin biosynthesis

University of Edinburgh
School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)
Background. Pancreatic β-cells maintain glucose homeostasis via tightly regulated insulin secretion. Insulin synthesis and secretion are controlled at multiple levels, including transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Brook, Dr EH Haythorne
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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What Are the Molecular Mechanisms Coordinating Bacterial Cell Envelope Construction and Integrity?

University of Warwick
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership
How do bacteria keep their protective cell envelope intact as they grow?. The bacterial cell envelope is a three-layered structure that protects bacteria from their environment and provides resistance to antibiotics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr MW Webby, Prof D Roper
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio Partnership – Organic Synthesis & Evaluation of Antibiotic Derivatives for the Disruption of Ribosomal Translation

University of Edinburgh
School of Chemistry
This project will focus on the organic synthesis and biological screening of novel natural antibiotic derivatives that disrupt mRNA translation by ribosomes in diverse model organisms. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S L Cockroft, Dr S Granneman
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How do fungi and bacteria communicate? Decoding the rules of cross-kingdom microbial interactions (BUSCAINO_Q27DTP)

Quadram Institute Bioscience
Graduate Programme
Microorganisms rarely live alone. Instead, fungi and bacteria form complex communities where they constantly communicate, compete and cooperate. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof AB Buscaino
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Endosymbiosis-mediated Regulation of Nuclear Calcium Signalling (CHARPENTIER_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Are you passionate about plant biology, endosymbiosis, or bioengineering? Join a cutting-edge research project exploring how plants communicate with beneficial soil microbes to uptake nutrients. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Charpentier
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio Partnership – Polyester Depolymerisation Mediated by Artificial Metalloenzymes

University of Edinburgh
School of Chemistry
An estimated 31.9 million tonnes of mismanaged plastic waste enters the environment annually,[1] contaminating oceans and terrestrial ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Garden, Dr A Jarvis
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Decoding Volume Regulation Across Timescales with Ultrafast imaging and Mechanistic Modelling

University of Edinburgh
School of Regeneration and Repair (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)
Cell volume is fundamental to biological organisation, controlling molecular concentration, intracellular transport, membrane tension and cytoplasmic mechanics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Bagnaninchi, Dr C G Hansen
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Discovering the rules of stem cell self-organisation with AI-guided experimental design

University of Edinburgh
School of Regeneration and Repair (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)
What if we could watch groups of cells organise themselves into a tissue and automatically learn the rules by which these cells coordinate with each other? And what if we can then use those rules to optimise future experiments? In this project you will build the computational methods to achieve that. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Schumacher, Dr G Blin
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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