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biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 1,183 biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Primate embryogenesis

  Research Group: Boroviak
Group Leader. Dr Thorsten Boroviak (Boroviak Group). Keywords. human embryo implantation, primate embryogenesis, implantation platforms, endometrium. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Boroviak
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Epithelial Cell Fate and Plasticity

Group Leader. Dr Maria Alcolea (Alcolea Group). Keywords. Mutant clonal competition, Early tumorigenesis, Squamous epithelia, Epithelial stem cells, Cell fate. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M P. Alcolea
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Causes of clonal expansions of blood stem cells

Causes of clonal expansions of blood stem cells. During ageing, blood stem cell clones expand, increasing the risk of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease, yet most expansions lack known driver mutations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Velten
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Single-cell lineage tracing at the scale of human populations

Single-cell lineage tracing at the scale of human populations. During ageing, some blood stem cell clones expand, increasing the risk of blood cancer and cardiovascular disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Velten
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Identifying and modifying the cellular basis of osteoarthritis progression (Botnar-2026-10)

Knee osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis, affecting 5.4 million people in the UK. At advanced stages of disease, OA is characterised by loss of cartilage and inflammation and fibrosis of the synovial tissue that surrounds the joint. Read more
 Supervisors: Assoc Prof S Snelling, Dr J Mimpen
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Department of Genetics – PhD and MPhil by research

For over a century, The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge has been at the forefront of biological discovery. Today, the Department of Genetics continues to lead the field, driving advances that shape modern biology. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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3D imaging of brain blood flow using ultrasound

  Research Group: Transmission and Reflection UltraSound Tomography (TRUST)
Project Summary. Imaging blood flow in the brain is crucial to diagnose neurological disorders such as strokes and aneurysms, understand their root causes, and develop better treatments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Cueto
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring the toxicological impacts of air pollution using advanced in-vitro approaches

Air pollution is a major public health emergency, responsible for more than 7 million deaths each year and contributing significantly to health inequalities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AV Voliotis, Dr C Bussy
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Bioengineering PhD — Fully Funded

King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) is a graduate research university on the shores of the Red Sea in Saudi Arabia, bringing together talented researchers and world-leading faculty from more than 100 countries in a fully English-taught environment. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Research Programme
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Decoding and engineering the protein interactions of cell membrane-derived nanoparticles: ligand spacing, biophysical characterisation, and translational therapeutic testing in human brain tissue

  Research Group: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry
Cell membrane-derived nanoparticles (CMNPs) are biomimetic therapeutics that inherit the surface proteins of their source cells, giving them intrinsic targeting and barrier-crossing properties. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Pluen, Dr CT Tapeinos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Impact of epigenetic reprogramming on neutrophil function

Neutrophils are the most abundant circulating leukocytes and form a first line of defence against infection. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I Udalova, Prof B Kessler, Dr A Mukherjee
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Inducing Tertiary Lymphoid Structures in Metastatic Colorectal Cancer to Enable Effective Immunotherapy for Advanced Disease

The generation and propagation of adaptive immune responses are normally confined to secondary lymphoid organs (SLOs), specialised tissues in which complex stromal cell networks coordinate interactions required for effective lymphocyte activation and differentiation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Coles, Prof D Withers, Prof C Buckley
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Identification of a synovial fluid protein as a putative driver of pain in osteoarthritis (OA)

Pain remains the most important reason why patients with osteoarthritis (OA) attend health care professionals. The molecular drivers of pain in OA are likely to be multiple – driven by different tissue pathologies over the long course of their disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Vincent, Dr Z Cader, Dr V Batchelor
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Next-Generation High-Throughput Light Sheet Microscopy for Quantitative Analysis of Immune–Cancer Cell Interactions

Understanding immune–cancer interactions requires experimental platforms that capture the enormous heterogeneity of cell behaviour. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Fritzsche, Dr N Karedla, Dr V Pfannenstill
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Innovative Drug Discovery: First-in-Class Small Molecules for Unmet Medical Needs

This PhD project will develop first-in-class small-molecule therapeutic candidates for diseases with substantial unmet medical need. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof X Lei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only