biomarker PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Supervisors. Dr. Dong Barraclough, Professor Lakshminarayan Ranganath and Professor Sobhan Vinjamuri.

Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) as a novel cancer biomarker and target for chemotherapy

Anglia Ruskin University
Faculty of Science & Engineering

Research Group: Biomedical Research Group

Dr P Coussons, Dr C Pike

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research Group. Biomedical Research Group. https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/biomedical.

Identification of a biomarker of sensory dysfunction for patients who have developed neuropathic pain following cancer chemotherapy using functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging (fMRI) and machine learning.

University of Dundee
School of Medicine

Prof D Steele, Prof L Colvin

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Background. Acute pain is intrinsically unpleasant and aversive but is useful as it has survival benefit. However, many people suffer from chronic treatment-resistant pain that lasts months or years, lacks survival benefit, seriously impairs quality of life and causes unnecessary suffering.

Targeting addiction to a breast cancer metastasis survival pathway by inhibition of RAN GTPase

University of Bradford
Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Dr S Shnyder, Prof M El-Tanani, Dr S Betmouni

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Metastatic cancer is a major global health burden. Each year, eleven million new cases of cancer are diagnosed worldwide, including 5 million cases in industrialized countries.

Choosing Who Not To Die With AI: AI-enhanced risk stratification for implanted defibrillators

King’s College London
School of Biomedical Engineering & Imaging Sciences

Dr M Bishop, Dr P Lamata

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Project summary. Clinical Motivation – Re-entrant ventricular arrhythmias are responsible for over 80,000 instances of sudden cardiac death (SCD) annually in the UK.

Development of a Wearable Microfluidic Platform Employing Wireless Actuators and Sensors (Advert Reference: SF18/MPEE/TORUN)

Northumbria University
Faculty of Engineering and Environment

Dr H Torun

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The aim of this project is to develop a wearable microfluidic platform capable of monitoring biophysical parameters simultaneously with manipulating biological fluids.

Point-of-care diagnosis of opportunistic fungal infections using innovative molecular biosensors.

Royal Holloway, University of London
School of Biological Sciences

Dr J Tovar

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Human fungal infections have emerged as one of the most pressing global health problems in recent years.

Molecular Biology of Mummified Tissues

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr K Drosou, Dr M Buckley, Prof T Freemont, Prof A D Whetton

Application Deadline: 3 October 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The University of Manchester’s KNH Centre for Biomedical Egyptology (https://sites.manchester.ac.uk/knhcentre/ ) is offering 1 full funded “Home” PhD studentship in Molecular Palaeobiology of mummified tissues (Currently “home” includes EU students).

New probes for active enzymes

Trinity College Dublin
Department of Chemistry

Prof J McGouran

Application Deadline: 1 October 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Overview. A fully funded studentship is available with Prof. Joanna McGouran at Trinity College Dublin (http://joannamcgouran.wixsite.com/mysite).

Detect, Treat and Tell: Skin patches to sense infection and indicate recovery

University of Bath
Department of Chemical Engineering

Dr H Leese, Dr P Estrela

Application Deadline: 30 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Populations in low resource settings need easy access to continuous healthcare and medical treatment and there are many contributing factors as to why there is an imbalance when it comes to demand and accessibility.