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biomedical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 310 biomedical PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Reprogramming tumour-associated macrophages in epithelial tumours

Lead supervisor. Dr Vicki Jennings. Co-supervisors. Prof Will Brackenbury. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Jennings, Prof W Brackenbury
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Characterisation of TDP-43 mediated JNK signaling in neurodegenerative diseases ALS and FTD

Lead supervisor. Dr Han-Jou Chen. Co-supervisors. Dr G Evans and Prof Sean Sweeney. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H J Chen, Dr G Evans, Prof S Sweeney
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding cellular mechanisms underlying autism and ADHD-linked Neurofibromatosis type 1

Lead supervisor. Dr Ines Hahn. Co-supervisors. Prof Will Brackenbury and Dr G Evans. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Hahn, Prof W Brackenbury, Dr G Evans
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Age-related disease: Fidelity mechanisms that protect against epigenetic decay

Lead supervisor. Prof Dawn Coverley. Co-supervisors. Dr Andrew Mason. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof D Coverley, Dr A Mason
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Dissecting the neuronal signalling of Tousled-like kinase 2, a gene linked with intellectual disability.

Lead supervisor. Dr G Evans. Co-supervisors. Dr Ines Hahn. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. The challenges of the developing human brain include co-ordinating the birth and migration of 100 billion neurons and the formation of their 1000 trillion synaptic connections. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Evans, Dr I Hahn
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Learning from parasites to identify new therapeutic pathways for immune modulation

Lead supervisor. Dr Cecile Crosnier. Co-supervisors. Dr J Hewitson. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CR Crosnier, Dr J Hewitson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Understanding modes of AB toxin virulence and host defence mechanisms

Lead supervisor. Dr Chris MacDonald. Co-supervisors. Dr Martin Fascione and Dr C Spicer. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C MacDonald, Dr M A Fascione, Dr C Spicer
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Elucidating the mechanisms of pathology in neurodevelopmental white matter diseases

Lead supervisor. Dr Noemie Hamilton. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Our research interests are to dissect the mechanism of auto-inflammatory neurological disorders using zebrafish as an animal model. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Hamilton
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Molecular Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation in Response to Hormones and the Cellular Microenvironment

Lead supervisor. Dr Andrew Holding. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A N Holding
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Funded PhD Studentship with Leeds Rhinos Rugby League Club: PROTECT (Player Risk Observation, Testing & Early-Care Targeting)

Funded PhD studentship to optimise the performance and longer-term health of professional rugby league players from a nutrition perspective, whilst also working as an applied practitioner in a top rugby league club, under the supervision of an experienced practitioner. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof BJ Jones, Dr S Chantler
 1 September 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: Mesenchymal Stem Cell Exosomes for Alzheimer’s Disease: Mechanisms, Pathway Analysis, and Intranasal Delivery

Alzheimer’s disease (AD) causes progressive dementia, and current treatments only slow symptoms. Overactive microglia drive AD pathology, making them key therapeutic targets. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Chee Wun Chee Wun
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: AI of Neural Connectivity for Biomarker and Treatment-Response Discovery

Using the Project-1 hiPSC platform, this project builds AI pipelines to learn disease-relevant representations from cellular images, fused with multi-omics. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof CMT Ting
 30 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: Cross-Regional Mechanisms in Schizophrenia & ASD via Multi-omics in Patient-Derived hiPSC Models

This project establishes hiPSC lines from ethnically diverse Malaysian donors with schizophrenia/ASD plus matched controls, harmonised with Australian standards. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Satoshi Ogawa
 29 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026). Research Project: Mechanisms & Therapeutic Potential of Psychedelic Compounds in Patient-Derived Neural Models

This project evaluates psychedelics such as 3,4-Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) and psilocybin in hiPSC-derived neurons/organoids using high-content imaging to quantify synaptic plasticity, connectivity, and signalling changes. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof Anne Yee
 29 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Inherited Eye Diseases and Mitochondrial Genetics

I am an academic neuro-ophthalmologist with a major research interest in mitochondrial genetics and inherited eye diseases. I coordinate a specialist clinical service for patients with mitochondrial eye diseases in Cambridge and London. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof PYWM Yu-Wai-Man
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)