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biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 398 biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Precision Medicine DLA - Towards precision diagnostics for asymptomatic bacteriuria-related cognitive decline

Background. Bacteria in the urinary tract are a major risk factor for urinary tract infections (UTI), accounting for over 400 million cases every year globally. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Bachmann, Dr S Cox, Dr LM McCulloch, Dr M Perry
 11 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Engineering prostate cancer bone metastasis models via an integrated 3D bioprinting-AI approach to predict and tackle treatment resistance

About the project. Prostate cancer is the commonest cancer in males and is more common in Black men. With increasing lifespan, the number of people getting diagnosed with prostate cancer has increased over the last ten years. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Pal, Dr RK Ke, Dr RMT Moreno Tortolero, Dr SC Cross, Dr P Haycock, Dr EV Vincent
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – How do free fatty acids regulate beta-coronavirus infection, replication and spike protein conformation? - HLSUOB26

About the Project. Coronaviruses remain a major threat to global health, highlighting the need to better understand the molecular mechanisms that control viral infection and replication. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Berger-Schaffitzel, Prof A Davidson, Dr H Mears, Prof P Verkade
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Medical AI: From 3D Imaging and Vision-Language Models to Surgical Robotics and Clinical Agents

  Research Group: Digital Healthcare and Medical Imaging Research Group
Applications are welcome from prospective PhD students, research master students, and visiting scholars who are interested in developing advanced artificial intelligence methods for healthcare. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Z Zhang, Prof JL Lima
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Machine learning to predict blood function – towards better haematology analysis

Blood represents a complex mixture of blood cells, plasma proteins, hormones, lipids, salts and water. Blood is good indicator of health, and clinically… Read more
 Supervisors: Prof W Holderbaum, Prof J M Gibbins
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Machine learning for affective manipulation in music brain computer interfaces

At the University of Reading, we have created one of the first music brain computer interfaces (BCI). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Nasuto
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Fractional order modelling of neurons

Project Overview. Fractional order calculus (integro-differential equations that are of non-integral order) is an emerging methodology with wide applications across all areas of Physics and Engineering. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Hadjiloucas, Dr E Delivopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Assessment of phototherapy with model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae

Project Overview. Saccharomyces cerevisiae is extensively used as model organism and is well understood from a sequencing perspective so up-regulation or down-regulation of gene expression is tractable. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Hadjiloucas, Dr E Delivopoulos
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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What is the role of steroid hormones made in the brain?

Project Overview. Many behaviours differ between the sexes and this is often controlled by hormones. In our laboratory, we explore how hormones regulate behaviours that differ between the sexes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Vasudevan, Prof P G Knight
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Using CRISPR to study the molecular mechanisms of thrombosis and haemostasis

Project Overview. Platelets are the small cells in the blood whose job it is to prevent bleeding. Under normal conditions, when they encounter a damaged blood vessel they become activated and form a thrombus. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C.E. Hughes
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Systems level analysis of platelet signalling

We are interested in how intracellular signal transduction networks bring about complex biological behaviours in cells. We do this by combining computational biology with wet laboratory experimentation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M J Fry, Prof J M Gibbins
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating lysosomal (dys)function in ageing and neurodegeneration

Project Overview. Ageing is associated with a decline in the functions of an organism (López-Otín, C. et al. Cell, 2023) and correlates with an increased risk of developing diseases in the later life (Niccoli, T. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Cogo, Dr E Kevei
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Impact of maternal obesity on offspring adipogenesis

Obesity is the major health crisis of this generation. Thus, research into the mechanistic basis behind obesity is of paramount importance. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Sellayah
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cellular and molecular mechanisms of Hereditary Spastic Paraplegia

Project Overview. Hereditary Spastic Paraplegias (HSPs) are a group of rare, inherited, neurodegenerative disorders characterised by weakness and tightness of the leg muscles. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Cogo
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Multi-Omic Investigation of Mitochondrial Dysfunction in Health and Disease

Project Description. Mitochondria are central regulators of cellular metabolism, controlling energy production, reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation, apoptosis, immune signalling and cellular adaptation to environmental stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Guinn, Dr PM McKeegan, Dr H Mortiboys
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)