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biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 398 biomedical science PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Development of antiretroviral-containing silicone and hybrid personal lubricants for on-demand HIV prevention

Topically applied HIV prevention products offer an important opportunity to provide discrete, user-controlled protection against sexual transmission of HIV. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Malcolm
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: MR Fingerprinting response to anti-seizure medication treatment outcome

Around one in three people with epilepsy do not respond to anti-seizure medication, yet we still cannot predict, at the point of diagnosis, who these patients will be. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Keller, Dr R Mohanraj, Prof T Marson
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: A quantitative micro-MRI platform for validating vascularised cardiac organoids as non-animal models of heart disease

Cardiac organoids are three-dimensional constructs composed of cardiomyocytes, endothelial and fibroblasts. They provide a more physiologically relevant model of the beating heart than conventional cell culture systems and can be used to study cardiac development, function and disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Poptani, Dr RB Burton, Dr P Sharma
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: How pollution drives brain ageing: understanding its contribution to neurodegenerative pathologies

Diseases like Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis are devastating conditions that cause our brain cells to progressively decay. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Sanchez-Soriano, Prof H Ashe, Prof S Cruickshank
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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SWBio DTP PhD Project: Mechanisms of cell fate restriction in the neural crest – testing the Cyclical Fate Restriction model

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the South West Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (SWBio DTP). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R N Kelsh
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NWD DLA programme: Regulation, Assembly and Life Cycle of Bacterial Microcompartments in Salmonella

Bacteria are far more spatially organised than they first appear. Many species build specialised protein-based organelles, known as bacterial microcompartments (BMC), which act as specialised metabolic factories inside the cell. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Yang, Prof LN Liu, Prof J Hinton
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NWD DLA programme: How do microenvironmental signals affect gastric epithelial integrity and organisation?

Background and rationale. This studentship lays the foundation for a new and exciting interdisciplinary collaboration between biomedical scientists in the Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology (ISMIB) and materials scientists and engineers in the School of Engineering (SoE). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Duckworth, Dr W Sharratt, Prof M Pritchard, Dr J Curran
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) RAC1-related neurodevelopmental disorder: from mechanism to treatment

RAC1 is a small GTPase that regulates a variety of essential cellular functions, several of which are important during neurodevelopment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Woolner, Dr T Millard, Prof S Banka
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[FSE PhD President's Doctoral Scholarship] Molecular Quantum Sensors for High-Resolution Immunomagnetic Mapping of Cancer Cells

How precisely can we map molecular markers on a cancer cell? This question is important because the behaviour of cancer cells depends not only on which biomarkers they express and at what levels, but also on where those molecules are located within the cells and how that changes their distribution within their local environment. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Keerthi, Dr K Batta, Dr B Jones
 18 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS ) Antibiotic use in hidradenitis suppurativa: prescribing patterns, treatment trajectories and antimicrobial treatment failure

Hidradenitis suppurativa is one of the most painful diseases in dermatology. It causes recurrent boils, abscesses and scarring in the armpits, groin and under the breasts, and affects around one in 130 people in the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Z Yiu, Prof D Ashcroft, Prof T Van Staa, Dr S Shoop-Worrall
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Agentic computational imaging for radio astronomy

The Biomedical and Astronomical Signal Processing (BASP) Laboratory at Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, led by Professor Yves Wiaux, invites applications for a fully funded PhD to develop next-generation image reconstruction algorithms that combine deep learning and Agentic AI, advancing the precision, scalability and reliability of radio-astronomical imaging. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Yves Wiaux
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship in Physics ‘A terahertz spatial light modulator for off-axis tomography.’

Terahertz (THz) imaging offers a powerful route to non-destructive inspection, security screening and advanced manufacturing, but current systems struggle to deliver high-speed three-dimensional imaging. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Weatherill
 15 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum sensing for biomedicine

Quantum sensing is creating unprecedented new capabilities to observe biological systems. These capabilities are changing our understanding of biology across the wide range of length and timescales over which it operates, and ultimately will lead us to better understand, diagnose and treat disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof WB Bowen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Robust and Interpretable Medical Image and Video Understanding

The project aims to develop robust and efficient machine learning models for medical image and video understanding by integrating supervising signals, such as gaze guidance, anatomical landmark detection, and pose estimation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr QM Men
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Long-term health outcomes in women exposed to political conflict and trauma

Supervisor. Ann-Marie de Lange. Studentship Funding. SBBS Studentship (New Talent Enabling Scheme). Funder. SBBS. Application Deadline. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr ADL De Lange
 13 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)