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biotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 86 biotechnology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Developing redox-sensitive molecular binders of proteins for biotechnology and biomaterial applications

Project Summary. This fully funded 3.5-year PhD position aims to create new molecular tools that establish redox-sensitive binding interactions between small molecules and proteins for applications in biotechnology and programmable biomaterial synthesis. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Maguire
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Position in Microbial Physiology and Biotechnology: Physiology and Ecology of Methanogens

  Research Group: MICROBE
The Microbial Physiology and Resource Biorecovery Laboratory (MICROBE), led by Dr. Wenyu Gu at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL), invites applications for a fully funded PhD position in Microbial Physiology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W GU
 25 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bioengineering of stimuli-responsive molecules with advanced functional properties for therapeutic and biotechnology applications

About the Project. Biological polymers, such as proteins and nucleic acids, are responsible for a vast range of biological functions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Soloviev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design, construction and testing of recombinant protein production systems for industrial biotechnology applications.

Details of the Project. The production of recombinant biopharmaceuticals, e.g., antibody fragments and growth hormones, is a billion-dollar industry, with many therapeutic proteins being expressed in the bacterium Escherichia coli [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DB Browning
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Stimulated and Quantum-enhanced Brillouin imaging

Brillouin spectroscopy is an important technique for measuring the visco-elastic properties of biological materials, with applications to fundamental biology, tissue engineering, and drug-discovery. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof IK Kabakova
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cell membrane engineering for biotechnology

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 Supervisor: Prof AG Goddard
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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MSc by Research: Optimizing plant cell wall glycan extraction to support plant health and biotechnology research

Plant cell wall glycans are a major component of plant biomass, essential for plant physiology, development, and protection against environmental stress and disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Ndeh
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Aquatic to agronomic: making progress towards mechanistic functional understanding of algal biostimulants for agriculture

With a growing human population, there is increasing demand for high-quality, high-volume food production, which has led to increasing environmental pressure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Ross
 10 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Transformation of Advanced Medicines Manufacture (TRANS-AM)

Transformation of Advanced Medicines Manufacture (TRANS‑AM). Gene therapies are a type of advanced medicine that represent exciting possibilities to treat and potentially cure many life‑altering and life‑threatening diseases. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Barron
 31 August 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PHD BIOSCIENCES AND BIOINFORMATICS

The PhD in Biological Sciences gives suitably qualified graduates the chance to address important biological questions. Xi'an Jiaotong-Liverpool University offers students state-of-the-art facilities and the supervision of academic staff who have trained in internationally renowned laboratories. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  China PhD Programme
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Beyond Commensalism: Investigating the Virulence Mechanisms of Streptococcus mitis in Bacteraemia

Streptococcus pneumoniae is a common nasopharyngeal commensal but is also the most common cause of pneumonia globally. Invasive pneumococcal disease causes over a million deaths per year worldwide, especially in children under the age of 5, despite the availability of vaccines. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HM Marshall
 3 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fully Funded PhD Studentship in Molecular Microbiology, Bacterial Metabolism and Antimicrobial Resistance

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time funded PhD scholarship starting in September/October 2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MS Zeden
 7 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Going Solo: Engineering Single-Chain Antibody Immunity to Explore Evolutionary Constraints

Academic Supervisor. Dinis Calado. Academic Institution. Babraham Institute. Industrial Partner. Alloy Therapeutics. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Calado
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Synthetic microbial communities for anaerobic digestion of waste to biogas

Background. Lignocellulosic plant biomass is the most abundant waste product generated by society, agriculture and industry. By 2025, global cities will generate approximately 2.2 billion tonnes of solid waste biomass per year, with significant impacts upon health and the economy at both local and global scales. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J McDonald, Dr O Eyice
 15 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Luminescent Anion Receptors for High-Throughput Bioassays in Drug Discovery (Ref: CM/SB-SF2/2026)

The aim of this PhD project is to synthesise luminescent molecules that bind reversibly to target biological anions, which are produced during pharmaceutically important enzyme reactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Butler, Prof B Buckley
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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