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Machine Learning-Guided Engineering of Next-Generation Cancer Therapeutics (SACHDEVAA_U27SCI)

University of East Anglia
School of Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmacology
Primary Supervisor - Dr Amit Sachdeva. Monoclonal antibodies have transformed the treatment of cancer by selectively recognising tumour-associated receptors and triggering cellular responses that lead to cancer cell death. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Sachdeva
 24 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering Plant Metal Transport Systems for Soil Remediation and Nickel Recovery

University of York
Department of Biology
Industrial pollution, historic mining, and land contamination present critical environmental challenges worldwide, leaving vast areas of land degraded and toxic to local ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Rylott, Dr A Harper
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Imaging the ionic landscape of a living cell: how Chlamydomonas coordinates photosynthesis, carbon fixation and respiration

University of York
Department of Biology
Are you fascinated by how life powers itself and grows at the nanoscale? This PhD offers an exceptional opportunity to investigate the 'ionic landscape'… Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Blaza, Prof M Johnson
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Imaging the ionic landscape of a living cell: how Chlamydomonas coordinates photosynthesis, carbon fixation and respiration

University of York
Department of Chemistry
Are you fascinated by how life powers itself and grows at the nanoscale? This PhD offers an exceptional opportunity to investigate the 'ionic landscape'… Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Blaza, Prof M Johnson
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering phages for therapeutic application

University of Exeter
Biosciences
Antimicrobial resistance is creating an urgent need for new ways to treat bacterial infections. Bacteriophages (viruses that infect and kill bacteria) are promising alternatives to antibiotics, but their activity can vary substantially between bacterial strains. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E Westra
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding SUMO-Dependent Control of Angiogenic Signalling

University of Leeds
Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership
Project Description. How do cells precisely control the signals that drive new blood vessel growth? This question lies at the heart of vascular biology, regenerative medicine and cancer research. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Garvin, Dr S Ponnambalam, Dr C Bassi
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Development of a smartphone-based rapid test for on-site detection of viable Listeria monocytogenes in modern food production settings

Teesside University
BBSRC NEEDL DLA Partnership
Modern food production demands onsite detection technologies to permit rapid detection of pathogens within the same site of production. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Foddai
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Decoding RNA Translation from Direct-FRAC-Seq Data with AI- Enhanced Graphical Models

University of Leeds
Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership
Project Description. How do cells decide which mRNAs to translate, and what features drive this choice? This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to explore translational regulation at the interface of computational and experimental biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Cutillo, Dr J Aspden, Prof C Angione, Prof D R Westhead
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Defining Molecular Determinants of Bovine Embryo Competence Using Imaging Mass Cytometry, High-Resolution Confocal Microscopy and Machine Learning

Newcastle University
Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School
This PhD project offers an exciting opportunity to explore one of the most important challenges in reproductive biology. understanding why some embryos develop successfully while others fail. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Madgwick
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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UKRI BBSRCNEEDL DLA: Engineering Endophytic Symbionts for Programmable RNAi-Based Control of Coffee Berry Borer

Newcastle University
Faculty of Medical Sciences Graduate School
CASE Project. This exciting interdisciplinary PhD will explore a new approach to sustainable agriculture by combining synthetic biology, microbiology, molecular genetics and insect science to develop programmable microbial systems for crop protection. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Edwards
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Engineering cell-free production and assembly of AAV9 capsids with controlled viral protein stoichiometry

University College London
Department of Biochemical Engineering
We invite applications for a fully funded PhD project exploring cell-free protein synthesis (CFPS) as a novel platform for recombinant adeno-associated virus (rAAV) vectors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Frank
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-Driven Protein Design for Studying Cell Signalling and Chromatin

University of Leeds
Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership
Cells rely on precise molecular signals to decide when to grow, divide, repair DNA, or switch genes on and off. One of the most important of these signals is in the form of post-translational modifications – the attachment of small functional groups or small proteins on substrates. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Zeqiraj, Dr J J B Cockburn
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Microbial and Molecular Drivers of Feedstock Co-Digestion for Resilient Biomethane Production

Durham University
Department of Biosciences
Can we unlock more renewable energy from organic waste by understanding the invisible microbial communities that power it?. Every day, enormous quantities of organic waste contain energy that could be recovered as renewable gas. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Quintela-Baluja
 1 February 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CASE: Bioleaching Superalloy Waste: A New Circular Route to Critical Mineral Recovery A sustainable process for Tantalum recovery from superalloy waste processes

Coventry University
Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership
Tantalum (Ta) is a strategically important critical raw material used in aerospace superalloys, electronics and advanced technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof F P A Alamdari, Prof S Farnaud
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO(CASE): Engineering fluorescent non-canonical amino acids for quantitative imaging of protein therapeutics trafficking

University of Edinburgh
School of Regeneration and Repair (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)
How proteins are sorted, recycled and degraded in the endolysosomal system is a fundamental question in cell biology and a key determinant of how engineered biologics perform. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Vendrell, Dr E C Calder, Dr F N Nadal-Bufi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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