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cancer immunology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 25 cancer immunology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Understanding the immunosuppressive role of fibroblast and macrophages in ovarian cancer

Summary. Oncolytic viruses (OVs) preferentially infect and kill cancer cells, and their clinical efficacy has been demonstrated against a number of different cancers. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Errington-Mais, Dr V Jennings
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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LIMR Cancer: Metabolic reprogramming in cancer: starving tumors of essential nutrients to promote cell death

All the cells in our bodies are programmed to die. As they get older, our cells accumulate toxic molecules that make them sick. In response, they eventually break down and die, clearing the way for new, healthy cells to grow. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Papa
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Combating Cancer in a Challenging Environment – The Malignant Bone Marrow Niche

This PhD studentship is an excellent opportunity for a motivated PhD student to develop a range of wet lab and computational skills including developing complex human tissue cancer models, applying multi-omics to understand cancer biology and for target discovery. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof B Psalia, Dr A Mead, Dr Y Shen
 8 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cancer Neuroscience: Investigating the impact of non-CNS tumours on neuronal plasticity in the brain

To apply, please contact Dr Graham Sheridan at Graham.Sheridan@nottingham.ac.uk. Cancer is one of the leading causes of death worldwide, resulting in approximately 18 million new cases and 10 million deaths each year. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Sheridan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Metabolic reprogramming in cancer: starving tumors of essential nutrients to promote cell death

This project is available immediately to both Home/EU rate applicants and International applicants who are have a sponsor or are able to self-fund their studies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Papa
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mechanisms of Cancer Stem Cell Survival, Metastasis Formation and Immune Evasion in Cancer

Recent research suggests that cancer cells within a tumour represent a highly heterogeneous cell population. In particular many tumours contain small percentage of cells that share several characteristics with stem cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Widera
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Role of macrophage heparan sulfate proteoglycans in multiple myeloma (TROEBERGL_U25BIGC)

Primary supervisor - Dr Linda Troeberg. This 4-year PhD project, funded by Big C Cancer Charity and UEA Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, represents an exciting opportunity to develop and conduct cutting-edge research on cancer immunology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Troeberg
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Developing patient derived tumour organoids to understand and improve anti-tumour T cell responses.

Lead Institute / Faculty. Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Southampton. Main Supervisor.   ​Dr Emma Reeves. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Reeves
 16 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Identification of regulators of cytotoxic T-cell infiltration and activity in ER+ breast cancer

Immunotherapy has revolutionised cancer treatment in recent years with impressive anti-tumour activity and clinical benefit observed in a range of cancers, including triple-negative breast cancer (TNBC) (1,2). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FT Turrell, Dr J Honeychurch, Prof R Clarke
 7 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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PhD Positions in Cancer Research

Are you looking for excellent research opportunities for your PhD studies at the forefront of cancer research? The German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ)… Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Germany PhD Programme
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PhD positions in the field of molecular medicine, cancer research, immunology, cardiovascular research and biostatistics

Join our cutting-edge PhD programs at one of Europe's leading Universities in the field of medical research. We offer the unique opportunity to work with state-of-the-art techniques and link basic research with clinically-oriented sciences. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Austria PhD Programme
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Bioinformatic & Experimental Discovery of Novel Bifidobacteria for Breast Cancer Therapy (ROBINSON_Q25MMB)

Breast cancer remains a critical health challenge worldwide, but beneficial gut microbes, especially certain Bifidobacterium strains, have shown promise in suppressing tumour growth by bolstering the immune response. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Robinson
 14 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Structural Immunology: Unravelling TNF-α Multimerization and Receptor Activation

Our dynamic team aims to explore the molecular mechanisms of tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-α) multimerization and its role in immune signalling, using cutting-edge research at the intersection of structural biology and immunology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Hall, Dr F Muskett
 30 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Chartering the rules of RNA Immunology in human health and disease

Are you intrigued by the recent Nobel prizes in Medicine/Physiology on RNA research and immunology? The PhD project focuses on RNA modification enzymes, which "typeset" RNA molecules and play crucial roles in immune system regulation, positioning them as promising targets for innovative therapies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Gatsiou
 28 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Discovering immune biomarkers of pleural malignancy to improve patient care

This is a cutting-edge, translational PhD project that is supported by a team of world-leading cancer biologists, respiratory physicians and material scientists and aims to identify and characterise immune biomarkers of pleural malignancy to improve patient care. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Finegan, Dr S Knight, Prof S Cartmell
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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