cell PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The correct organization of the microtubule cytoskeleton is critical for the survival and normal function of cells in a multicellular organism.

Engineering Medicine Manufacture Processes for Cell and Stem Cell Based Therapies

Loughborough University
School of Science

Dr R Thomas

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Cell and Stem Cell based therapies are revolutionising medical treatment. Immunotherapies such as CAR-T cells are effectively treating previously terminal diseases and are poised to reach mass markets.

Dynamic cell fate decisions: linking mechanical signals and protein expression dynamics in the developing eye to understand human developmental disorders

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr Cerys Manning, Prof N Papalopulu

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Inherited developmental disorders account for much of childhood visual impairment. Development of the eye requires cell fate decisions that balance stem cell proliferation and differentiation.

The role of pore-forming bacterial proteins in pneumonia and meningitis

University of Birmingham
Institute of Microbiology and Infection

Prof T J Mitchell, Dr M Tomlinson

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The bacterium Streptococcus pneumoniae (the pneumococcus) is carried in the nasopharynx of most children and some adults without causing disease.

Development of functionalised exosomes for personalised precision medicine in the treatment of cancer - a nanomedicine platform

Anglia Ruskin University
Faculty of Science & Engineering

Research Group: Biomedical Research Group

Dr P Dyer, Dr C O'Kane, Prof C Parris

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Research Group. Biomedical Research Group. https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/biomedical.

PhD in Applied Mathematics: Stochastic Cell Dynamics

Imperial College London
Department of Mathematics

Dr P Thomas

Application Deadline: 31 October 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

We have an exciting opportunity for a well-funded PhD student working at the interface of mathematics and quantitative biology. You will develop mathematical methods to analyse agent-based models of cell populations.

Systematic cell reprogramming –transdifferentiation– cell fate and evolution using computational approaches.

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology

Dr J Gough

Application Deadline: 3 December 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The field of regenerative medicine was stunned in 2007 by the possibility of creating stem cells from adult human cells (1). Since then it has been shown that it is also possible to trans-differentiate from one mature human cell type to another.

The nanoscale organisation of immune cell surfaces in health and disease

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Prof D Davis

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Super-resolution microscopes, celebrated in the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry, are one of the tools that allow us to study immune cells in unprecedented detail.

Application of stem cell technologies towards next-generation veterinary regenerative therapies

University of Edinburgh
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Dr X Donadeu

Application Deadline: 24 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

We seek an enthusiastic PhD student with combined interests in stem cell biology and veterinary science to undertake an exciting project that will aim to take recent advances in stem cell science to the development of novel and effective regenerative tissue approaches for horses.

Metabolic reprogramming in cancer: starving tumors of essential nutrients to promote cell death

University of Leeds
Faculty of Medicine and Health

Dr S Papa

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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.