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SWBio DTP PhD Project: OncoBUG: Mining Hidden Microbial Communities and Engineering Next-Generation Recognition Systems for the OncoBiome

University of Bath
Department of Life Sciences
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: Dr ILB da Luz Batalha
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarships - Mechanical Memory in Metastasis: Decoding How Cancer Cells Remember and Sustain Aggressive States

Institute of Cancer Research
PhD Programmes
Project Summary:Metastasis remains the major cause of cancer mortality. Breast cancer cells continuously adapt to changing physical environments, including tissue stiffness, confinement, extracellular matrix resistance and stromal interactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof V Sanz-Moreno, Dr P Pantazis
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Unravelling the role of SOX10-regulated paraspeckles in the enteric nervous system development and disease

University of Sheffield
School of Biosciences
The enteric nervous system (ENS), the vast network of neurons and glia controlling gut function, is generated in utero by embryonic neural crest (NC) cells that colonise the gastrointestinal tract. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Tsakiridis, Dr T Shelkovnikova, Dr SC Campbell
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(MRC NW-DMS) Selective LGALS1 RNA Targeting in Blood Cancers using RiboTACs

The University of Manchester
Division of Cancer Sciences
  Research Group: Division of Cancer Sciences
Galectin-1, encoded by the LGALS1 gene, is a carbohydrate-binding protein that is frequently overexpressed in blood cancers and associated with poor clinical outcomes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Batta, Dr D Wiseman, Dr S Butterworth
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Does a common retrotransposon insertion accelerate organ ageing? Mechanistic characterisation of an APOLD1-linked regulatory variant

Northumbria University
BBSRC NEEDL DLA Partnership
Roughly half of your genome is made up of "jumping genes" called transposable elements, and LINE 1 (L1) is the only one still capable of copying itself into new locations in living humans. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Shukla
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Mapping translational stress-signalling networks in plant tissues using Bio-orthogonal non-canonical amino acid tagging (BONCAT)

Durham University
BBSRC NEEDL DLA Partnership
How does a plant coordinate a stress response across distinct cell types, and what signals link them? This project addresses that question using a genuinely new methodological approach. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr U Bechtold
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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BISCI IDLA: An innovative bioengineering approach to develop a novel in vitro platform to study human skin itch capable of consumer insights

Durham University
BISCI IDLA
Itch is an unwanted consumer sensation that accompanies many personal care practises. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Przyborski, Dr YC Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: An innovative bioengineering approach to develop a novel in vitro platform to study human skin itch capable of consumer insights

Procter & Gamble
BISCI IDLA
Itch is an unwanted consumer sensation that accompanies many personal care practises. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Przyborski, Dr YC Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanism of transcription repression by the Polycomb complex PRC1.

Montreal Clinical Research Institute (IRCM)
University of Montreal
  Research Group: Francis Lab, Biochemistry of Epigenetic Inheritance
A funded position is available for a PhD student with a strong interest in biochemistry, genomics and biophysics for a project to dissect the mechanism of transcription repression by Polycomb proteins. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr DRZ Zenklusen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Decoding the dynamics of stress information

University of Edinburgh
School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine)
Cells in the body are constantly exposed to environmental signals that vary in strength, duration, and frequency. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Romano, Dr J Walker, Dr G Whyte
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding IL-17-mediated immune-cardiac signalling and electrical remodelling during cardiorenal stress

University of Birmingham
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Chronic kidney disease (CKD) has major effects beyond the kidney and is associated with structural and electrical remodelling of the heart, increasing susceptibility to both atrial and ventricular arrhythmias. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Pavlovic, Dr A Iqbal, Dr C Christopher.O-Shea
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Building Cellular Resilience: Unlocking the Health Potential of Scottish Potato Bioactives

University of Aberdeen
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Cellular resilience describes the ability of cells and tissues to resist, adapt to and recover from biological, environmental and age-related stress. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Wilson, Prof G Bermano, Dr G McDougall, Dr A Tawfike
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of mutant clones in human health, ageing and cancer

University of Birmingham
School of Mathematics
Humans inherit a unique set of genetic mutations that define personal characteristics at birth, but our tissues continue to acquire mutations over the course of normal ageing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D T Tourigny
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EastBio: Identification of telomere-binding proteins in human pathogenic fungi Cryptococcus neoformans

University of Edinburgh
School of Biological Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cell Biology
Humans are infected by Cryptococcus from breathing fungal spores. This leads to developing cryptococcosis, which is accompanied by infection in lungs, brain and other parts of the body and causing more than 600,000 human deaths annually. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Makovets, Prof J Arulanandam
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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FULLY FUNDED PhD - CRUK Scotland Centre: Exploiting lineage plasticity to treat metastatic colorectal cancer

University of Glasgow
College of Medical, Veterinary & Life Sciences
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 Supervisors: Dr PC Cammareri, Dr K Myant
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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