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cell biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 926 cell biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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BISCI IDLA: Decoding the skin ecosystem: An integrated computational framework for pH-driven skin microbiome competition and barrier homeostasis

The skin microbiome plays a critical role in maintaining skin health through interactions between microbial communities, the skin barrier, and the immune system. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Tanaka, Dr JJ Jaworska
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Decoding the skin ecosystem: An integrated computational framework for pH-driven skin microbiome competition and barrier homeostasis

The skin microbiome plays a critical role in maintaining skin health through interactions between microbial communities, the skin barrier, and the immune system. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Tanaka, Dr JJ Jaworska
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Engineering musculoskeletal macrotissues in vitro

Musculoskeletal injuries and diseases represent a significant global health burden, affecting millions of individuals across their lifetime. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Paxton, Ms LS Stephen, Dr SM Maclean
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO Unravelling the Regulation of Small RNAs in the Prostate

  Research Group: Statistical Medicine and Molecular Biology
Aside from messenger RNA (mRNA), a whole raft of small non-coding RNAs are at work in the cell, but these have been relatively neglected in studies of genetic and epigenetic regulation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Lynch, Dr G Minas
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigate the novel therapeutic potential for treating heart failure.

  Research Group: Division of Cardiovascular Sciences
Cardiac dysfunction is the most common cause of mortality in clinics, but current therapies have a limited impact on the incidence of heart failure, including heart failure of preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) and heart failure of reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Liu, Prof M Rutter
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Decoding the molecular switches that control fungal growth and infection (BIDULA_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Dr Stefan Bidula. Fungal infections are responsible for over 1.5 million deaths each year, cause substantial agricultural losses, and are becoming increasingly difficult to treat due to rising antifungal resistance. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SB Bidula
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Investigation of how endocrine disrupting chemicals, from plastic pollution, impact the function of pancreatic β-cells

Background and aims. The chemical effects of plastic pollution are not only detrimental to the natural environment, but they also pose an increasingly recognised risk to human health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr EH Haythorne, Dr CB Benezech
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Building Centromeres: Epigenetic Control of Chromosome Inheritance

Centromeres are essential chromosome regions that ensure accurate chromosome inheritance during cell division across eukaryotes. They direct assembly of the kinetochore, which connects chromosomes to spindle microtubules. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr ,N Naish, Prof J Gutierrez-Marcos
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deciphering and Engineering Bacterial Natural-Product Biosynthesis

Bacteria produce a remarkable diversity of molecules with antibiotic, anticancer and other therapeutic activities, but we still lack a detailed understanding of how many natural products are made and recognised by their biological targets. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Alkhalaf, Prof G Challis
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigate how bacterial hosts control domesticated viral machines to drive horizontal gene transfer in marine environments? LE_JIC_ARIES27

Scientific background. Horizontal gene transfer (HGT) is a major driver of bacterial evolution, shaping adaptation at both species and community levels. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Le
 16 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO (CASE): Automating Drug Discovery: Developing a Robotics-Enabled AI Imaging Platform to Identify New Treatments for Vascular Calcification

During natural ageing, calcium phosphate mineral frequently accumulates within the arterial wall. Vascular calcification is an important risk factor for cardiovascular disease, including myocardial infarction and stroke. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V MacRae, Dr PT Tinning, Prof M Horrocks
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding class B G-protein-coupled receptor structure and function for drug

Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H A Ayub
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How Neoadjuvant Chemotherapy Reshapes Therapeutic Niches in Soft Tissue Sarcomas

Soft tissue sarcomas (STS) are a rare and heterogeneous group of malignancies arising from connective tissues such as muscle, fat and nerve sheaths. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Huang
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Applying AI to vaccine development in tackling a climate change-driven parasitic disease of salmonid fish.

This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Myxozoan parasites are unusual animal parasites causing severe disease in wild and farmed fish species. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Holland, Dr A Jaglarz, Dr H McSorley
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Defining the role of protein glutathionylation in proteostasis and cellular stress adaptation

Protein glutathionylation is a reversible post-translational modification in which glutathione is added to protein cysteine residues. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Thalassinos, Dr JL Labbadia, Dr JL Langridge, Dr DCS Cooper-Shepherd
 1 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)