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EastBio: AI-informed Metabolic Interventions to Promote Muscle Protection and Repair at the Interface of Exercise, Disease, and Aging

University of Edinburgh
School of Biological Sciences
Muscle and fat are two distinct differentiation pathways from the same precursor cells. Schirmer found that during adipogenesis muscle genes move to the nuclear envelope (NE) to be more tightly repressed while fat metabolism genes release. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Schirmer, Dr S Galloway, Dr ECR Hall
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Machine learning for finding macromolecules in cells

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The aim of this PhD project is to develop computer software for in situ structural biology projects. Specifically, software tools for the identification of macromolecular complexes in cryo-EM/cryo-ET data sets collected on thinned human and budding yeast cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Barford
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The life cycle of ecDNA

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
A major focus of the lab is understanding the links between replication and mutagenesis (1‑4). Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) circles are present in a substantial proportion of cancers and frequently harbour oncogenes that drive tumour proliferation (5). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sale
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pathological protein assembly in neurodegenerative diseases

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
Neurodegenerative diseases are one of the greatest health challenges facing our society. This large group of diseases is characterised by the pathological assembly of specific proteins into amyloid filaments in the central nervous system. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Falcon
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Defining neuro-immune circuits in viral infection

Medical Research Council (Cambridge)
Laboratory of Molecular Biology
The nervous system provides a wide range of signals to immune cells residing in peripheral tissues such as the lung, the salivary glands, the gut or the female reproductive tract. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Rodriguez
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Bioinformatics studies of protein structures, functions and their interactions

University of Reading
Department of Biomedical Sciences
The computational study of protein structures, functions and their interactions is fundamental to our understanding of disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L J McGuffin
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Overcoming prostate cancer evolution and resistance using microfluidic organoid-on-chip devices

Institute of Cancer Research
PhD Programmes
Project motivation. Hormone deprivation and androgen-receptor pathway inhibitors are standard of care in advanced prostate cancer, but almost all of these tumours develop resistance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Au, Dr M Bezzi
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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ACCE+ DLA Programme: The impact of a warming climate on sexually selected traits and the consequences for evolutionary fitness

University of Sheffield
School of Biosciences
ACCE+ DLA is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Wright, Dr Vicky Lloyd, Dr N Hemmings, Dr S Wigby, Prof A Pomiankowski, Prof K Dasmahapatra
 7 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Harvesting Energy from Bioluminescence: Genetic Modification of Dinoflagellates and Horizontal Gene Transfer for the Production of Controllable, Sustainable Energy

Teesside University
Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership
Project Description. Sustainability underpins the protection of our planet’s resources. We at Teesside University consider sustainability to be an ethos, an ethos that requires interdisciplinary research and action to tackle some of the biggest problems we face in today’s society. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CB McBeth, Dr J Bojko, Prof R Kay
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Quantum sensors for biological detection and imaging.

University College London
London Centre for Nanotechnology
Sensitive biological measurements are limited by optical background, nonspecific signals and difficulty multiplexing targets. The optically addressable quantum sensors used here are fluorescent probes whose emission depends on their spin state. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr BM Miller
 8 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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(BBSRC NWD) Hypothalamic pathways for light and circadian control of physiology and behaviour

The University of Manchester
Division of Integrative Physiology
This project addresses unanswered questions as to how the hypothalamus shapes daily patterns of physiology and behaviour. Activity of almost every body system varies over the day/night cycle, primarily, due to a ‘master’ clock in the hypothalamus - the suprachiasmatic nucleus (SCN). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Brown, Dr BB Bano-Otalora, Dr M Belle
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Photonics for the scale up of quantum sensors (S3.5-ELE-Smith)

University of Sheffield
School of Electrical and Electronic Engineering
A fully funded PhD opportunity to participate in the world-leading research undertaken by the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award at the University of Sheffield. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Smith, Dr K Groom
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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(BBSRC NWD) Why does the brain keep time? How circadian clocks shape neural computation

The University of Manchester
Division of Neuroscience
  Research Group: Division of Neuroscience
Almost every cell in our body contains a circadian clock. a biological timer that allows it to anticipate the 24-hour cycle of day and night. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Allen, Dr R Storchi, Dr M Belle
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The genetic and developmental control of complex nanostructure formation in butterfly wing scales

University of Sheffield
School of Biosciences
Butterfly wings are natural wonders, covered in colourful scales that are used for signalling, thermoregulation and to help with aerodynamic performance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Nadeau, Dr A Parnell, Dr K Campbell
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Laser focused on drought stress - using biosensors to decipher crop stomatal responses to drought

University of Sheffield
School of Biosciences
We welcome applicants for a plant science competitively funded PhD studentship in Jim Rowe, Julie Gray, and Pallavi Singh’s groups. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Rowe, Prof J Gray, Dr PS Singh
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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