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We have 926 cell biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Genomics and development of an exaggerated sexual trait in stalk-eyed flies

University of Sheffield

School of Biosciences

While most body parts grow in proportion to overall body size, many traits develop to become disproportionately elaborate or extended. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Wright, Dr M Towers, Dr D Joyce, Prof A Pomiankowski

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Understanding the Origins of Spectral Shift Signals Across Diverse Protein Interaction Systems

University of Leeds

Yorkshire Bioscience Doctoral Training Partnership

Modern drug discovery hinges upon the identification and characterisation of hit and lead compounds using reliable and robust methods. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M E Webb, Prof R W Bayliss

6 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: AI-assisted rapid on-site evaluation in lung cancer diagnosis: model development and two-centre external validation

University of Liverpool

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Lung cancer is often diagnosed by endobronchial ultrasound (EBUS) or robotic-assisted bronchoscopy (RAB), procedure that takes needle samples from tissue in the chest. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Zheng, Prof M Evison, Dr T Fitzmaurice, Dr A Haragan

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: From variant to phenotype: decoding calmodulin dysfunction in cardiac arrhythmia

University of Liverpool

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

How can a change in a single protein disrupt the electrical rhythm of the heart and cause life-threatening arrhythmia?. Calmodulin (CaM) is a highly conserved calcium sensing protein that controls key ion channels responsible for cardiac electrical activity and calcium homeostasis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Helassa, Dr R Rainbow

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: Synthetic Teixobactins for Drug-Resistant Pneumonia Caused by S. pneumoniae and S. aureus

University of Liverpool

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Pneumonia remains a major global cause of death, and antimicrobial resistance is making serious bacterial infections increasingly difficult to treat. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Singh, Dr CJ Harding, Dr D Wootton, Dr I Pritchard

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

MRC NW-DMS DLA programme: In ovo organoid xenografts to accelerate gastric cancer drug and biomarker development

University of Liverpool

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

We are looking for a motivated, curious, and ambitious student to join a dynamic research team focused on transforming how we understand and treat gastric cancer. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Duckworth, Prof M Pritchard, Prof LG Yu

27 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

NWD DLA programme: Keeping Growth in Proportion: How Oxygen and Temperature Reprogramme Developing Tissues

University of Liverpool

Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

What allows a developing organism to change size without losing proportion? Growth is remarkably flexible. cells and organs respond to oxygen and temperature, yet the molecular machinery that keeps those changes coordinated is poorly understood. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Batie, Prof S Rocha, Dr MM Merino

4 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

(MCRC MB-PhD) Understanding Aggression in Hereditary Prostate Cancer

The University of Manchester

Division of Cancer Sciences

Research Group: Division of Cancer Sciences

Preventing failure after initial local (surgery or radiotherapy) and hormone treatment provides the best opportunity to block the evolution of high-risk prostate cancer (PCa). Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Bristow, Prof D Wedge, Prof S Taylor, Dr A Sachdeva

15 March 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Texture segmentation and numerosity in humans, mice, and machines.

Queen Mary University of London

School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences

Primary Supervisor. Dr Emma Stewart. Co-supervisor(s). Prof. Andrea Benucci. Studentship Funding. Awaiting CSC Funding Decision. Application Deadline. Read more

Supervisor: Dr ES Stewart

27 January 2027 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Sex-Specific Phage Therapy for Conflict Wound Healing

University of Southampton

Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisors. Prof Claire Clarkin C.E.Clarkin@soton.ac.uk. Franklin Nobrega F.Nobrega@soton.ac.uk. Dr Janos Kanczler J.Kanczler@soton.ac.uk. Read more

Supervisor: Prof CE Clarkin

18 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Understanding and preventing shock-induced tissue injury using dynamic nanofluidics

University of Birmingham

Department of Mechanical Engineering

Mechanical shock is a common source of cellular and tissue damage, which may further trigger inflammation and degeneration. Read more

Supervisors: Dr Y Sun, Prof R H Hall

23 November 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD – Torpor or organ failure? Dissecting the hypothermic response to infection in mice - HLSUOB26

University of Bristol

School of Psychology and Neuroscience

About the project. Sepsis occurs when the immune response to infection becomes dysregulated, resulting in widespread organ dysfunction and even death. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Ambler, Prof A E Pickering, Dr LT Taddei

13 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Investigating the molecular and environmental mechanisms regulating larval metamorphosis in the starlet sea anemone Nematostella vectensis.

University of Exeter

Supervisory team Main supervisor. Dr Elizabeth Williams (University of Exeter). Second supervisor. Dr Vengamanaidu Modepalli (University of Bristol). Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Williams

2 December 2026 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Navigating complex posteriors: efficient Bayesian inference for noisy living systems

University of St Andrews

School of Mathematics and Statistics

Research Group: Mathematical Biology Group

From the molecular networks that let a cell keep time or decide its fate to the spread of an infection through a population, living systems are both noisy and non-linear. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Minas, Dr PS Samartsidis, Dr BS Swallow

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Deep learning approaches to low resolution atomic modelling of protein glycosylation and other protein modifications

University of York

Department of Chemistry

Background. Post-translational modifications of proteins fundamentally alter chemical architecture, dynamically governing cellular localisation, stability, molecular interactions and, ultimately, function. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Agirre, Prof D Ungar

4 January 2027 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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