derivatives 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.

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Modeling differentiation of human embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells into endodermal derivatives

KAUST
Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering

Prof A Adamo

Applications accepted all year round

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PhD Type

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 has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

The Laboratory of Stem Cells and Diseases (STEMD-Lab) is seeking a highly motivated candidate to develop a project based on the use of human embryonic stem cells (hES) and induced pluripotent stem cells (iPSCs) to derive glucose sensitive differentiated cell types (i.e.

A new route to functionalised, stable Blatter-type free radicals

University of York
Department of Chemistry

Dr V Chechik

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.

Although most free radical are highly reactive and have very limited lifetime, some possess excellent stability. The magnetic properties of unpaired electron make such radicals promising building blocks for magnetic materials.

Development of Optical Nanobiosensors for Opioids and Fentanyl-related Substances

University of Dundee
School of Science and Engineering

Dr O Adegoke, Prof N Nic Daeid

Applications accepted all year round

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.

Opioid use is currently on the increase and its abuse poses serious risks that affects the economic state of all societies worldwide as well as health and social wellbeing.

Defining the dynamics of lineage segregations during human neuromesodermal axial progenitor differentiation

University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Dr A Tsakiridis, Dr A Fletcher

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.

Embryonic axis elongation is the process that gives rise to all cell types making up the body trunk.

Biomass derived synthetic polymers

University of York
Department of Chemistry

Prof M North

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.

Polymers are produced on a multi-million tonne scale per annum and are a high priority to move from non-sustainable petroleum based to sustainably based starting materials.

Expressions of Interest for a PhD Opportunity in Novel Neutrophil-derived Antimicrobial Proteins (for application to the 2020 IRC GOIPG Scholarship)

Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
Department of Medicine

Dr EP Reeves, Dr M Murphy

Application Deadline: 20 September 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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 supervisor does not yet know if funding is available for this project, or they intend to apply for external funding once a suitable candidate is selected. Applications are welcome - please see project details for further information.

Supervisors. Dr. Emer Reeves, Primary supervisor; Dr. Mark Murphy, Co-supervisor. Host Institution. Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland.

Understanding drug-resistance in myeloid cancer

University of Leeds
Leeds Institute of Cancer and Pathology

Dr P Laslo

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.

Under pathogenic challenges, cells of the innate system become epigenetically reprogrammed and establish immune memory.

CRISPR CAS9 Genome Editing to Study PIP5K1A in Cancer Cells

University of Nottingham
School of Pharmacy

Prof D Heery

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.

Human PIP5K1A is one of a family of kinases that generate the signalling molecule phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) in cells.

Targeting anticancer drugs to the intestinal lymphatic system for improved treatment of cancer

University of Nottingham
School of Pharmacy

Dr P Gershkovich

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 lymphatic system plays an important role in the pathophysiology of cancer as it can be both a site for the primary cancer and the major route of metastasis.