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electron microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 211 electron microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Eastbio: Understanding human sulfatases involved in heparan sulfate degradation

Carbohydrates are ubiquitous throughout nature and perform important functions in cells, including energy storage, cell wall integrity, and cell signalling. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Gloster
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Nuclear Structural Materials for Extreme Environments

The reliability of structural materials is critical to the safe and sustainable operation of nuclear energy systems. However, extreme environments involving irradiation, high temperatures, mechanical stresses, and corrosive media can progressively alter materials and lead to degradation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof Eason Yi-Sheng Chen Chen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing new strategies for analysing local structure in alloys using a multi-dataset approach (S3.5-CMB-Owen)

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 LO Owen, Prof K Christofidou
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing an in-vitro 3D musculoskeletal model for the drug development pipeline (S3.5-CMB-Green)

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 N Green, Prof F Claeyssens
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Microstructural Engineering of High-performance Recycled Aluminium Alloys through Multi-Scale Characterisation

Recycling aluminium requires only around 5% of the energy needed for primary aluminium production, making it a key engineering material for reducing carbon emissions and improving sustainability across the component life cycle. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Yan, Prof J Robson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the interaction of La related proteins with colliding ribosomes

  Research Group: Division of Molecular and Cellular Function
How do cells keep making the right proteins when conditions become stressful? Protein synthesis is one of the most fundamental processes in biology, yet ribosomes do not move smoothly along every mRNA. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G D Pavitt, Dr A Roseman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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[School of Engineering PhD Scholarships] Transforming Incinerator Bottom Ash into Low-Carbon Cement through Mechano-Chemical Activation and CO2 Mineralisation

The UK produces approximately 3 million tonnes of processed incinerator bottom ash (IBA) each year from the combustion of municipal solid waste. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof C Unluer, Dr M Su
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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[School of Natural Sciences PhD Scholarships] Volcanic fluid flow and release of greenhouse gases as drivers for Paleocene-Eocene paleoclimate

Simulations of Earth’s response to current and future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are limited by our current knowledge of Earth-climate feedbacks, creating large uncertainties in numerical climate models. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Schroeder, Dr B Van Dongen, Dr G Holland, Dr R Tartese
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mechanism of transcription-coupled splicing

Accurate gene expression in eukaryotic cells requires tight coordination between transcription and pre-mRNA splicing. During transcription by RNA polymerase II (Pol II), the spliceosome removes introns from nascent RNAs co-transcriptionally. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Zhang
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Structural and cellular approaches to understand microtubule motors

Transport of organelles, RNAs and proteins is essential for the development, health and function of neurons.Defects in the microtubule motors that drive the transport is linked to neurodegenerative and developmental diseases and the transport process is frequently hijacked by viruses. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Carter
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Replicating RNA with RNA

A critical event in the origin of life is thought to have been the emergence of an RNA molecule capable of self-replication as well as mutation, and hence evolution towards ever more efficient replication. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Holliger
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Structure-function analysis of stress signaling

Our lab studies stress signaling and pioneers strategies that harness such pathways to enhance cellular resilience, a modality generically applicable to improve fitness in diverse diseases, including the age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Bertolotti
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Establish the determinants for bacteriophage cocktail stabilization

  Research Group: Division of Pharmacy and Optometry
Phage therapy uses bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections and is attracting renewed interest because of rising antimicrobial resistance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Pluen, Prof A McBain, Dr R Curtis, Dr CI Igler
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Irradiation Damage Resistant Refractory High Entropy Alloys for Advanced Modular Reactors with UKNNL

A funded 4-year UK PhD/EngD studentship is available in the group of Prof Sandy Knowles within the School of Metallurgy and Materials at the University of Birmingham, with a tax-free stipend of £26,805 per year, and includes the PANDA DFA training programme as part of the 2026 Cohort (https://www.bangor.ac.uk/panda). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Knowles
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Fully Funded PhD Opportunity: Next-Generation Top Cells for Silicon based Tandem Photovoltaics

Overview. An open position exists for a fully funded PhD scholarship in the development of next-generation, silicon-based tandem solar cell technologies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Walter, Prof KW Weber
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)