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medicinal PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 60 medicinal PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Design and synthesis of chemical tools to interrogate cannabinoid receptors - synthetic, medicinal chemistry

Research project . We are seeking a highly motivated PhD candidate to join an interdisciplinary team at the University of Otago, to undertake research developing chemical probes for the cannabinoid receptor, a type of G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AJ Vernall
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Chemistry: Medicinal Chemistry of Nucleotide Analogues

Nucleoside analogues (NAs) are an important class of antiviral and anticancer agents commonly used in the therapy of many different viral infections and cancer conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Serpi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Novel Fluorinated Heterocycle Synthesis for Medicinal Chemistry (Ref: CM/GW-SF1/2025)

The project will involve synthetic chemistry to prepare novel heterocyclic compounds from polyfluorinated arene building blocks. Tandem SNAr reactions will be employed to anulate new rings. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Weaver, Dr M Kimber
 1 October 2025  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evolutionary Perspectives on Medicinal Plant Use

Project Overview. This project uses phylogenetic comparative methods to characterise medicinal plant use. You will use published data to identify the ethnobotanical uses of selected species, and the extent to which they are characterised in terms of phytochemistry and pharmacology. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J A Hawkins
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Design and synthesis of compounds with activity against pathogenic fungi

The Baszczynski research group (https://www.baszczynski-lab.com ) offers fully funded Ph.D. positions (1.0 FTE, 4 years, expected start October 2025) for creative, talented, and self-motivated researchers with a strong background in Organic chemistry. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr O Baszczyňski
 9 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Targeting amino-acid transporters for treatment of cancer and neurological disorders

Metabolism is an important biological process that generate energy for cellular functioning across the body. Brain particularly requires a large amount of energy to perform its complex functions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Chan, Dr M Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Broadening the spectrum of antibacterial drugs to tackle multi-drug resistant Gram-negative pathogens

  Research Group: Astbury Centre for Structural Molecular Biology
Antibiotics make possible the treatment and cure of life-threatening bacterial infections and have added over a decade to average human lifespan. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A O'Neill, Dr M McPhillie, Prof C Fishwick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evaluation of Tripterygium wilfordii derived compounds as novel treatments for medulloblastoma.

Medulloblastoma is the most common paediatric malignant brain tumour, accounting for 20% of childhood brain tumours cases per annum in the United Kingdom alone, with approximately one-third of patients dying from the disease worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr MAJ Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Structural biology tools to investigate and target ubiquitin system proteases in cancer

Ubiquitination targets proteins for degradation and regulates virtually all cellular signalling pathways in eukaryotes. The human genome encodes over 50 ubiquitin specific proteases (USPs) that cleave ubiquitin from modified proteins to salvage them from proteasomal degradation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Dreveny
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Faculty of Pharmacy, Masaryk University

Discover the art of developing life-changing pharmaceuticals through our Medicinal Chemistry program. The aim of this programme is to prepare qualified experts who will work professionally in scientific activities in the field of development and analysis of drugs and its application to other scientific fields. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Humanities Research Programme
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LIMR Virology: Unique Antiviral Therapy targeting Zika and Related Viruses

Zika Virus (ZIKV) has emerged as a new mosquito-borne threat to public health after the devastating South American outbreak. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Griffin, Dr A Kalli, Dr C McKimmie, Dr RJ Foster
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Bioinspired Total Synthesis of Complex Natural Products

Supervisory Team. Dr Jonathan George. This project will involve the total synthesis of stereochemically complex natural products using new methods inspired by biosynthesis. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof J George
 31 August 2025  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cancer Research Wales Fully funded 3-year PhD studentship: Exploiting synthetic lethality for cancer treatment: improving the activity and specificity of novel MRE11 inhibitors

Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship in the North Wales Medical School, Bangor University. This is a collaborative project with Cardiff University and Swansea University. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Hartsuiker
 1 June 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Design, synthesis and biological evaluation of novel antibody-directed conjugates for cancer treatment

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
This is a fully-funded PhD studentship in the new Institute of Cancer Therapeutics Doctoral Training Centre (ICT-DTC) at the University of Bradford. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Pors, Dr G Ribeiro Morais, Dr S Swaroop
 30 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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A bifunctional prodrug to overcome acquired oxaliplatin drug resistance in colorectal cancer

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
This is one of two new fully funded PhD studentships in the Institute of Cancer Therapeutics Doctoral Training Centre (ICT-DTC) at the University of Bradford. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Shnyder, Dr G Ribeiro Morais
 30 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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