microbial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

FAIROmics - PhD fellowship in integrative bioinformatics and systems biology - From sequence to strain-specific phenotypes.

INRAE Inrae - Paris-Saclay Food and Bioproduct Engineering Research Unit

About the Project. Plant-based dairy and meat alternatives have grown in popularity in recent years for various reasons, including sustainability and health benefits, as well as lifestyle trends and dietary restrictions. Read more

Supervisors: Prof BT Teusink, Dr DM Molenaar, Prof DR Remondini

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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FAIROmics - PhD fellowship in plant-based food fermentation genomics.

INRAE Inrae - Paris-Saclay Food and Bioproduct Engineering Research Unit

About the Project. Plant-based dairy and meat alternatives have grown in popularity in recent years for various reasons, including sustainability and health benefits, as well as lifestyle trends and dietary restrictions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MWB Wells-Bennik, Dr HB Bachmann, Dr EH Hester, Prof M Zwietering, Prof VV Valdramidis, Dr MD Dasenaki, Dr KA Karatzas

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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3D printed synthetic tissues for patterned interactions with cellular populations

Imperial College London Institute of Chemical Biology

Cellular communities, consisting of cells (microbial and/or eukaryotic) living and interacting in various environments, are starting to be used in applications ranging from environmental remediation, agriculture, food science, bioproduction, and biomedicine. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Krishna Kumar, Dr Y Elani, Prof K Polizzi

7 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD Studentship in Organic GeoChemistry: Novel molecular proxies to reconstruct past environmental change

University of Bristol Chemistry

A fully funded 3.5 years PhD studentship is available in the Organic Geochemistry Unit (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/chemistry/research/ogu/), where you will work with Dr. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B.D.A. Naafs

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

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For the love of spice - plant secondary metabolites and recruitment of bacterial metabolic networks

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology International Max Planck Research School

Background. Recruitment of bacteria to plant organs like leaves is important for plant development, health and survival. Understanding these processes is likely to be important for developing tools for more sustainable agriculture. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Agler, Prof S.E.O. O'Connor

18 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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High-throughput biomaterials discovery

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Polymer biomaterials have revolutionised a range of areas from drug delivery, to antimicrobials, to cellular cryopreservation. There are 1000’s of possible monomer combinations, molecular weights and architectures to be explored, and even small differences can dramatically change their properties. Read more

Supervisor: Prof m Gibson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The use of gaseous and aqueous ozone in the prevention and remediation of biofilms within food manufacturing environments

Cardiff Metropolitan University Cardiff School of Sport and Health Sciences

Biofilms can be classified as an assembly of surface associated microbial cells that are enclosed in an extracellular polymeric substance matrix. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Blaxland

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Saving the planet through carbon recycling: engineering bacterial capture of gasified waste for bioplastics production

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Wider context. Climate change caused by the release of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and through change of land use threatens life on our planet. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Winzer, Prof N Minton

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Dynamic Imaging for Real-Time Visualization of Bacterial Species Co-Distribution and Biofilm Matrix Components

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Dental caries is a severe problem for both health and the economy. This oral disease is multifactorial and biofilm-dependent, caused by changes in the composition and metabolism of complex bacterial communities in oral biofilms. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Aylott, Dr K Hardie

5 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Revealing low abundant but highly active nitrifiers in coastal sediments

University of Glasgow College of Science and Engineering

Nitrification is a key global biogeochemical pathway oxidising the most reduced form of nitrogen –ammonia (NH. 3. ), to nitrite (NO) (ammonia oxidation, AO) and then nitrate (nitrite oxidation, NO). Read more

Supervisor: Prof CJ Smith

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Fully Funded PhD in Biology scholarship: Accelerating nature-based solutions in riparian wetlands to address enhanced storm-driven wastewater from agriculture and urban systems

University of York Department of Biology

Globally, waterways and lakes have suffered from excessive nutrient loading arising from wastewater release, both industrial and agricultural. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Redeker

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Circular production of phosphorous fertiliser – anaerobic digestate matrix effects on recovery efficacy

Harper Adams University Department of Agriculture and Environment

Introduction to research area. The application of animal slurries and anaerobic digestates to land to provide crop nutrients is facing ever increasing regulatory constraints influencing how they are stored and spread to land. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MK Kirby

17 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Rapid Development and Testing of Multifunctional Antimicrobial Coatings to Combat Urological Device Infections

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Project title. Rapid Development and Testing of Multifunctional Antimicrobial Coatings to Combat Urological Device Infections. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr A R Hamilton

31 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Self funded MSc by research or PhD in Biology: How do biofertilisers impact plant drought tolerance?

University of York Department of Biology

Lead supervisor: Dr A Hodge . Co-Supervisor: Dr J Ferrari. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Hodge

30 June 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Novel glycoprotease discovery and characterisation for enhanced detergent performance

Newcastle University BiSCoP CTP

In this exciting joint academia-industry project the student will exploit metagenomes and the huge untapped capacity of the human gut microbiota to breakdown glycoconjugates to discover novel protease enzymes that can potentially increase the performance and environmental sustainability of leading P&G automatic dishwashing brands. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Lowe, Dr D Bolam, Dr AL Morales Garcia, Mrs K Bell-Rusiewicz

2 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 112 microbial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

microbial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 112 microbial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

FAIROmics - PhD fellowship in integrative bioinformatics and systems biology - From sequence to strain-specific phenotypes.

FAIROmics - PhD fellowship in plant-based food fermentation genomics.

3D printed synthetic tissues for patterned interactions with cellular populations

PhD Studentship in Organic GeoChemistry: Novel molecular proxies to reconstruct past environmental change

For the love of spice - plant secondary metabolites and recruitment of bacterial metabolic networks

High-throughput biomaterials discovery

The use of gaseous and aqueous ozone in the prevention and remediation of biofilms within food manufacturing environments

Saving the planet through carbon recycling: engineering bacterial capture of gasified waste for bioplastics production

Dynamic Imaging for Real-Time Visualization of Bacterial Species Co-Distribution and Biofilm Matrix Components

Revealing low abundant but highly active nitrifiers in coastal sediments

Fully Funded PhD in Biology scholarship: Accelerating nature-based solutions in riparian wetlands to address enhanced storm-driven wastewater from agriculture and urban systems

Circular production of phosphorous fertiliser – anaerobic digestate matrix effects on recovery efficacy

Rapid Development and Testing of Multifunctional Antimicrobial Coatings to Combat Urological Device Infections

Self funded MSc by research or PhD in Biology: How do biofertilisers impact plant drought tolerance?

Novel glycoprotease discovery and characterisation for enhanced detergent performance

We have 112 microbial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

microbial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 112 microbial PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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