microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Generation of human cytomegalovirus-pseudotyped particles and development of systems for the study of viral cell entry mechanisms, neutralizing antibody responses to infection and vaccination, and testing of potential novel therapeutics

University of Greenwich School of Pharmacy (Medway Campus)

Overview. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) establishes lifelong infections of the host with >60% infected across the globe. In healthy children and adults HCMV produces mild symptoms like influenza or mononucleosis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Scott, Dr N Temperton, Dr M Reeves

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

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Generation of human cytomegalovirus-pseudotyped particles and development of systems for the study of viral cell entry mechanisms, neutralizing antibody responses to infection and vaccination, and testing of potential novel therapeutics

University of Kent Medway School of Pharmacy

Overview. Human cytomegalovirus (HCMV) establishes lifelong infections of the host with >60% infected across the globe. In healthy children and adults HCMV produces mild symptoms like influenza or mononucleosis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Scott, Dr N Temperton, Dr M Reeves

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

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Data-driven approaches for in-line monitoring of particle attributes in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Particle processing is widely used in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing industries. In this context, particle attributes influence processability and are key to the optimisation of product quality. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Cardona, Dr Y Chen, Dr C Tachtatzis

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

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Making High Efficiency Flexible Solar Cells

University of Sheffield Department of Chemical & Biological Engineering

Perovskite based solar cells have the advantages of highly efficient conversion of sunlight into electricity. However, at present there are challenges in making solar cells from these materials. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Ebbens, Dr A Dunbar

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

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Identification of phosphatases that inactivate the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor Ire1

Durham University Department of Biosciences

A self-funded PhD studentship is available in the group of Dr. Martin Schröder in the Department of Biosciences at Durham University to study stress signalling mechanisms originating from the endoplasmic reticulum. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Schroeder

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

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Understanding the molecular mechanisms of thrombosis and haemostasis

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Project Overview: . The risk of heart attack or stroke is elevated in obesity and in people with metabolic disorders such as diabetes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C.E. Hughes, Prof J M Gibbins

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

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Engineering human tissue in vitro: development, characterisation, and application

Durham University Department of Biosciences

Tissues in the human body have a defined structure in that their growth and differentiation have developed in specific ways to create a cellular architecture… Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Przyborski

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

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Oncology: Evaluating Photodynamic Therapy in colorectal cancer using patient-derived organoids

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Colorectal cancer (CRC) is the 3rd most common cancer worldwide. Surgery is first line treatment and often in adjunct with chemotherapy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr I Knot, Prof D Jayne

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

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Cancer: Repurposing drugs as new treatments for breast cancer

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Breast cancer (BC) is the most common cancer, with over 1 million new cases diagnosed worldwide each year. For some types of BC, hormonal treatments have been very effective but one particular BC subtype, triple negative breast cancer (TNBC), is highly aggressive and lacks a targeted therapy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr L Matthews, Dr P Meakin

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

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Creating artificial active colloids for environmental and biomedical applications

University of Strathclyde Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Active matter has developed into one of the most exciting interdisciplinary research areas over the last decades. Following the spirit of R. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JS Simmchen

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

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Examining the mechanisms that cause cardiovascular disease by studying the heart or adipose tissue

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Heart failure has a serious impact on our society and once diagnosed has a poor survival rate. In the United Kingdom, there are about 1.5 million people living with the after-effects of a heart attack. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Boateng

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

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Platelets in health, ageing and disease: new diagnostics and treatments

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Platelets are small blood cells that play a vital role in the chronic and acute progression of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), and also have roles in immunity, inflammation, cancer metastasis, Alzheimer's disease and a range of infections, such as dengue, HIV-1, malaria, and COVID-19. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CI Jones

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

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Designing surfaces to control nucleation in pharmaceutical crystallisation

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Crystallisation is widely used for purification of chemicals and pharmaceuticals and for making advanced materials for catalysis, separations and sensing applications. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Johnston, Prof J Sefcik

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

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Systems level analysis of platelet signalling

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

We are interested in how intracellular signal transduction networks bring about complex biological behaviours in cells. We do this by combining computational biology with wet laboratory experimentation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M J Fry, Prof J M Gibbins

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

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Cell biology and evolution of cancer metastasis

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

We are interested in the spread of cancer, a process called metastasis. Metastasis is responsible for the majority of cancer deaths and there are currently no effective treatments to stop this process. Read more

Supervisor: Prof P R Dash

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We have 427 microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 427 microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Generation of human cytomegalovirus-pseudotyped particles and development of systems for the study of viral cell entry mechanisms, neutralizing antibody responses to infection and vaccination, and testing of potential novel therapeutics

Generation of human cytomegalovirus-pseudotyped particles and development of systems for the study of viral cell entry mechanisms, neutralizing antibody responses to infection and vaccination, and testing of potential novel therapeutics

Data-driven approaches for in-line monitoring of particle attributes in chemical and pharmaceutical manufacturing processes

Making High Efficiency Flexible Solar Cells

Identification of phosphatases that inactivate the endoplasmic reticulum stress sensor Ire1

Understanding the molecular mechanisms of thrombosis and haemostasis

Engineering human tissue in vitro: development, characterisation, and application

Oncology: Evaluating Photodynamic Therapy in colorectal cancer using patient-derived organoids

Cancer: Repurposing drugs as new treatments for breast cancer

Creating artificial active colloids for environmental and biomedical applications

Examining the mechanisms that cause cardiovascular disease by studying the heart or adipose tissue

Platelets in health, ageing and disease: new diagnostics and treatments

Designing surfaces to control nucleation in pharmaceutical crystallisation

Systems level analysis of platelet signalling

Cell biology and evolution of cancer metastasis

We have 427 microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 427 microscopy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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