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molecular pharmacology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 41 molecular pharmacology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Identifying the target of the natural product cordycepin

Natural products are historically proven to be excellent drug leads, but they have been largely ignored in western medicine in recent years. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C de Moor, Dr K Spriggs
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mechanisms of Cancer Stem Cell Survival, Metastasis Formation and Immune Evasion in Cancer

Recent research suggests that cancer cells within a tumour represent a highly heterogeneous cell population. In particular many tumours contain small percentage of cells that share several characteristics with stem cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Widera
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Diagnostic biomarkers and mechanistic understanding of biofilm formation in prosthetic joint infection

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Robson, Dr R Baldock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Development of new mRNA-based cancer vaccines for breast cancer

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Medicine, Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences and will be supervised by Dr Roja Hadianamrei and Dr Sassan Hafizi. . Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Hadianamrei, Dr S Hafizi
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Regulation of neuronal excitability using IgG targeting of ion channels and GPCRs

Academic Supervisor. Ewan Smith. Academic Institution. University of Cambridge. Industrial Partner. Maxion Therapeutics  . Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E St John Smith
 30 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Novel Formulation Strategies for Multi-Drug Delivery Systems to Address Polypharmacy

This PhD project aims to develop next-generation multi-therapy drug delivery systems that address polypharmacy by engineering programmable formulations in a single dose that simplify complex drug regimens and transform care for patients with multiple chronic conditions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr w Lau
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Computational and Functional Comprehensive Analysis of Natural Variants of GPCRs towards a personalized medicine approach

This project investigates the impact of natural genetic variations on a specific G protein-coupled receptor (GPCR), focusing on its structure, function, and drug interactions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Tikhonova, Dr B Plouffe
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigation of the interplay between TRPV1 channels and the receptor tyrosine kinase Flt3 in living cells

Transient Receptor Potential (TRP) channels are a large and conserved family of ion channels that sense touch, movement, pain and temperature1. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Kilpatrick, Dr J Sanchez
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The Development of Engineered Lactobacillus for Synergistic Cancer Photodynamic Immunotherapy

The impeded nanomedicine penetration, limited immune activation and immunosuppressive tumor microenvironment are key factors hampering photodynamic immunotherapy. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Ding
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discerning the role of metabolic proteins in nucleus

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which develops from cells lining pancreas ducts, represents 95% of all pancreatic cancer cases. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Latif
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Evaluating the risk of biguanides and statins on cancer incidence and mortality rates: a mixed methods study combining pharmacoepidemiological and experimental approaches

In the UK, every two minutes someone is diagnosed with cancer and every four minutes someone dies from it– leading to more than 360,000 new cases and 160,000 deaths annually1. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Latif
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Novel strategies for the diagnosis and treatment of snakebites

Snakebite envenomation (SBE), a high priority neglected tropical disease affects several million people worldwide resulting in as many as 150,000 deaths and around 500,000 permanent disabilities every year. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof SV Vaiyapuri
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Predicting and Programming Innate Immune Responses to Emerging Pathogens for Sustained Viral Resilience

Innate immune responses vary substantially between individuals and strongly influence infection outcomes, transmission risk and responses to vaccines and therapeutics. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof N Liptrott, Prof Julian Hiscox
 31 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Development of mechanism-based therapeutics for Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)

The laboratory of Prof. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof SE Engel
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Coding variants and gut hormone-based obesity therapeutics

Gut-derived peptide hormones regulate a large number of metabolic processes, and there is great interest in exploiting their effects to treat disease. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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