pancreatic cancer PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 pancreatic cancer PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Development and Characterization of Hydrogel-Based Model(s) for Pancreatic Cancer

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma (PDAC), which develops from cells lining pancreas ducts, represents 95% of all pancreatic cancer cases. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Latif, Dr CT Tapeinos

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

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Harnessing mechanistic technologies and real-world clinical data to advance the interdisciplinary field of obesity and cancer prevention

University of Leicester Department of Population Health Sciences

In England and many other higher income countries, cancer has overtaken cardiovascular disease as the leading cause of mortality. Read more

Supervisors: Dr DP Papamargaritis, Prof K Brown

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Investigating the impact of galectin-ligand interaction on cancer cell resistance to chemotherapeutic treatment

University of Liverpool Institute of Life Course and Medical Sciences

Galectins are multifunctional carbohydrate-binding proteins that are expressed by many types of human cells. Changes of galectin expression commonly occur in cancer (e.g. Read more

Supervisor: Prof LG Yu

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Computational and machine learning driven development of new polysialyltransferase (ST8SiaII) inhibitors against metastatic cancer

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Polysialic acid (polySia) is a carbohydrate polymer important for embryonic development. PolySia is absent in healthy adult tissues whereas overexpressed in several tumours. Read more

Supervisors: Dr V Jha, Prof R Falconer

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Investigating how tumour associated macrophages affect cancer metastasis and response to therapies

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Solid tumours are generally highly infiltrated by macrophages. Macrophages are heterogeneous and different populations with different and sometimes even opposite functions co-exist in tumours affecting cancer progression. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Mieglo, Prof M Schmid

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Discerning the role of metabolic proteins in nucleus

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

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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Designing and evaluating novel nanotherapeutics to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy in the treatment of solid cancers.

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

One in two cancer patients will receive radiotherapy as part of their treatment. For patients with a localised cancer diagnosis effective radiotherapy represents the best chance of a curative outcome, however, is not without risk. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Coulter

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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

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

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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PhD studentship in health economics – cost effectiveness modelling of women’s cancer prevention strategies including BRCA testing for the Jewish population.

Queen Mary University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

Queen Mary University London in collaboration with The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine are pleased to invite applications for a PhD studentship in health economics, on cost effectiveness modelling of BRCA testing for the Jewish population and women’s cancer prevention. Read more

Supervisors: Prof RM Manchanda, Dr R Legood

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

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Studying of cancer biology with doped magnetic nanomaterials to unravelling their thermal therapeutic potentials

University College London Department of Physics and Astronomy

Cancer has a major impact on society, this is reflected by the large number of newly diagnosed cases (375,400 annually for the years 2015-2018 in the UK, i.e. Read more

Supervisor: Prof N T K Thanh

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

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Cancer cells ‘feed’ on extracellular matrix components under starvation conditions: how can they do it?

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

Background. The tumour microenvironment (TME) has a key role in promoting tumour formation and progression. In breast and pancreatic cancers, this accompanied by the accumulation of extracellular matrix (ECM) in the TME. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Rainero, Dr A Peden

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

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MSc by Research: Understanding the functions of ERphagy via its targeted cargos

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

The selective degradation of the endoplasmic reticulum via autophagy, also known as ERphagy, is a fundamental cellular process that has been observed under different stresses and stimuli. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JRL Liang

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We have 12 pancreatic cancer PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

pancreatic cancer PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 12 pancreatic cancer PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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