peptide PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

Developing greener alternatives for peptide synthesis

University of York Department of Chemistry

Peptide synthesis (both solution and solid state) is of fundamental importance to the pharmaceuticals sector. They are therefore expected to play a major role in the future of drug discovery. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M North

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

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Peptide hydrogels as a long-acting multipurpose drug delivery platform for combined contraception and HIV prevention

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

HIV/AIDS is the leading cause of death in women of reproductive age worldwide. HIV and unintended pregnancies are prevalent in developing nations due to the lack of effective female contraceptive choice. Read more

Supervisors: Dr G Laverty, Prof K Malcolm

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

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New Multimodal Peptide Nucleic Acid (PNA) constructs for the imaging of hypoxia-specific mRNA expression for the early diagnosis and therapy monitoring of cancers

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

The mission of this project is to define the use of nucleic acids as synthetic platforms to unlock the potential of early cancer diagnostics and precision genetic medicines, to expedite clinical advances in cancer treatment. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Paisey, Prof S Pascu

23 November 2020 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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GW4 BioMed MRC DTP PhD studentship - Tightening the Noose on Parkinson’s disease: Harnessing Lasso Peptides as Inhibitors of alpha-Synuclein Toxicity

University of Bath Department of Biology & Biochemistry

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the ‘GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership’ which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in October 2021. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Mason

23 November 2020 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD in Chemical Biology -- Neuropeptide Research -- University of Vienna

University of Vienna Institute of Biological Chemistry

Neuropeptides are key mediators in many biological functions and understanding their interaction with target proteins is fundamental to unravel the underlying mechanism of diseases. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Muttenthaler

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

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Peptide hydrogels as novel nanotherapeutic delivery agents enhancing the anti-tumour efficacy of radiotherapy

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

There is a pressing clinical need for effective localised cancer treatments. Addressing this need we will develop a novel drug delivery system comprised of a nanoparticle/drug releasing hydrogel implant. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Coulter, Dr G Laverty

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

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Structure based design of novel warheads for use in peptide-drug conjugates

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Chronic Myelomonocytic Leukaemia (CMML) is an orphan disease defined by myeloid dysplasia, myeloproliferation and a malignant expansion of classical monocytes. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Butterworth, Dr A Tirella, Dr D Wiseman

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

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GW4 BioMed MRC DTP PhD studentship:Inhibition of signaling pathways as a novel strategy to block antibiotic resistance

University of Bath Department of Biology & Biochemistry

This project is one of a number that are in competition for funding from the ‘GW4 BioMed MRC Doctoral Training Partnership’ which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in October 2021. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Gebhard

23 November 2020 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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What really makes a bacterial lipoprotein a real lipoprotein? Important implications for developing or improving lipoprotein-based vaccines

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Bacterial lipoproteins have attracted much interest as vaccine candidates over recent years. The lipoprotein, Factor H binding protein, of Neisseria meningitidis for example is the sole antigen of Trumenba, the vaccine developed by Pfizer, and is a major component of the Bexsero vaccine developed by GSK. Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Griffin, Dr N Oldfield, Dr K Woodridge

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

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Peptide surfactants for bacterial biofilms

The University of Manchester Department of Physics and Astronomy

This Manchester/Melbourne scheme involves a paired collaboration of academics in both Manchester Physics and Microbiology with their equivalents at the University of Melbourne Chemistry and Microbiology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Waigh

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

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Biological role of Stress Hormones

University of Reading School of Biological Sciences

OVERVIEW. Our lab focuses on the biological roles of peptide hormones derived from pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), a protein produced in the anterior pituitary gland. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A B Bicknell

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

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C-type natriuretic peptide: a potential biomarker for fetal hypoxaemia

University of Auckland Liggins Institute

This project will determine whether maternal CNP concentrations can predict fetal oxygen concentration in a reliable manner that will enable its potential use as a biomarker for the detection of fetal hypoxaemia. Read more

Supervisors: Prof F Bloomfield, Assoc Prof KM Groom

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

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Precise, peptide-directed loading of drugs onto therapeutic antibodies for targeted imaging and treatment of tumors.

University of Sheffield Department of Chemistry

The PhD project aims to develop a non-covalent technology for loading small molecules and therapeutic enzymes onto monoclonal antibodies thus addressing issues in preparations of antibody-drug conjugates, such as poor yields and non-specific conjugation of the drugs resulting in compromised immunoaffinity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr B Ciani

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

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Novel peptide based immunomodulatory therapeutics for influenza virus infection

Edinburgh Napier University School of Applied Sciences

Influenza virus is one of the most common pathogens that is associated with viral pneumonia in children and adults. Seasonal influenza infections represent an ongoing global threat with the potential ermergence of pandemic strains with high mortality rates. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Barlow, Dr C Stevens

1 March 2021 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Bioactive Peptide Nanostructures: The relation between bioactivity and molecular self-assembly into diverse nanostructures

University of Reading School of Chemistry

Research into bioactive peptides includes work on antimicrobial peptides, amyloid-related peptides with relevance to protein misfolding diseases such as Alzheimers, lipopeptides with applications in immune therapies and for wound healing and skincare. Read more

Supervisor: Prof I W Hamley

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

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