skeletal PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Skeletal muscle undergoes hypertrophy in response to exercise and mechanical loading, however although this response is well studied and established, the molecular sensors and signaling pathways which produce this response are not fully elucidated.

A multi-tissue in vitro model of osteoarthritis

Loughborough University
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Prof M.P. Lewis, Dr D Player

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Osteoarthritis (OA) is a joint disorder which is predominantly found in elderly individuals (Lee et al., 2013), but has recently been linked to sports participation at high levels (Vannini et al., 2016).

Vascularisation of tissue engineered skeletal muscle

Loughborough University
School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences

Prof M.P. Lewis, Dr A Capel

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Tissue engineering strategies have created a large number of functional tissues constructed from cells and matrix components over the past two decades.

Juvenile Skeletal Response to Changing Biomechanical Forces at the Talocrural Joint Throughout Development

University of Dundee
School of Science and Engineering

Dr C Cunningham, Dr C Davies

Application Deadline: 13 October 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Understanding the ways in which the juvenile skeleton responds to changing forces is key to understanding the development of trabecular structure and organisation.

Engineering the skeletal muscle stem cell niche using microporous tissue engineering constructs

University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Dr A G Borycki

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Background. Satellite cells are skeletal muscle stem cells that reside in a specific micro-environment called the niche and are responsible for muscle repair upon injury or diseases.

modelling skeletal dysplasias in zebrafish.

University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Dr H Roehl, Dr M Balasubramanian

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Whole genome sequencing studies have led to a vast amount of new candidate genes for human diseases.

Rational design of selective modulators of skeletal myosin

Queen Mary University of London
School of Biological & Chemical Sciences

Dr A Fornili, Dr J Ochala

Application Deadline: 14 October 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship funded by Muscular Dystrophy UK (MDUK) starting January 2020 in Dr. Arianna Fornili’s group at Queen Mary University of London and Dr.

Multi-organ signalling and diseases. How maintaining skeletal muscle mass impacts the development of liver diseases

University of Reading
School of Biological Sciences

Prof K Patel

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

Skeletal muscle has a number of roles in the human body beyond locomotion. It is has a vital role in controlling the metabolic activity the organism.

Role of Hedgehog signalling in skeletal muscle regeneration

University of Sheffield
Department of Biomedical Science

Dr A G Borycki

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

The ability of skeletal muscle to regenerate in response to injury, exercise, growth or disease depends on a population of stem cells called satellite cells.

Deciphering protective factors for intervertebral disc degeneration for mechanistic insights and intervention potentials

University of Hong Kong
School of Biomedical Sciences

Prof D Chan

Applications accepted all year round

Funding Type

PhD Type

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) can lead to a diversity of problems including low back pain and sciatica as two very painful symptomatic outcomes.