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stem cells PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 162 stem cells PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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How do human blood stem cells adapt to life outside the body? Imaging cellular dynamics to design better culture systems

Blood stem cell transplantation cures many people with leukaemia and gene-edited stem. cell therapies are now reaching patients with inherited blood disorders. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Grey, Prof M Peckham, Dr C Spicer
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating the therapeutic efficacy of resident cardiac stem cells

The studentship aims to characterise human cardiac resident stem cells and their potential for effecting functional cardiac repair. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Oldershaw, Dr A Chadwick, Dr M Phelan, Prof R Barrett-Jolley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Human haematopoietic stem cells biology in health and disease

Group Leader. Professor Elisa Laurenti (Laurenti Group). Research Summary. Every day a trillion blood cells are produced in our body. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof E Laurenti
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Role of skeletal muscle stem cells in muscle aging

  Research Group: Development, Regeneration and Neurophysiology
The ability of skeletal muscles to regenerate in response to injury, exercise, growth or disease depends on a population of adult skeletal muscle stem cells called satellite cells. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A G Borycki
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Running on Empty: Metabolic Ageing in Blood Stem Cells (RUSHWORTH_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Professor Stuart Rushworth. Every blood cell in your body, from oxygen-carrying red cells to virus-fighting white cells, begins life in a rare population of blood stem cells that must stay active for an entire lifetime. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Rushworth
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Examining how post-transcriptional gene regulation mechanisms affect stem cell function

Unlock the secrets of stem cell function using cutting-edge CRISPR/Cas9 gene editing and transcriptomics. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Tew, Dr D Turner, Dr R Oldershaw
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Determining metabolic reprogramming events in stem cells in response to inflammatory disease phenotype.

The studentship aims to determine how dysregulation of stem cell metabolism contributes to the impairment of stem cell function and how this can be rescued using healthy allogeneic MSCs to tread chronic diseases associated with ageing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Oldershaw, Dr A Chadwick, Dr M Phelan, Prof R Barrett-Jolley
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Leukaemic & preleukaemic haemopoietic stem cells

Group Leader. Professor George Vassiliou (Vassiliou Group). Keywords. Clonal haematopoiesis, telomeres, leukaemia prevention. Research Summary. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Vassiliou
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring the role of interferon stimulated genes (ISGs) in stem cells of serous ovarian cancer

  Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics
Epithelial ovarian cancer (EOC) is the leading cause of mortality in women due to gynaecological cancers. High-grade serous ovarian cancer (HGSOC) accounts for 70-80% of patients with EOC. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Swaroop
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cellular decision making in normal and leukaemic blood stem cells

Group Leader. Professor Bertie Göttgens (Göttgens Group). Research Summary. Blood stem cells maintain the lifelong production of all blood cell types. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof B Göttgens
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exercise in a Pill- Investigating Selenium and Brain Stem Cells

  Research Group: Neuroscience
Project description. Background. The adult brain can generate new neurons throughout life, a process known as adult neurogenesis, which also occurs in the hypothalamus, a brain region that regulates appetite and energy balance. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Petrik, Prof P Borri, Prof N Allen, Prof J Betts
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding regulation of small RNAs and DNA methylation in plant stem cells

  Research Group: Molecular Biosciences
Project description. Terrestrial life ultimately depends on plant meristems - small populations of undifferentiated stem cells that produce all major plant organs such as leaves and flowers that are critical for agriculture and food security. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Scofield, Dr T Lechon Gomez, Dr W Dewitte
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Epigenetics, ageing, and stem cells

Group Leader. Dr Chiara Herzog (Herzog Group). Research Summary. Throughout life, our cells accumulate memories of their experiences, recorded on the “epigenome” - a layer of chemical tags on our DNA that switches genes on or off without changing the underlying genetic code itself. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Herzog
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A Hostile Niche: How Mutant Blood Stem Cells Damage Their Healthy Neighbours (MISTRY_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Dr Jayna Mistry. As people age, some blood stem cells acquire mutations that give them a growth advantage over their normal counterparts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Mistry
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Stem cells, Cancer, Ageing, RNA modifications

Group Leader. Dr Konstantinos Tzelepis (Tzelepis Group). Keywords. RNA biology, Epitranscriptomics, stem cells. Research Summary. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Tzelepis
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)