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New generation metallo-antimicrobials

University of Leicester
Department of Chemistry
Second Supervisor. Dr Christian Jenul, Division of Microbiology and Infection. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health concern worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Suntharalingam
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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When the past shapes the future: How microbial interactions influence behaviour in Staphylococcus aureus

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Microbiology and Infection
Second Supervisor. Dr Jan-Ulrich Kreft, University of Birmingham, School of Biosciences. Staphylococcus aureus colonises humans and animals and is a major cause of disease worldwide. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Schilcher
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Does transcription speed decide if a gene gets silenced? Structural biology meets functional genomics

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
How does a cell decide whether a gene stays switched on or is silenced into heterochromatin? This project tests whether the speed at which RNA polymerase II travels along DNA is not merely a consequence of gene activity, but an instructive signal that determines it. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Schalch, Dr MT Tellier
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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New synthetic antibodies for circadian research

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Genetics
Did you know that camels and llamas have a unique type of antibody that can be a powerful tool for science? These are nanobodies, tiny, highly stable, single-domain antibodies. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Rosato, Prof C Kyriacou
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Genome control by cohesin ligands

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
Second Supervisor. Professor Peijun Zhang, Nuffield Department of Medicine University of Oxford. The human genome is metres long but packed into cells only a few micrometres in diameter. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Panne
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How Cognitive Ageing Affects Language Use and Understanding: Evidence from Eye-Tracking and EEG

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Psychology & Vision Sciences
Healthy ageing is associated with changes in vision and cognition that can affect everyday activities such as reading. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Pagán, Prof K Paterson
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Protein kinase G activation by transmembrane signalling

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Microbiology and Infection
Protein kinase G (PknG) is conserved in a large phylum of bacteria called the Actinobacteria, where it regulates the TCA cycle. This key regulator is essential for virulence of the human pathogen M. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H O'Hare, Dr AKV Koyamangalath Vadakkepat
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deciphering Mycobacteria-Phage Regulatory Interactions for Bovine Tuberculosis Control

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Microbiology and Infection
Tuberculosis remains a major global health threat affecting both humans and livestock. Bovine tuberculosis (bTB), caused by Mycobacterium bovis, has a devastating impact on animal welfare, farm productivity, and farmers' wellbeing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Mukamolova, Dr A Millard
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How does copper increase antibiotic resistance and ability to cause infection?

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
Second Supervisor. Professor Joan Geoghegan, University of Birmingham. Excess copper is highly toxic and forms part of the host innate immune system’s antibacterial arsenal, accumulating at sites of infection and acting within macrophages to kill engulfed pathogens. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof JM Morrissey
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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More than meets the eye: Understanding the cognitive mechanisms underlying reading

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Psychology & Vision Sciences
Project Summary. Can you spot the grammatical error this in sentence? Readers often fail to detect textual errors, such as omissions, repetitions, or swaps of adjacent words. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V McGowan, Dr K Warrington
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Environmental imprinting: heritable epigenetic memory of past pollution events.

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Genetics
Environmental insults (pollution / heat stress) can cause heritable phenotypic outcomes in both wild animal populations and humans. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Marshall, Prof E Mallon
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Mapping the dark genome in early embryonic development: Mechanisims establishing and maintaining epigenetic stability

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
How does a single pluripotent cell reorganise its genome as it becomes a specialised cell? While we know much about the genes that define cell identity, far less is understood about the “dark genome”, repressed and structurally complex regions whose organisation within the nucleus helps determine which genes can be used. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr Y Markaki, Dr MT Tellier
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Turning Back the Epigenetic Clock: How Diet and Metabolism Reprogram Ageing

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Genetics
Can diet and metabolism genuinely slow the pace of ageing, not just extend life but reprogram the biological clock that measures it? This project puts you at the centre of one of the most exciting open questions in ageing biology, using epigenetic clocks, the most accurate biomarker of biological age currently available, to find out. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Mallon, Dr K Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unravelling the Architecture of Cellular "Antenna": Molecular Mechanisms of Ciliogenesis

University of Leicester
College of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
Cilia are hair-like structures found on many human cell types, where they act as sensory ‘antennae’ that detect and relay external signals governing cell behaviour, tissue organisation and development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Mahen, Dr R Hirst
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Chemistry: Sustainable Main Group Catalysis Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs

Cardiff University
Cardiff School of Chemistry
Prof. Rebecca Melen is looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join her team on an ERC funded project on sustainable catalysis. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Melen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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