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P15) New Molecular Architectures for Targeting the Respiratory Chain of Mycobacteria

The Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI) spearheads sustainable drug discovery against devastating mycobacterial diseases, primarily tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Parkin, Dr J Blaza
 13 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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P14) Sustainable Synthesis for Medicinal Chemistry in 3-Dimensions: Bioisosteres, PROTAC Linkers, Scaffold Hopping and Unnatural Amino Acids

The O’Brien group has an ongoing interest in exploring sp3-rich scaffolds for use in medicinal chemistry. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P O'Brien
 13 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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P10) Machine Learning Guided Sustainable Automated Synthesis and Target-based Screening of Metal-based Antibiotics

Antibiotics make modern medicine possible. From routine surgery to cancer treatment, many hospital interventions rely on effective antibiotics to prevent deadly infections. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Frei
 13 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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P7) Photochemical arylative carbonylation and formylation using manganese and tandem manganese/palladium catalysis

The project will explore the potential of earth abundant metal (EAM) catalysts for arylative carbonylation reactions employing suitable aromatic and heteroaromatic halide / pseudohalide and organoboron coupling partners in the presence of a safe carbon monoxide-releasing surrogate and activator. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof I J S Fairlamb, Prof J M Lynam
 13 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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P20) Sustainable Synthesis of Nitrogen Heterocycles from Bio-based Feedstocks

In this collaborative project, bio-based feedstocks will be utilized for the synthesis of a range of unsaturated and saturated nitrogen heterocyclic building blocks. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof H Sneddon, Prof P O'Brien
 13 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Combining epigenetics and neuroimaging to predict mental health traits across child development

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in October 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr E Walton
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Stress reactivity and mental health in young people; how do we measure it, and can we fix it when it goes wrong?

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in October 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Jacobsen, Prof S Halligan
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Turning up the volume: plasmid copy number and gene duplications as drivers of antimicrobial resistance evolution

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr WM Matlock, Prof T Taylor, Dr SB Bayliss, Dr CT Tooke
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Catching Lithium Plating in the Act: Developing a non-destructive diagnostic tool for one of the most dangerous failure mechanisms in lithium-ion batteries

  Research Group: Battery Materials and Cells group
Lithium plating is among the most hazardous failure mechanisms affecting lithium-ion batteries under aggressive cycling conditions. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof LP Piper, Dr A.M Menon
 31 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating cellular mechanisms of tissue homeostatis and fibrosis using omics approaches

Understanding how cells maintain tissue health or trigger irreversible decline is a frontier challenge in biomedical science. Using lung fibrosis as a primary disease model, this project investigates the core molecular networks controlling cellular fate, tissue regeneration, and scarring. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K N Natarajan, Dr M Jones
 18 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Decoding the Cellular Origin of Barrett’s Metaplasia Using Microlasers and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SC Caixeiro, Prof D Tosh
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Co-Designing Just-in-Time Adaptive Interventions (JITAIs) for Sustained Behavioural Change in Cardiac Rehabilitation

  Research Group: Division of Nursing, Midwifery and Social Work
Applications are now open for a unique studentship opportunity based in Pakistan. The NIHR funded ACROSS (Affordable Cardiac Rehabilitation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Blakemore, Prof N Husain, Dr H Hague
 15 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Evaluating and applying advanced statistical methods for hierarchical composite outcomes (Win Ratio) in complex intervention trials in low-and middle-income countries

  Research Group: Division of Psychology and Mental Health
Applications are now open for a unique studentship opportunity based in Pakistan. The NIHR-funded ACROSS (Affordable Cardiac Rehabilitation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Pierce, Prof N Husain, Dr A Blakemore
 15 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Raman ProLipMet-Omics Sub-cellular Imaging for Real-Time Therapeutic Monitoring

Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in February 2027. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Dey
 20 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Cardiac remodelling and microvascular dysfunction after hypertensive pregnancy: mechanisms and therapeutic targets in preclinical models

  Research Group: Division of Developmental Biology and Medicine
Women who develop high blood pressure in pregnancy (pre-eclampsia or gestational hypertension) have a much higher lifetime risk of hypertension, heart failure and stroke. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Ormesher, Dr D Oceandy, Dr E Cottrell, Dr Stephanie Worton
 15 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)