vivo 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.

Despite significant advancements in its treatment coronary artery disease is the leading cause of death in both the UK and world wide, accounting for over 66,000 deaths in the UK each year.

Targeting ERK5 to enhance the DNA damage response to radiotherapy and chemotherapy

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr K Finegan, Dr C Demonacos

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.

ERK5 is a signalling protein that enables cells to transduce extracellular signals into responses. It is expressed in all tissues and is up-regulated in tumours.

MSc by Research Programme: Assessment of plated cryopreserved hepatocytes as a tool to accurately determine the intrinsic clearance of low metabolism compounds

University of Dundee
School of Life Sciences

Dr K Read

Application Deadline: 16 July 2020

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.

This course allows you to work alongside our world renowned experts from the School of Life Sciences and gain a ’real research’ experience.

Meals for macrophages – investigating how macrophages engulf and process dying cells in vivo

University of Sheffield
Department of Infection, Immunity and Cardiovascular Disease

Dr I Evans, Dr P Elks, Dr S Johnston

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.

A critical role for phagocytic cells such as macrophages is the engulfment and subsequent degradation of dying cells and debris. Failure to clear targets such as apoptotic cells can lead to damaging autoimmune conditions and immune cell dysfunction (Morioka et al., 2019; Roddie et al., 2019).

Evaluation of ex vivo screening methodology

University of Sheffield
Department of Oncology and Metabolism

Dr S Danson, Prof T Helleday

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.

Cancer affects over 14M individuals worldwide each year and in the UK only 50% of patients have a 10 year survival following cancer diagnosis.

Cutting off the fuel supply to calcium pumps in pancreatic cancer: a novel therapeutic strategy

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Dr J Bruce, Prof K Williams, Dr A P Gilmore

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 and Rationale. Pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma (PDAC) has the poorest survival and limited treatment options. Therefore, the search for novel therapeutic targets and drugs designed to selectively kill PDAC cells must remain a central research strategy.

Developing optogenetic therapies for retinal degeneration

The University of Manchester
Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Prof R Lucas, Dr Nina Milosavljevic

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.

Retinal degeneration is the leading cause of blindness in developed countries. The new exciting biological approach of optogenetic therapy in which ectopic expression of photosensitive proteins (photopigments) is used to restore photosensitivity, offers a potential breakthrough for treating these conditions.

Therapeutic targeting of chemokines in inflammation

University of Oxford
Radcliffe Department of Medicine

Prof S Bhattacharya

Application Deadline: 24 July 2020

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.

Inflammation, driven by leucocytes, adversely affects organ function in diseases such as myocarditis, myocardial infarction, acute lung injury, sepsis and pancreatitis,.

“Smart” scaffolds for preventing post-surgery infections and evaluation in a simulated in vivo microenvironment

The University of Manchester
Department of Chemical Engineering & Analytical Science

Dr A Anastasiou

Applications accepted all year round

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.

Infections associated with bacterial colonisation around implants and scaffolds is a significant clinical problem both in orthopaedics and regenerative dentistry.

MSc by Research Programme: Development of tools suited for the in vivo identification and study of protein Complexes in Phytophthora capsici, required for infection.

University of Dundee
School of Life Sciences

Dr E Huitema

Application Deadline: 16 July 2020

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.

This course allows you to work alongside our world renowned experts from the School of Life Sciences and gain a ’real research’ experience.

Photonics Tools to Observe Cells In Action In Vivo, In Situ, In Patients - Enabling Future Discovery

University of Dundee
School of Science and Engineering

Dr N Krstajic, Prof G Nabi

Application Deadline: 30 June 2020

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.

Imaging quality in endomicroscopy focuses on optics but the crucial areas of real-time software development and human perceptual error are largely ignored.

FULLY FUNDED PHD: Understanding the regulation of antigens expressed in vivo during acute and persistent UPEC infection

University of Glasgow
College of Medicine, Veterinary and Life Sciences

Dr G Douce, Dr A Roe, Dr M Pizza

Application Deadline: 5 June 2020

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.

TO APPLY, CLICK ’VISIT WEBSITE’. Acute and recurrent urinary tract infections (UTI) cause devastating infections in both the young and the elderly.

In vivo 3D imaging and computational engineering to study life influences on bone quality in children and tweenagers

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Research Group: Bioengineering

Dr P Schneider

Application Deadline: 31 August 2020

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.

Supervisor. Philipp Schneider. Co-supervisor Nicholas Harvey, Kate Ward, Cyrus Cooper. Project description.

Development of magnetic nanoparticles for in vivo tissue regeneration

University of York
Department of Biology

Dr D Ungar, Prof P G Genever

Application Deadline: 30 June 2020

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 regeneration of injured tissues can best be achieved through the action of appropriate stem cells that proliferate and differentiate to heal the injury.

Genetic analysis of the bacterial translocation machinery

University of Birmingham
School of Biosciences

Dr D Huber

Applications accepted all year round

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.

Every subcellular compartment in a cell contains proteins, and yet all of these proteins are initially synthesised in the same compartment.