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Light-Driven Skeletal Editing for New 3D Scaffolds

  Research Group: Chemical biology and biological chemistry
This PhD project will develop new synthetic organic methods for skeletal editing of densely functionalised saturated heterocycles. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Miller, Prof M Greaney
 27 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Exercise-Induced Extracellular Vesicles and Tissue Crosstalk in Health

Exercise improves health throughout life, but the signals that coordinate adaptation between tissues remain poorly understood. Cells release small membrane-bound particles called extracellular vesicles into the circulation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Whitham, Dr S.J.E. Lucas, Dr RJ Elsworthy
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentship: Underpinning knowledge to test and inform bracken control strategies

Award summary. 100% home fees covered, and a minimum tax-free annual living allowance of £21, 805 (2026/27 UKRI rate) plus additional research funds. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Evans
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Investigating the interplay between lysine methylation, metabolism, mitochondria and DNA repair in neurons

Our DNA is constantly damaged, which poses a threat to organismal development, and particularly neurological function. To counteract this, cells have evolved DNA repair pathways that are all regulated via post-translational modifications (PTMs). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Higgs
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Understanding the intercellular communication axes that support blood development in the human fetal liver niche

All blood and immune cells present in adults derive from a small subset of stem and progenitor cells (HSPCs) that develop in the first month of gestation across different anatomical sites. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Fidanza
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Regulation of apoptosis-induced compensatory cell proliferation and its implications for cancer and tissue regeneration

In multi-cellular organisms, coordinated cell death (e.g. apoptosis) and cell replacement is critical for tissue recovery in response to stress or damage. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Fan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Long-lived deep-sea thermohaline currents and their influence on sediment-gravity flow systems

  Research Group: Planetary and environmental science
Long-lived deep-sea thermohaline currents and their influence on sediment-gravity flow systems. Background. Increasing evidence suggests that many sandy deep-water successions represent ‘hybrid’ systems in which initially deposited turbidites are modified by thermohaline-driven bottom currents. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Kane
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Modulated Fourier expansions for time-varying media

Time-modulated media, whose material properties change rapidly in time, are opening up new ways to control waves. They make possible frequency conversion, parametric amplification, non-reciprocal transport and “temporal crystals” with momentum band gaps. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Nick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Studentships in Chemical and Evolutionary Pathways to Rebuild RNA-Mediated Peptide Synthesis

Supervisors. Prof. Matthew Powner; Dr James Attwater; Dr Daniel Whitaker. Application deadline. 20/11/2026. Interview date. 14/12/2026 – 17/12/2026. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M Powner
 20 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Regularized dynamical parametric approximations for gradient flows

Parametric integrators approximate solutions of (high-dimensional) partial differential equations by restricting the numerical approximation to a closed form that nonlinearly depends on, and is identified by, a set of parameters. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Nick
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sustainable and Circular AI Systems

The DPhil student will investigate how the rapid growth of Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be supported by more sustainable and circular hardware and infrastructure. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof LC Corsini
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Enhancing uncertainty quantification for climate modelling

Background. Climate models, despite ongoing improvements, contain uncertainties and biases, whether fully process-based, AI-driven, or a hybrid of the two. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Salter, Dr V Volodina
 13 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: Enhancing Consistency in Extracting Brain Imaging Phenotypes from Clinical Images: Addressing Acquisition Variability and Generating Normative Data

  Research Group: Row Fogo Centre for Research into Ageing and The Brain, Centre for Clinical Brain Sciences, Institute for Neuroscience and Cardiovascular Research
This 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by EASTBIO BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). Detailed guidance on the application process, and the EASTBIO Application and Reference Forms can be found at How to Apply | Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Valdes Hernandez, Dr S Cox
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Supercritical CO₂ Processing for Advanced Pharmaceutical Formulations and Drug Delivery

Poor aqueous solubility, limited stability and inefficient drug delivery remain major challenges in the development of effective medicines. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Trivedi, Dr J Hsieh, Dr V Sumbayev
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Epigenetic regulation of stress responses in neurodegeneration and cancer

  Research Group: Sawarkar group
Our cells respond to a variety of external stresses such as environmental agents and medicines we take. The regulation of cellular response at the level of gene expression and chromatin forms the focus of the PhD projects. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Sawarkar
 5 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)