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Design and synthesis of mesoporous zeolite catalysts for the conversion of sugars into biofuels and high-value chemicals

  Research Group: Materials Chemistry
Developing sustainable alternatives to fossil fuels is one of the major challenges in modern chemistry. A promising approach is to convert renewable biomass into transportation fuels and value-added chemicals. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Conte
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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From patience to peril: how do C. difficile spores decide when it's safe to germinate?

  Research Group: Materials and Biological Physics
Background. Clostridioides difficile is the leading cause of healthcare-associated infections and is notoriously difficult to treat. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr W Durham, Dr R Fagan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Interacting dark energy models in light of cosmological data

  Research Group: Applied Mathematics
The current cosmological standard model, the LCDM model, comes under scrutiny from recent cosmological observations. on the one hand, the expansion rate today, as measured from early time and late time probes does not agree. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C van de Bruck
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mixed Field Neutron and Gamma Ray Sensors for Precision Farming

  Research Group: Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics
Precision agriculture, a data-driven approach to farming, relies on accurate and timely information about soil properties. Neutron and gamma ray sensing offers a non-destructive and in-situ method to measure soil moisture, density, and elemental composition. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Stowell, Dr R S Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Modelling Neutrino Interactions for Next Generation Neutrino Experiments

  Research Group: Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics
Neutrinos play a crucial role in our understanding of the universe. Their ability to oscillate between different flavours (electron, muon, and tau) provides a window into the fundamental properties of matter and the nature of the weak force. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Stowell, Dr R S Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Muon Tomographic Reconstruction of Intense Magnetic Fields

  Research Group: Particle Physics and Particle Astrophysics
Fusion energy, a promising clean energy source, faces significant challenges, one of which is the containment of extremely high-temperature plasma. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Stowell, Dr R S Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences

Our long-running flagship Rotation PhD programme at the John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory supports the most promising independent minded students to undertake in-depth postgraduate research training. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences

Our long-running flagship Rotation PhD programme at the John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory supports the most promising independent minded students to undertake in-depth postgraduate research training. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences

Our long-running flagship Rotation PhD programme at the John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory supports the most promising independent minded students to undertake in-depth postgraduate research training. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences

Our long-running flagship Rotation PhD programme at the John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory supports the most promising independent minded students to undertake in-depth postgraduate research training. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme
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AI/ML frameworks for advancing bioprocess digitalization

Project Summary. PhD projects will focus on developing AI/ML computational frameworks for advancing bioproduction, with topics ranging from. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Espinel Rios
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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Unlocking Proton Circuitry in Biology via Ultrafast Spectroscopy and Bioelectronics

Scientific Rationale. Biological life relies on a continuous flux of energy generated by complex protein machinery embedded within cell membranes. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof N Amdursky
 31 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CyberInvent: Where Cybersecurity Research Meets Real-World Impact

  Research Group: Cybersecurity, Privacy and HCC Research Section
Considering doing a PhD in cyber security, but don’t want to spend three years working on something nobody outside academia ever sees?. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P R Burnap
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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AMPA receptor structure and function

Excitatory synapses are the principal sites at which information is integrated and stored in the brain, yet we still lack a molecularly resolved understanding of how their strength and plasticity are determined. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Greger
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Effect of activity in neural circuit development

Neuronal activity is necessary for the establishment of correctly functioning neuronal circuits in development. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Cardona
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Structure-function analysis of stress signaling

Our lab studies stress signaling and pioneers strategies that harness such pathways to enhance cellular resilience, a modality generically applicable to improve fitness in diverse diseases, including the age-related neurodegenerative diseases. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Bertolotti
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Lysosomal TMEM106B in brain ageing and disease

Our group studies mechanisms of brain health, ageing and disease focusing on the lysosomal protein transmembrane protein 106B (TMEM106B) which forms amyloids in the brain in an age-dependent manner. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Arseni
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The molecular architecture of neurotransmission

Chemical synapses are cellular connections that define the organization and function of neuronal circuits and, as a result, the fundamental ability of the brain to acquire, process and store information. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Aricescu
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How the embryo gets its shape

The McDole lab seeks to understand how complex 3D structures in the embryo are sculpted from initially homogenous cell populations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K McDole
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Visualizing cellular proteostasis

Each cell relies on thousands of internal biochemical reactions, carried out by around ten thousand different types of proteins. These cellular proteins, collectively known as the proteome, must be synthesized in precise quantities, undergo correct folding, and be accurately localized within the cell. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Fedry
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Protein maturation, quality control, and disease

Cells are amazingly organized entities. Their resident proteins, nucleic acids, and small molecules are assembled into functional modules and segregated among numerous membrane-bound cellular compartments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Hegde
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How TB-infected macrophages are cleared

Mycobacterium tuberculosis infects macrophages and can commandeer their machinery to survive intracellularly. Infected macrophages aggregate into granulomas, hallmark immunopathological structures of TB. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Levin Konigsberg, Prof L Ramakrishnan
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Drugging daily clocks in a dish

Many commonly used drugs would benefit from considering daily biological timing but mechanistic understanding of circadian medicine is limited (Cederroth et al). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J O'Neill
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Studying the design principles of biological self-organization

The Surrey lab studies the design principles of biological self-organization, focusing on the cytoskeleton. Their interdisciplinary research merges synthetic biology, biophysics, biochemistry, cell biology and mathematical modelling. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Surrey
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Golgi function in brain organoids

Membrane traffic between organelles is essential for secretion, uptake of nutrients, and the regulation of signal transduction. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Munro
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating how chromatin and epigenetic mechanisms control cell identity and how their dysregulation drives cancer

We investigate how chromatin and epigenetic mechanisms control cell identity and how their dysregulation drives cancer, particularly leukemia and pediatric brain tumors. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Di Croce
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the fundamental mechanisms of cellular protein and RNA homeostasis

The “Dynamics of Protein Synthesis & RNA Decay” group, led by Markus Höpfler, investigates fundamental mechanisms of cellular protein and RNA homeostasis. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Hopfler
 22 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Haematological Malignancies

Group Leader. Dr Adam Wilkinson (Wilkinson Group). Research Summary. Haematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) are critical for human health and disease treatment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Wilkinson
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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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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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)