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Using pharmacological agents to investigate the mechanisms of the neuronal vascular coupling

The changes in cerebral blood flow, volume and oxygenation that accompany increases in neural activity form the basis of non-invasive neuroimaging techniques such as blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) which allow human brain mapping. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Understanding neurovascular coupling and its importance in the interpretation of modern neuroimaging techniques

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

During the past two decades, blood oxygenation level dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) has become the scientific technique of choice for investigating human brain function in the field of cognitive neuroscience. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Understanding how therapy works for the eating disorders

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Clinicians and researchers have suggested a number of factors that influence the outcome of psychological treatment for the eating disorders. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Waller

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The neurophysiological basis of spontaneous fluctuations in neuroimaging signals

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

A technique called blood oxygen level dependent (BOLD) functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) can determine levels of different activity in parts of the living human brain and how malfunctions can occur in disease. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Jones, Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The development of flexible cognition in children and adults

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

The ability to switch flexibly between different rules is a crucial skill that emerges gradually during the preschool and early school years, and underpins many more complex behaviours. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Carroll

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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The breakdown of neurovascular coupling in the diseased state specifically Epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Epilepsy is the most common neurological condition in the UK, affecting 1 – 2 % of the population. Epilepsies often involve only a small area of the brain - the epileptic focus – and the abnormal activity can propagate out from there. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Simultaneous measures of brain and blood oxygenation: Revealing the function behind ‘functional’ brain mapping signals

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Supervisors: Dr M Jones, Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Mathematical Modelling of Neurovascular function: Developing and refining brain tissue models to enable world leading research into neurovascular coupling in health and disease

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Developing and refining brain tissue models to enable world leading research into neurovascular coupling in health and disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Identifying the neural processes underlying skilled anticipation in sport

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

A large body of evidence indicates that skilled sports players can anticipate the actions of their opponents more accurately than novices, for example in sports such as tennis. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Rowe, Prof E Milne

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Function Brain imaging in disease: what are the activation maps really telling us?

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Functional brain imaging methods such as functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) have already revolutionized how we can study the processes and functioning of the healthy human brain and are making an increasing impact on our understanding on what goes wrong in disease of the brain. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Martin

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Efficient coding in touch: Exploring cortical feature tuning in the somatosensory system through the lens of efficient coding

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Efficient coding models can successfully explain the emergence of different features detectors along the visual pathway, such as center-surround receptive fields, simple and complex cells, and even higher-level visual neurons. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Saal, Dr SP Wilson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Computational modelling of the emergence of somatosensory cortical maps

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

The aim of this project is to to build a computational model of the development of cortical somatotopy in humans, focusing specifically on the representation of the hand. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Saal, Dr SP Wilson

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Body image treatment: The role of mirror exposure in reducing eating pathology

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

The most effective treatment for negative body image is mirror exposure, reducing avoidance and providing accurate feedback on appearance. Read more

Supervisor: Prof G Waller

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Assessing the hemodynamic signal sources of fMRI based spontaneous connectivity maps and how neuronal plasticity such as increased spatial working memory can change these networks

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Many psychiatric (e.g. schizophrenia) and neurological diseases are characterised by a disturbance of the connections between different parts of the brain that need to communicate with one another. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Berwick

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Understanding the societal barriers experienced by autistic adults

University of Sheffield

School of Psychology

Research demonstrates that the mental and physical health of autistic adults is significantly poorer. than for non-autistic adults (Bishop-Fitzpatrick & Rubenstein, 2019; Cage, 2018). Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Freeth

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Biological role of neuropeptides and their receptors

University of Reading

School of Pharmacy

Cell signalling is critical to the co-ordination and functioning of all cells. Cell signalling allows cells to co-ordinate activities within the intracellular environment as well as ensuring cells know how to correctly respond to other cells and to an ever-changing extracellular environment as well. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Lander

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Integrating information from vision and touch in virtual reality telepresence systems

University of Reading

School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Virtual reality systems are fundamentally altering how we study human sensory perception. Similarly, to build good virtual reality systems we need a clear understanding of how the brain integrates sensory information into a robust and useful percept. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Scarfe

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Functional Data Analysis in Finance

University of Reading

Department of Economics

In Functional data analysis (FDA), the variable of interest can be naturally viewed as a smooth curve or function, rather than scalars in univariate analysis or vectors in multivariate analysis. Read more

Supervisor: Dr s Wang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Fully-funded PhD Positions in the Life Sciences/Molecular Biosciences

Vienna Biocenter

Are you a curious and motivated student looking to launch a successful scientific career? Look no further than the Vienna BioCenter PhD Program, one of the best PhD programs in Europe. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Austria PhD Programme

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Regulation of virulence and biofilm formation by quorum sensing and the "stress alarmone" ppGpp in gram-negative pathogenic bacteria.

University of Cambridge

Department of Biochemistry

We are investigating the complex interplay between cell-cell signalling (quorum sensing), microbial lifestyle (i.e., free-living planktonic cultures vs sessile biofilm communities), growth phase and virulence in gram-negative bacteria. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Welch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding

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Prebiotics and synbiotics for human health - converting biomass into functional food ingredients

University of Reading

Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Prof. Rastall is interested in research in the area of prebiotic oligosaccharides, synbiotic combinations with probiotics and the impact of structure on the gut fermentation of carbohydrates. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Rastall

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Structure-function relationships governing polyphenol bioactivity with respect to plasma membranes

University of Reading

Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences

This project aims to investigate polyphenol binding to lipid membrane surfaces with a view to understanding how polyphenol structure and aggregation within the gastrointestinal tract (GIT) affects the bioavailability of these nutraceuticals. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R A Frazier, Dr R Green

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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International Max Planck Research Schools

Max Planck Society

The Max Planck Society conducts basic research in the natural sciences, life sciences, and humanities. Since its foundation in 1948, eighteen Nobel laureates have emerged from its ranks. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Max Planck Research Programme

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EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training - 4 Year PhD Studentships

Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council

The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) is the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing more than £800 million a year in a broad range of subjects - from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (European/UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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ProtAIomics: shaping the future of AI-powered proteomics

Centre for Genomic Regulation (CRG)

ProtAIomics European Innovative Doctoral Network

ProtAIomics is a European Innovative Doctoral Network funded by the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions (MSCA), dedicated to training the next generation of computational proteomics researchers by combining advanced artificial intelligence (AI) with state-of-the-art proteomics, with 16 fully funded PhD positions available across leading European university, and research institutes. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Spain PhD Programme

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We have 3,701 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 3,701 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Using pharmacological agents to investigate the mechanisms of the neuronal vascular coupling

Understanding neurovascular coupling and its importance in the interpretation of modern neuroimaging techniques

Understanding how therapy works for the eating disorders

The neurophysiological basis of spontaneous fluctuations in neuroimaging signals

The development of flexible cognition in children and adults

The breakdown of neurovascular coupling in the diseased state specifically Epilepsy and Alzheimer’s disease

Simultaneous measures of brain and blood oxygenation: Revealing the function behind ‘functional’ brain mapping signals

Mathematical Modelling of Neurovascular function: Developing and refining brain tissue models to enable world leading research into neurovascular coupling in health and disease

Identifying the neural processes underlying skilled anticipation in sport

Function Brain imaging in disease: what are the activation maps really telling us?

Efficient coding in touch: Exploring cortical feature tuning in the somatosensory system through the lens of efficient coding

Computational modelling of the emergence of somatosensory cortical maps

Body image treatment: The role of mirror exposure in reducing eating pathology

Assessing the hemodynamic signal sources of fMRI based spontaneous connectivity maps and how neuronal plasticity such as increased spatial working memory can change these networks

Understanding the societal barriers experienced by autistic adults

Biological role of neuropeptides and their receptors

Integrating information from vision and touch in virtual reality telepresence systems

Functional Data Analysis in Finance

Fully-funded PhD Positions in the Life Sciences/Molecular Biosciences

Regulation of virulence and biofilm formation by quorum sensing and the "stress alarmone" ppGpp in gram-negative pathogenic bacteria.

Resilient dementia medication management in the home

Formulation of poorly-soluble drugs

Music and language processing in autism and amusia

Extracellular vesicles in health and disease

Modulation of fortified foods for older adults

Prebiotics and synbiotics for human health - converting biomass into functional food ingredients

Structure-function relationships governing polyphenol bioactivity with respect to plasma membranes

International Max Planck Research Schools

EPSRC Centres for Doctoral Training - 4 Year PhD Studentships

ProtAIomics: shaping the future of AI-powered proteomics

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