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Robotic ultrasonic drilling for real-time, minimally invasive subsurface damage characterisation in degraded concrete

Supervisory team. Dr Xuan Li and Dr Ye Li. This project develops a robotic ultrasonic drilling system for minimally invasive, high resolution assessment of subsurface damage in degraded concrete. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr X Li
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deciphering critical regulators in wheat rust immunity (SAUNDERS_J27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Professor Diane Saunders. Successful plant pathogens hijack plant metabolism and biosynthetic pathways to enrich nutrient availability. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D Saunders
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - How cells find the right chromosomes: regulation of kinetochore-microtubule interactions for biorientation

To maintain genetic integrity, eukaryotic cells must correctly segregate chromosomes to opposite spindle poles during mitosis. This process relies on the fine-tuned interaction between spindle microtubules (MTs) and the kinetochore. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof T Tanaka, Prof R Sknepnek
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EASTBIO: What determines whether a resistance plasmid establishes and spreads in a new bacterial lineage?

Antibiotic resistance genes are frequently carried on plasmids, which spread horizontally between bacteria and vertically through expansion of successful resistant clones. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof K Atkins, Dr T Schneiders
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The Cardiac Positioning System – how do heart progenitors find their way? (MUNSTERBERG_U27DTP)

Primary Supervisor - Professor Andrea Munsterberg. The first organ to develop in vertebrate embryos is the heart, when two streams of cardiac progenitor cells undertake an epic migration before reuniting at the heart field – the site of future heart formation. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A E Munsterberg
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Sustainable transparent conducting materials

Supervisory team. Professor Geoffrey Hyett and Professor Gill Reid. This PhD will develop next-generation transparent conducting materials as sustainable alternatives to existing technologies that rely on scarce elements. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Hyett
 30 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EastBio: Divide, unite, multiply: chromosome evolution in the Orobanchaceae

  Research Group: Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Chromosome numbers and structures can change dramatically during evolution through chromosome fusions and fissions, as well as whole-genome duplication (polyploidy). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Twyford
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Outer Limits – how plants make their skin

Plants face challenging conditions on land from dehydration, pests, UV exposure and temperature extremes. To survive and thrive, land plants evolved a specialised surface, sealed by a waxy ‘cuticle’ and distinctive epidermal cells such as gas pores and defensive barbs. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S McKim, Dr C Campoli
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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How does NRP2 keep blood vessels sealed and calm under stress? (ROBINSON_Q27DTP)

Blood vessels are lined by endothelial cells, which form a living barrier between blood and tissues. These cells must stay tightly connected, sense blood flow, respond to nutrients and communicate with immune cells, while avoiding unnecessary inflammation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Robinson
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unraveling the Mechanistic Role of the SNARE Protein Ykt6 in Constitutive Secretion

Constitutive secretion is critical for many physiological important processes, such as inflammation (cytokine secretion), adaptive immunity (IgG secretion) and tissue remodelling (extracellular matrix secretion). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Peden, Dr M Collins
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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EastBio - Where environmental stress tolerance meets biotechnology – understanding Cereblon E3 ubiquitin ligase function during stress responses and targeted protein degradation in plants

Plants use ubiquitination to regulate cellular function more than any other group of Eukaryotes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Hemsley, Dr M Balcerowicz
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Plant temperature signalling via modulation of small-RNA signalling (PENFIELD_J27DTP)

Given the accelerating pace of climate change it is important to understand how plants adapt to temperature changes and how to engineer crops to cope with more variable seasonal growth environments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Penfield
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Identification of novel mitochondrial mechanisms in cellular homeostasis

Molecular dissection of the protein kinase PINK1 and ubiquitin ligase Parkin has revealed a highly conserved mitochondrial quality control pathway found in nearly every cell type including neurons. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof M Muqit, Prof D Alessi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - How Plants Breathe in a Warming World: Temperature Control of Stomata Development

Mean global temperatures have already risen by 1.5°C above pre-industrial levels and could climb by another 4°C by 2100. Climate change is already affecting crop yields, and without effective mitigation, global yields of major crops could decline by as much as 36% by the end of the century. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Balcerowicz, Dr S McKim
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Where do plants make their medicine? Mapping chemical defence one cell at a time (NOBORI_T27DTP)

When a pathogen attacks, a plant fights back with chemistry. However, not every cell uses the same defence. Our recent single-cell study revealed an unexpected division of labour in infected leaves. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr TN Nobori
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)