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Turning Back the Epigenetic Clock: How Diet and Metabolism Reprogram Ageing

  Research Group: Genetics
Can diet and metabolism genuinely slow the pace of ageing, not just extend life but reprogram the biological clock that measures it? This project puts you at the centre of one of the most exciting open questions in ageing biology, using epigenetic clocks, the most accurate biomarker of biological age currently available, to find out. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Mallon, Dr K Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unravelling the Architecture of Cellular "Antenna": Molecular Mechanisms of Ciliogenesis

  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
Cilia are hair-like structures found on many human cell types, where they act as sensory ‘antennae’ that detect and relay external signals governing cell behaviour, tissue organisation and development. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Mahen, Dr R Hirst
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Chemistry: Sustainable Main Group Catalysis Using Frustrated Lewis Pairs

Prof. Rebecca Melen is looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join her team on an ERC funded project on sustainable catalysis. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Melen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Evaluating defect detectability for iteratively reconstructed industrial X-ray computed tomography data

Supervisory team. Professor Thomas Blumensath, Dr Richard Boardman and Dr Joseph Lifton. About the project. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Blumensath
 29 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Engineering Nature’s Peptide Chemistry: Structure, Mechanism and Biocatalysis of LenY

  Research Group: Molecular & Cell Biology
Nature has evolved enzymes that perform chemistry difficult to reproduce synthetically. LenY is one such enzyme, installing unusual macroamidine crosslinks into ribosomal peptides to generate highly constrained cyclic products. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Kwon, Prof A Hudson
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding pathways to healthy lung ageing by integrating genomics and the environment

Why do some people maintain healthy lungs into old age while others experience rapid decline? This project will study how genetically regulated biological pathways interact with environmental exposures to shape lung ageing, ultimately informing strategies to promote lifelong lung health. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr CJ John, Dr SC Cai
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Beyond Killing: How Antibiotics Trigger Metabolites That Reshape Bacterial Communities

  Research Group: Microbiology and Infection
Second Supervisor. Dr Lijiang Song, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Jenul
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of Information Entropic Based Methods for Digital Security

Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics and will be supervised by Dr Melvin Vopson and Dr Sergi Simon. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Vopson, Dr S Simon
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Mechanistic Insights into Haem Sensing by the Circadian Clock

Haem is a small organo-transition-metal compound that plays a crucial role in various aspects of cellular biology. Traditionally, its function was thought to be limited to haemoproteins, where it serves as a tightly bound prosthetic group. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Hudson, Dr H Kwon
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Resolving the Associations Between Multicellular Ecosystems and Aggressive Molecular and Evolutionary Tumour States

Second Supervisor. Professor Dean Fennell, Leicester Cancer Research Centre. Why do some tumours become more aggressive or respond differently to treatment? The answer may lie not only in tumour cells, but also in the immune and stromal cells around them. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Hu
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Global variation in maltase-glucoamylase copy number and starch digestion in humans

This project will investigate whether variation in MGAM gene copy number contributes to differences in starch digestion and whether its effects depend on variation in the amylase genes. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Hollox, Dr R Badge
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Modifying recombination in plants

  Research Group: Genetics
In eukaryotes, chromosomes recombine during meiosis to create novel combinations of alleles that may be selected for in the next generation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Higgins, Dr C A May
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Systems Biology of Airway Mucus Clearance: An Integrated Experimental and Computational Approach

  Research Group: Respiratory Sciences
Phlegm lines our airways, traps dust and germs and is essential to keep our lungs healthy. Coughing creates airflow that pushes phlegm out. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr E Gaillard, Dr E Abo-Serie
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deep equilibrium machine learning models for the efficient reconstruction of X-ray tomographic images

Supervisory team. Professor Thomas Blumensath and Dr Richard Boardman. About the project. In this project you will develop advanced machine learning tools to convert real X-ray measurement data into artefact free 3D images. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr T Blumensath
 29 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding bacterial evolution using improved models of genomic diversity

  Research Group: Genetics
Bacteria play important roles in human health and disease. Unlike plants and animals, bacteria reproduce, mutate and can exchange genetic material rapidly, generating substantial genetic diversity. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr FF Freund, Dr S Beleza
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)