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MSc by Research: Does the mis-regulation of the meiotic HORMA-domain protein induce genome instability?

The MSc by Research programme at the University of Aberdeen is for students interested in a research-intensive master's degree. It is designed specifically to enhance your skills for a PhD or research career. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Lorenz, Dr H Murakami
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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MSc by Research: Harnessing Transposon Mutagenesis to Dissect Antifungal Drug Resistance in the Fungal “Superbug” Candidozyma auris

The MSc by Research programme at the University of Aberdeen is for students interested in a research-intensive master's degree. It is designed specifically to enhance your skills for a PhD or research career. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Lorenz, Dr T Kubota
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Develop Cutting-Edge Peptide Therapies to Fight Antimicrobial Resistance in Eye Infections

The cornea, a dome-shaped, transparent tissue at the front of the eye, is crucial for vision. Corneal infections, such as bacterial keratitis (BK), are among the leading causes of unilateral blindness worldwide. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Mohammed, Prof A Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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The efficacy of L-PRF to reduce postoperative morbidity after lower third molar surgery.

Surgical removal of lower third molars is one of the most common surgical procedures. It is associated with marked postoperative morbidity as a consequence of surgical trauma, including pain, swelling, reduced mouth opening (trismus) and a risk of wound infection and/or alveolar osteitis (dry socket). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof T Dietrich
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Genetic mechanisms of nutrition sensing and photosynthesis.

How a cell determines its fate is a fundamental question in Biology. A differentiated somatic plant cell can be triggered to regain its pluripotency. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Kim, Prof G Johnson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Advancing Perinatal Psychometrics

Background and Aims. Perinatal mental health difficulties affect up to 20% of mothers and birthing people, yet existing measurement tools often fail to capture the unique psychological challenges of pregnancy and the postpartum period. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr V Fallon
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Assessing the physical impact of a six-week yoga intervention on brain structure, function, cognition and inflammatory profile in healthy volunteers.

Background. The use of yoga and meditation has increased in popularity as a positive health regulator in recent years and has been associated with several beneficial health outcomes in a variety of populations (1), including. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr VK Kinsley
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Development and evaluation of 3D markerless protocols for clinical decision making in brachial plexus injuries for developing children

The aim of this PhD will be to develop and evaluate a protocol which draws on 3D movement technology (marker based and markerless) for the assessment and management of children with perinatal brachial plexus injuries (PBPI). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Philp
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Network meta-analysis for comparing diagnostic test accuracy

Often there is more than one medical test to diagnose a particular condition, for example, different brands of lateral flow test for COVID-19. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Donegan
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Exploring health inequalities in the impact of unpaid caregiving on employment for carers of people with dementia

Background. Nearly 1 million people are living with dementia in the UK, with this number continuously growing. Unfortunately, care needs to be supplemented by family members and friends, as formal care does not meet all the needs of people living with dementia. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Giebel
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Genetic network controlling somatic embryogenesis and pluripotency in Kalanchoë

How a cell determines its fate is one of the longstanding and fundamental questions in Biology. Compared with animal cells, plant cells demonstrate incredible plasticity in terms of cell fate changes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Kim, Prof S Turner
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Smart Materials for Wearable Electronics with Next-Gen Manufacturing

Supervisory Team. Dr Katrina Morgan-Innes, Dr Ioannis Zeimpekis and Dr Fedia Ben Slimen. This PhD offers a rare opportunity to work with the UK’s only roll-to-roll sputtering system, a brand new and bespoke platform designed specifically for next-generation material discovery. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Morgan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the role of the spliceosome protein PRPF8 in cilia function

Cilia are microscopic hair-like structures that protrude from the surface of almost every vertebrate cell-type, and are critical to numerous biological functions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Hentges, Prof R O'Keefe
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Survival of the fattest: adaptions in the birds of the High Arctic

Biomechanical and behavioral techniques are widely used to examine how selection shapes an organism’s phenotype. However, such examinations are far from straight forward, as selection rarely acts on phenotypic traits in isolation. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Codd, Dr R Nudds, Prof W Sellers
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Long-term behaviour of Markov chains

Several projects are available, studying idealised Markovian models of epidemic, population and network processes. The emphasis will mostly be on theoretical aspects of the models, involving advanced probability theory. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Luczak
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)