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BISCI IDLA: An innovative bioengineering approach to develop a novel in vitro platform to study human skin itch capable of consumer insights

Itch is an unwanted consumer sensation that accompanies many personal care practises. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Przyborski, Dr YC Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: An innovative bioengineering approach to develop a novel in vitro platform to study human skin itch capable of consumer insights

Itch is an unwanted consumer sensation that accompanies many personal care practises. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Przyborski, Dr YC Chen
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Designing supported catalysts for sustainable synthesis from biomass-derived platform chemicals

Background. Catalysis is a foundational technology underpinning chemical synthesis. Around 85% of chemical products involve catalysis during their preparation and catalysis contributes over £50 billion a year to the UK economy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Slattery, Dr C Willans, Prof D W Bruce
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A three-year PhD studentship in data-carrying fibre-based sensing

Applications are invited for a PhD studentship based in the Digital Signal Processing (DSP) Centre in the School of Computer Science and Engineering, Bangor University. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof j Tang
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Expanding peptide chemical space through tryptophan diversification

Background. Synthetic peptides are leading candidates in modern drug discovery, epitomised by the impact of Ozempic and other GLP-1 agonists. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Spicer
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Unlocking the Neuroimmune Potential of the Hair Follicle: New Therapeutic Opportunities for Scalp Health & Emotional Wellbeing

Project descriptor. Our skin is a key sensory organ that enables us to interface with our surrounding environment. It is filled with a network of sensory neurons that helps establish the skin-brain axis, a communication highway between our periphery and central nervous system. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Higgins, Mr LK Knight
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Unlocking the Neuroimmune Potential of the Hair Follicle: New Therapeutic Opportunities for Scalp Health & Emotional Wellbeing

Project descriptor. Our skin is a key sensory organ that enables us to interface with our surrounding environment. It is filled with a network of sensory neurons that helps establish the skin-brain axis, a communication highway between our periphery and central nervous system. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Higgins, Mr LK Knight
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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High-Performance Hybrid Inorganic/Organic Sustainable Polymers for Next Generation Engineering Applications

Background and Novelty. Polymers that have properties that make them suitable to engineering applications are technologically vital for modern society. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A S Weller, Prof A Buchard
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Exploring the molecular basis of thermal tolerance across diverse invertebrates: a macrophysiological approach

  Research Group: Organisms and Environment
Project description. Temperature is a fundamental ecological variable that governs nearly every aspect of life from metabolic rates and activity patterns to species distributions and survival. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr T Bishop, Dr L Alford, Prof P Kille
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Hyperpolarised benchtop NMR spectroscopy for reaction and process monitoring

Background. Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy is a powerful analytical technique that provides detailed molecular-level information about the structure and dynamics of molecules. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M E Halse
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA : Integrating mammalian pharyngeal endoderm and Drosophila models to uncover conserved epithelial regulatory networks in cardiovascular development

Congenital heart defects are the most common birth defects in humans, yet many of the fundamental biological mechanisms that drive normal heart and tissue development remain poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Bamforth
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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A route to automation and online liquid chromatography for 2D Fourier transform mass spectrometry

Background. Mass spectrometry is a major analytical technology with strategic importance in all aspects of molecular science and is critical to any well-founded analytical laboratory. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Mosely, Dr C Littlejohn
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Deep learning approaches to low resolution atomic modelling of protein glycosylation and other protein modifications

Background. Post-translational modifications of proteins fundamentally alter chemical architecture, dynamically governing cellular localisation, stability, molecular interactions and, ultimately, function. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Agirre, Prof D Ungar
 4 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Uncovering the hidden laws of grit: novel mechanisms of drug-resistance via ribosome hibernation

  Research Group: Melnikov Lab in collaboration with Dr. Jamie Bojko
When pathogens are assaulted with drugs, they activate various defence mechanisms to stay alive and mitigate drug toxicity. These defence strategies allow pathogenic cells to escape clinical treatment, making drug-resistant infections a leading cause of death around the world. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Melnikov
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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BISCI IDLA: SpaceZymes: Astrobiology-Inspired discovery and characterisation of extreme CAZymes for resilient detergent formulations.

Despite their widespread use, detergent enzymes must operate in a chemically challenging environment. Formulations may contain surfactants, builders, salts, chelating agents and oxidising compounds. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Munoz, Dr H Yau
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: SpaceZymes: Astrobiology-Inspired discovery and characterisation of extreme CAZymes for resilient detergent formulations.

Despite their widespread use, detergent enzymes must operate in a chemically challenging environment. Formulations may contain surfactants, builders, salts, chelating agents and oxidising compounds. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Munoz, Dr H Yau
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Laundry Metatranscriptomics: A Systems Biology Platform to Decipher Microbial Function, Biofilm Formation and Malodour Generation in Textiles.

Contribute to Unlocking the Hidden Microbial World of Laundry through Multi-Omics and Systems Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Sherry, Dr N Lant
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: Laundry Metatranscriptomics: A Systems Biology Platform to Decipher Microbial Function, Biofilm Formation and Malodour Generation in Textiles.

Contribute to Unlocking the Hidden Microbial World of Laundry through Multi-Omics and Systems Biology. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Sherry, Dr N Lant
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: EnzyMatrix – AI driven discovery of novel enzymes for sustainable cleaning solutions

This exciting joint academia-industry PhD project offers a rare opportunity to combine fundamental biological discovery with real-world impact. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Bolam, Dr E Lowe, Dr K Laney, Dr AL Morales Garcia
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BISCI IDLA: EnzyMatrix – AI driven discovery of novel enzymes for sustainable cleaning solutions

This exciting joint academia-industry PhD project offers a rare opportunity to combine fundamental biological discovery with real-world impact. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Bolam, Dr E Lowe, Dr K Laney, Dr AL Morales Garcia
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Shedding new light on antimicrobial polyyne metabolites from Burkholderia bacteria using vibrational optical microscopy

  Research Group: Molecular Biosciences
Project description. The importance. It was recently discovered, by the Mahenthiralingam group in Cardiff, that Burkholderia bacteria secrete polyyne molecules, e.g. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof P Borri, Prof E Mahenthiralingam, Prof W W Langbein
 2 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Developing high content imaging technologies to capture the complexity of the brain’s innate immune system

CASE. The innate immune system is central to our health and wellbeing, orchestrating our first line of defence and maintaining tissue homeostasis. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Harris
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CENTA 2027-B16 Ozone + BVOC Chemistry: From Critical Rate Coefficients to Atmospheric Mechanisms

Atmospheric chemical processing determines the link between emissions to the air and atmospheric composition, which in turn affects climate and health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Lehman
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-UKCEH01 HInterMap: drone-based mapping to improve monitoring and understanding of headwater and intermittent streams

Intermittent streams (c. 50% of world rivers) and headwaters (c. 90% of rivers) are key riverine systems for hydrology, ecology and water quality, which are poorly monitored and lack data (Dugdale et al. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C L Laize
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B35 Go with the flow? Guiding sustainable dam flow releases to simultaneously promote ecological health and water security

There are >3000 dams in the UK that provide >75% of national public drinking water supplies (1). These unnaturally transform river flow regimes, where typically fixed ‘compensation flows’ are released for most the year except when reservoir spillovers cause rapid downstream flushes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J W White
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B34 Extreme climatic events in a warming world: understanding limits to resilience in freshwater ecosystems

Across the globe, extreme climatic events such as heatwaves and droughts have increased dramatically in frequency and intensity over the past 30 years, with potentially profound consequences for freshwater ecosystems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof M E Ledger
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: From lipid peroxidation to membrane disruption: mechanisms of ROS-mediated antibacterial killing

CASE Project. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is increasingly undermining our ability to treat life-threatening infections and to support other areas of modern medicine, including routine surgery and chemotherapy, which depend on antibiotic prophylaxis. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Strahl
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CENTA 2027-B33 When does snow matter? Looking at the sensitivity of river flow to a warming climate

Snow acts as a natural seasonal reservoir across many regions of the world. Water that falls as snow can be stored through winter and often released later during spring and summer, sustaining river flows, ecosystems, hydropower and water supplies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Larsen
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B32 The third (plastic) pole – Microplastic accumulation and release within remote, snow-dominated environments

Environmental plastic pollution is now ubiquitous globally, with high concentrations detected in indoor and outdoor environments that are of increasing concern for human and environmental health1,2. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof S Krause
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B31 REWET-FIRE: Does peatland rewetting reduce extreme wildfire risk during drought?

Peatlands are among the UK’s most important carbon stores. However, many peatlands have been degraded, leaving them vulnerable to drought and wildfire. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Kettridge
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)