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EastBio: Structural architecture of the centromere

A defining aspect of life is the accurate transmission of genetic information from one generation of cells to the next. During mitosis, chromosomes are reorganised dramatically into discrete cylindrical entities. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Muir, Prof J Arulanandam
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Understanding chromatin control of antigenic variation in Trypanosoma brucei

  Research Group: Institute of Cell Biology
Trypanosoma brucei, a kinetoplastid parasite, causes severe disease in humans and livestock and remains a significant, neglected tropical disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Wilson, Dr B Akiyoshi
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Testing Open Science: who’s re-using shared data, models and code?

  Research Group: Institute of Quantitative Biology, Biochemistry and Biotechnology
The Open Science movement has transformed biological and environmental sciences, and our colleagues are sharing data at among the highest rates documented anywhere (Deeb 2025 https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0328065). Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A J Millar
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Investigating sex-biased macrophage dynamics in Drosophila: from acute infection to life course health

  Research Group: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
Sex differences in immunity shape both how individuals respond to acute infection and how inflammatory biology influences lifetime health outcomes, including ageing and the development of non-communicable diseases such as neurodegeneration and metabolic dysfunction. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Regan, Dr N Agrawal
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Predicting species interactions with traits and phylogenies

Interactions between species – such as predator-prey, host-parasite, plant-pollinator – are a fundamental property of biological communities. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G N Stone, Prof D Obbard
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Dissecting the host-pathogen interactions of Burkholderia using modular three-dimensional models of the human lung

  Research Group: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
Bacterial pathogens have evolved a diverse range of strategies to infect, survive, and replicate within a host. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Moule
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Chronic parasite infection: Unravelling the function of new players in Toxoplasma and Neospora cyst formation

  Research Group: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
Toxoplasma and Neospora are intracellular parasites that can cause abortion when passed to the developing foetus. Both have significant impact on the farming industry, causing sheep and cattle abortions respectively. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Young
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Investigating the dynamic regulation of tissue disassembly and death in vivo

  Research Group: Institute of Cell Biology
Tissues and organs are not only built, they must also be dismantled and removed at the appropriate stage. Tissue disassembly and death are fundamental to normal development and physiology, while their disruption underlies developmental disorders and diseases such as cancer. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Agrawal, Dr J Regan
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Pangenomic approaches to study the evolution of structural variation

  Research Group: Institute of Ecology and Evolution
Recent genomic research has revealed that structural variation, ranging from small insertions and deletions to major chromosomal rearrangements, can have an outsized biological impact compared to simple sequence mutations. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Martin, Dr K Lohse
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio: Investigating the role of post-translational modifications on Plasmodium host-parasite adhesion interactions

  Research Group: Institute of Immunology and Infection Research
Adhesion of Plasmodium infected erythrocytes (IEs) to host cells plays an important role in the biology and pathology of malaria parasites (1). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Rowe, Dr N Philip
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD (4 years) on experimental characterization of snap fit joints (Belgium)

  Research Group: Mechanics of Materials and Structures
[Net salary (after taxes) starting from 2600 EUR/month]. UGent-MMS is coordinating a 4-year research project on snap fit joints. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W VAN PAEPEGEM
 30 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD (4 years) on numerical simulation of composite hydrogen tanks (Belgium)

  Research Group: Mechanics of Materials and Structures
[Net salary (after taxes) starting from 2600 EUR/month]. Belgium has been taking a leading position in the transition towards a hydrogen economy thanks to many companies and research institutes active in hydrogen technologies. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof W VAN PAEPEGEM
 30 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Designing for Adoption: Gold Nanostar-Enhanced Lateral Flow Diagnostics for Antimicrobial-Resistant Respiratory Infections

Abstract. Improper prescribing of antibiotics for viral respiratory tract infections (RTIs) provides no clinical benefit, can negatively impact microbiomes, and is a driver of antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof N T K Thanh, Dr GB Bolognesi
 29 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Boundless light: Fibre optic systems unconstrained by glass properties

Supervisors. Professor Periklis Petropoulos, Professor Jayanta Sahu, Professor Frederic Gardes, Professor Natalie Wheeler. BOUNDLESS is a six-year Programme Grant that aims at redefining fibre-optic communications and sensing based on the capabilities of hollow-core fibres. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof P Petropoulos
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Safety Validation and Assurance of Autonomous Navigation Systems

Supervisor. Dr Huanhuan Li. How can we demonstrate that autonomous navigation systems are safe within their intended operating conditions? This project will develop Operational Design Domain (ODD)-based safety validation and assurance methods. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr H Li
 10 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Climate resilient submerged infrastructure

Supervisors. Gustavo de Almeida, Sergio Maldonado. Join a world-leading research team at the University of Southampton to develop innovative design methods that enhance the resilience of submerged infrastructure against increasingly extreme currents and waves. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G A M de Almeida
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Spatiotemporal dynamics of mutant clones in human health, ageing and cancer

Humans inherit a unique set of genetic mutations that define personal characteristics at birth, but our tissues continue to acquire mutations over the course of normal ageing. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D T Tourigny
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD studentship in Advanced Numerical Modelling and Predictive Maintenance of Buried infrastructure

Buried infrastructure underpins essential urban services, yet its deterioration often remains hidden until significant damage or service disruption occurs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Feng
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Machine Learning in Environmental Fluid Dynamics Modelling

Supervisors. Gustavo de Almeida, Sergio Maldonado. Join an exciting PhD at the University of Southampton, where you will harness cutting-edge Physics-Informed Neural Networks to transform environmental flow modelling. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G A M de Almeida
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD Scholarship Project: Structural Electrodes for Li-S Batteries

Structural batteries, or structural materials that can also store and deliver electrical energy, could play a pivotal role in decarbonising challenging industries such as aviation, by integrating the power source within, say, the aeroplane fuselage itself. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr HA Au
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Theory of Topological Quantum Many-Body Systems

This PhD project will explore theoretical questions at the interface of topological physics, quantum many-body systems and quantum simulation with ultracold atoms. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof H Price
 23 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Human-Centred Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Decision Support in High-Stakes Environments

Supervisory Team. Dr Anna-Stiina Wallinheimo and Prof Ben Waterson. This project explores how artificial intelligence (AI) can enhance decision-making in complex, high-stakes settings while preserving human judgement. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr AW Wallinheimo
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Rational design of heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable applications

Supervisors. Dr Sergio Vernuccio, Professor Chris Skylaris. This project aims to rationally design efficient heterogeneous catalysts for sustainable application, including photocatalytic transformation for hydrogen production from water splitting and photoreforming. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr SV Vernuccio
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Genuinely high-order discretisation of Navier-Stokes equations using machine learning and its application to turbomachinery aeroacoustics

Supervisory Team. Professor Jae-Wook Kim and Dr Long Wu. This project aims to develop highly accurate and stable computational methodology to numerically solve Navier-Stokes equations and showcase its efficacy by applying it to a challenging problem of turbomachinery aeroacoustics in partnership with Rolls-Royce plc. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J.W. Kim
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Advanced functional optoelectronic metasurfaces

Supervisors. Dr Giorgio Adamo, Dr Nikitas Papasimakis, Dr Dong-Yang Wang. Recent developments in quantum materials and topological design principles is transforming how we control the flow of light and charges. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Adamo
 30 September 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of dual mode chemical-electric propulsion systems for more agile spacecraft

Supervisory Team. Professor Charlie Ryan. As the Low Earth Orbit (LEO) environment becomes more congested and the types of satellite missions become more varied, satellites need more flexible propulsion systems that can deliver a range of performance characteristics, enabling more responsive satellite missions. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Ryan
 1 April 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Efficient multicomponent pharmaceutical crystal form screening with crystal structure prediction

Supervisory Team. Professor Graeme Day. Create new computational methods for the prediction of materials structure to transform the development of medicines. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof G Day
 11 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Early wear detection for prescriptive maintenance (RxM) of machines

Supervisory Team. Prof Robert Wood and Dr Terry Harvey. This project is in collaboration with the University spin-out TriboAI Ltd, and focused on developing next-generation technologies for the early detection of wear and damage in wind turbine journal bearings. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R J K Wood
 29 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Next-generation gas sensing with hollow-core optical fibres

Supervisory Team. Dr Peter Horak, Prof Natalie Wheeler and Prof Radan Slavik. Using light to detect gases with extraordinary sensitivity for environmental, industrial and healthcare applications, this PhD combines hollow-core optical fibres, advanced modelling and hands-on experiments. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Horak
 31 August 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Ammonia-fuelled internal combustion engines: how does ammonia affect wear and friction of their tribological contacts?

Supervisor. Professor Ling Wang. The transition to carbon-neutral transport has accelerated interest in alternative fuels that cut greenhouse-gas emissions while remaining compatible with current engines. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof L. Wang
 31 July 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)