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

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
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

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
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?

University of Edinburgh
College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
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)

University of East Anglia
School of Biological Sciences
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

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
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

University of Edinburgh
School of Biological Sciences
  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

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
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)

Quadram Institute Bioscience
Graduate Programme
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

University of Sheffield
School of Biosciences
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

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
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)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
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

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
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

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
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)

The Sainsbury Laboratory
Graduate Programme
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)
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Hollow core fibre for high power laser applications

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory team. Dr Gregory Jasion, Mr Gianluca Guerra, and Professor Francesco Poletti. Hollow-core fibres (HCFs) guide light through air. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Jasion
 30 June 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Post transcriptional control of the segmentation clock and somitogenesis

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
During early embryogenesis, segments (somites) are formed during a process called somitogenesis. These somites will go on to form the bones and muscles of the skeleton. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J K Dale, Dr P Murray
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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One cell at a time: uncovering enhancer control of blood and cardiovascular fate using single-cell multi-omics (MOK_U27DTP)

University of East Anglia
School of Biological Sciences
Primary Supervisor - Dr Gi Fay (Geoffrey) Mok. The cardiovascular system - comprising the heart, blood and blood vessels - is the first functional organ system to form during vertebrate development. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Mok
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - New tools to study plant parasite effectors at the interaction interface

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
Plant parasites form close associations with their host plants and deliver suites of effector molecules, including proteins, inside their host essential for infection or infestation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Bos, Prof P Birch
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding and Designing DNA Replication Origins Using Genome Language Models (NIEDUSZYNSKI_E27DTP)

Earlham Institute
Graduate Programme
Project Supervisor - Dr Conrad Nieduszynski. How does a cell know where and when to copy its DNA? And can we use artificial intelligence to design entirely new genetic elements that control this process?. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Nieduszynski
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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A Hostile Niche: How Mutant Blood Stem Cells Damage Their Healthy Neighbours (MISTRY_U27DTP)

University of East Anglia
Norwich Medical School
Primary Supervisor - Dr Jayna Mistry. As people age, some blood stem cells acquire mutations that give them a growth advantage over their normal counterparts. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Mistry
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Manipulating meiotic crossover control in wheat (MORGAN_J27DTP)

John Innes Centre
Graduate Programme
Meiotic recombination generates the genetic diversity on which both evolution and crop breeding depend. In wheat and other cereals, crossovers are strongly biased towards certain regions of the genome, leaving vast stretches almost untouched. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Morgan
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - How does cell size control cell fate? - studying cell fate specification in the developing nervous system

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
We all have started as a single cell, the egg, yet our bodies consist of hundreds of different cell types. This raises the question of how this cell type diversity is established. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J Januschke, Dr D H Murray
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Usable security for crypto wallets

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory team. Dr Leonardo Aniello and Dr Weijia He. This project applies usable security to understand how users perceive and respond to crypto wallet threats, then design and evaluate security features, interfaces and decision-support tools that support safer behaviour and reduce human error. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Aniello
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio- How does dysregulated Ser-Arg Protein Kinase (SRPK) signalling cause Alzheimer’s disease?

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
The focus of our lab is on dissecting neurological functions of the Ser-Arg Protein Kinases (SRPK) kinase family and its downstream signalling pathways. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Findlay, Dr RJ Jackson
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Understanding the genetic and molecular basis of complex glycan metabolism by the human gut microbiota

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
Understanding the genetic and molecular basis of complex glycan metabolism by the human gut microbiota. The human gut is colonised by trillions of microbes collectively termed the human gut microbiota (HGM) that play a vital role in human health and disease. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Ndeh, Dr V Singh
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Antiresonant hollow core optical fibre precision coils

University of Southampton
Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences
Supervisory team. Professor Austin Taranta, Dr Leonard Budd, Dr Gregory Jasion. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Taranta
 14 October 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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One Health (meta)genomics of E. coli-associated urinary tract infections in pregnancy (MATHER_Q27DTP)

Quadram Institute Bioscience
Graduate Programme
Urinary tract infections (UTIs) affect up to 35% of pregnant women and are associated with maternal sepsis, pre‑term birth and markedly higher health‑care costs. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Mather
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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EastBio - Uncovering the non-canonical proteolytic activity of Deubiquitinating enzymes

University of Dundee
Faculty of Life Sciences
One of the key challenges in molecular biology is understanding how post-translational modifications regulate protein function. Pathogens and cancer cells are highly effective at hijacking these mechanisms to advance their own agendas. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C Maniaci, Dr P Cossar
 16 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Understanding the evolution of calcium signal decoding mechanisms in plants (MILLER_U27DTP)

University of East Anglia
School of Biological Sciences
Primary Supervisor - Dr Ben Miller. Plants need to respond to the environment in order to adapt and grow. Plants often modify the concentration of calcium ions in their cells in response to different environmental stimuli and stresses [1]. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Miller
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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