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MSc by Research: Caenorhabditis elegans: A genetic model to study anosmia, loss of olfaction, associated with Parkinson’s Disease

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Parkinson’s Disease or PD is the second fastest growing neurodegenerative disease in the UK. PD is an age-associated disease characterized by tremors, change in gait, loss of appetite and loss or reduction in the sense of smell (anosmia). Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Study of Hydrocephalus and water channelopathy in C. elegans model

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Hydrocephalus or ‘water on the brain’ is an understudied, life-threatening condition characterised by excessive cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) buildup in the brain [1]. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Effect of Intermicrobial interactions on swarming in pathogenic Pseudomonas aeruginosa

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

The ability of bacteria to spread within the organs and tissues of their host underlies their ability to establish successful infection. Read more

Supervisor: Dr V Singh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Understanding the functions of ERphagy via its targeted cargos

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

The selective degradation of the endoplasmic reticulum via autophagy, also known as ERphagy, is a fundamental cellular process that has been observed under different stresses and stimuli. Read more

Supervisor: Dr JRL Liang

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Regulation of microglial phenotypes by adenosine and in contribution to ageing in the brain.

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Microglia are the major innate immune cells in the central nervous system and are required for the response to invading pathogens, removal of… Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Arthur, Dr A Lloyd

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: The forward facing path: epidermal development in cereals

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Plants living on land face brutal threats from pests, dehydration and temperature. To survive and thrive, land plants evolved a waxy ‘cuticle’ and distinctive epidermal cells such as gas pores and defensive barbs. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S McKim

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Function of presomitic mesoderm specific phosphorylation of the Notch intracellular domain in somitogenesis

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

The Notch signalling pathway is one of the key pathways required for the developing embryo. It is especially important for the process of somitogenesis, the formation of body segments that develop into e.g. the bones and muscle of the skeleton. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J K Dale

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Mapping the host response to fungal pathogens

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Fungal pathogens represent a significant clinical problem for which treatment options remain limited. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Arthur

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Molecular characterisation of the factors driving lung fibrosis.

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF) is a progressive disease that results in an irreversible decline in lung function. At present IPF is normally fatal and the median survival is between 2 and 5 years after diagnosis. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Arthur, Dr H McSorley

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: ADP-ribosylation in dementia and motor neuron disease

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

ADP-ribosylation is a fundamental posttranslational modification where ADP-ribose is linked on to target proteins by ADP-ribose transferases and removed by the ADP-ribose hydrolases. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L McGurk

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Deciphering the role(s) of Cdk1 during oocyte meiosis

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Meiosis is a specialised type of cell division that produces haploid daughter cells known as gametes that are important for sexual reproduction. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F G Pelisch

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Jasmonate control of barley development

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

From the earliest farmers to modern plant breeders, humans have bred and selected for cereals that develop to produce higher grain yields. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S McKim

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Investigating the tumor suppressor functions of chromatin remodelling

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

One of the unanticipated outcomes of population based genome sequencing has been the finding that genes involved in the regulation of many genes are mutated at high frequency in tissue specific cancers. Read more

Supervisor: Prof T A Owen-hughes

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: New technologies to monitor assembly of alternative forms of the proteasome

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

The Rousseau lab is interested in decoding how protein degradation by the proteasome is regulated in cells so that accumulation of unfolded, misfolded, or damaged proteins can be cleared before they become deleterious. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Rousseau

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Social & Behavioural Sciences

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

The School of Social & Behavioural Sciences (SSBS) at Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham offers three doctoral (PhD) programs across diverse areas of social and behavioral inquiry. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Renewable Energy Systems, Climate Modeling & Carbon Neutrality

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Are you passionate about accelerating the global transition to renewable energy systems, improving climate predictions, and designing science-driven pathways to a net-zero world?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Marine Sustainability & Biodiversity Conservation

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Are you passionate about marine ecosystems, coastal sustainability, and the future of our oceans?. The Amrita School for Sustainable Futures (ASF) invites applications for fully funded PhD positions in Marine Sustainability & Biodiversity Conservation, offered under the globally recognised Amrita E4LIFE PhD Program. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Green Engineering, Tribology & Rural Manufacturing

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Do you aspire to create engineering solutions that are sustainable, affordable, and transformative for underserved communities?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Educational & Social Innovation for Rural Transformation

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Do you want your research to improve education, enhance rural livelihoods, and shape sustainable and resilient social systems?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Climate-Resilient Agriculture & Rural Water Systems

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Are you driven to address humanity's most urgent challenges—climate change, food insecurity, and sustainable water management?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

Fully Funded PhD Positions in Circular Economy & Sustainable Waste Management

Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham

Centre for International Programs

Are you passionate about designing sustainable systems, reducing environmental impact, and creating circular solutions for communities?. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) India PhD Programme

MSc by Research: Investigating the cell cycle in the context of neurodevelopment

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

During early embryogenesis the structure that will become the central nervous system, the neural tube, is formed by a process called neurulation. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J K Dale

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Bacillus subtilis intraspecies interactions

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Interbacterial competition is ubiquitous and plays a key role in shaping diverse microbial communities, including the gut microbiota and in the rhizosphere. Read more

Supervisors: Prof N Stanley-Wall, Dr S Coulthurst

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: How does Dysregulated Protein Kinase Signalling Cause Human Neurodevelopmental Disorders?

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

The overarching goal of this project is to identify and characterise protein kinase signalling pathways that are disrupted in human neurodevelopmental disorders. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Findlay

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Regulation and mechanics in polarized trafficking

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Membranes and their protein organization are a frontier in our understanding of cell biology. We focus on polarized trafficking as a model to uncover fundamental mechanisms in the organization of structures at membranes. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D H Murray

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Identifying and studying interacting proteins that are “glue-able” to small molecules

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

Recent advances from the Ciulli Lab and others have contributed to the establishment of a transformative new modality of chemical intervention into biological system – one that moves beyond the state-of-the-art. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Ciulli

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

MSc by Research: Using genome editing to study the mechanisms of immune cell proliferation and differentiation

University of Dundee

Faculty of Life Sciences

T lymphocytes mediate long-term adaptive immunity to viruses and tumour cells. T lymphocytes recognize foreign antigens via specific interactions with the T cell receptor (TCR) that is expressed on the cell surface. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Ly

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Join a world-class, transnational PhD program with a generous scholarship

University of Queensland

UQ-IITD Research Academy

The University of Queensland (UQ) and the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi (IITD) are accepting Expressions of Interest (EOI) for their joint PhD program. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Australia PhD Programme

Discovering and characterising new protein antimicrobials

University of Reading

Department of Biomedical Sciences

Antibiotic resistant infections are spreading globally and becoming a leading cause of death worldwide, already surpassing malaria and HIV. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Sharp

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Nonlinear systems of PDE and vectorial Calculus of Variations in L∞ (L-infinity)

University of Reading

Department of Mathematics and Statistics

The calculus of variations is, roughly speaking, the mathematical theory of how to minimise or maximise magnitudes. Variational problems from science typically require minimisation of an average magnitude over a space-time region depending on unknown quantities. Read more

Supervisor: Dr N Katzourakis

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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