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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA:Enigmatic bacterial sphingolipids: probing their regulation and function in host-bacterial interactions

The bacterial outer membrane is their front-line structure, mediating defence against environmental stress and antibiotics, as well as interactions with the host and microbiota. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Connolly
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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CENTA 2027-B24 Reconstructing Plio-Pleistocene Ice-Sheet Evolution in the North Sea Basin Using Paleomagnetism and Magnetic Fabric

IODP Expedition 507 (GLACE-NS) running in June-July 2027 will recover a unique Plio-Pleistocene sedimentary archive from the North Sea Basin (NSB), providing an unprecedented opportunity to investigate the onset, evolution, and variability of Northern Hemisphere glaciation and its links to environmental and oceanographic change. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C T Stevenson
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B23 Functional morphology and ecology of the Pleistocene mammal fauna of Crete

Islands are often described as natural laboratories for evolution. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Lautenschlager
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B22 How fast is magma made in Large Igneous Provinces?

Throughout Earth's history, episodic Large Igneous Provinces (LIPs) coincide with environmental crises including mass extinction, global warming and oceanic anoxia events. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Jones
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CENTA 2027-B21 Developing climate models to capture past warm-world rainfall change

Computer climate models are the only way to predict future climate change and to understand the drivers of environmental change at the global scale. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Hopcroft
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Defining the Role of the PRC2 complex in Chromatin Regulation and Cell Viability under Hypoxia

Low oxygen, or hypoxia, is a challenge faced across biology, from mammalian cells in poorly oxygenated tissues to plants during flooding. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Ortmann
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Exploring the molecular basis for vector-borne pathogen blocking by Wolbachia - HLSUOB26

About the project. Vector-borne diseases are a major threat to human and animal health across the globe, a threat that is expected to worsen as climate change extends the geographical range of arthropods and as human activities encroach on the wilderness. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr I Cadby, Prof PW Wigley, Dr SP Pradhan
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: The impact of the RNA exosome on ribosome specialisation in different cell types

Do you think ribosomes, the ancient and evolutionary conserved RNA-protein factories that make all cellular proteins, are boring? That they are the same in all cells and that we know all about them?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Schneider
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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EPSRC DLA studentship in A Modelling and Optimisation Framework for Infusion-Based Drug Delivery in Cerebral Tissue

  Research Group: Applied and Computational Mathematics
The aim of this project is to develop an advanced biomechanical framework for infusion-based drug delivery to the brain, enabling next-generation therapies for neurodegenerative disorders such as Alzheimer’s, Parkinson’s, and Huntington’s diseases. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Mihai, Prof W Gray, Dr TB Barker
 5 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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CRUK Centre of London MB PhD Programme – QMUL September 2027

CRUK Centre of London MB PhD Programme – QMUL 2027 Intake. We are delighted to be recruiting for the September 2027 intake of the CRUK Centre of London MB PhD Programme. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Bishop
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – AI-based target identification of a potential anti-metastatic drug and further search for novel drugs- HLSUOB26

About the project. Most cancer deaths stem from metastasis, highlighting the urgent need for effective treatments. While many anti-cancer drugs are available to target solid tumours, drug development for circulating metastatic cells has been hindered by a lack of in vitro models. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr N Itasaki, Dr RC Corey, Dr J Lees
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Digital maternity care and perinatal mental health: understanding and addressing racialised and intersectional inequalities - HLSUOB26

About the project. Pregnancy and childbirth are not equally safe for everyone in the UK. Black people, and those living in more deprived areas, are more likely to have poor experiences of maternity care and worse perinatal health outcomes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr C McQuire, Dr L Tinner, Prof L Howe
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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UKRI BBSRC NEEDL DLA: Mapping the chemical space of the National Collection of Industrial, Food and Marine Bacteria (NCIMB) for accelerated antibiotic discovery

CASE Project. Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the most urgent global health challenges of our time, threatening to undo decades of medical progress. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr K Duncan
 24 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Funded PhD – Investigating the Therapeutic Potential of Glucosamine to Reduce Albuminuria and Preserve Cardiovascular Function in Chronic Kidney Disease: A Translational Big Data and Wet Lab Approach - HLSUOB26

About the Project. Background to the wider team. This project will be based within Bristol Renal - a friendly and diverse world leading research team consisting of clinicians / clinician scientists and scientists. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Butler, Dr S Hayward, Prof S Satchell, Dr SB Buffonge
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded PhD – Understanding cardiovascular and mental health disorder multimorbidity in Zimbabwe: epidemiology and response to a healthy ageing intervention - HLSUOB26

About the project. Multimorbidity, the co-occurrence of two or more chronic conditions, is increasingly recognised as a major challenge for health systems and healthy ageing. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof CG Gregson, Dr AM Manyara, Dr TM Madanhire
 13 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)