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Multi-arm and Constrained Manipulation

The University of Manchester

Department of Electronic and Electrical Engineering

Robotics applications in surgical, space, scientific, and nuclear domains often demand dexterous manipulation in constrained spaces. Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Marinho

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Linking Retinal Structure and Visual Function Using OCT and Virtual Reality

University of Leicester

School of Psychology and Vision Sciences

The human visual system depends on the precise interplay between retinal structure and neural processing to support high-acuity vision. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Thomas, Dr Z Tu

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

New generation metallo-antimicrobials

University of Leicester

Department of Chemistry

Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a major public health concern worldwide. According to the latest statistics, bacterial AMR was responsible for 4.71 million deaths in 2021. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Suntharalingam, Dr JH Hodgkinson

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

Development of bioengineered vascular model for functional vascular genomics

University of Leicester

School of Engineering

Second Supervisor. Dr Tom Webb, Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, University of Leicester. ‘Omics’ technologies such as transcriptomics, proteomics and epigenomics analyse biological molecules on a large scale, providing comprehensive insights. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Shepherd

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

New synthetic antibodies for circadian research

University of Leicester

Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences

Did you know that camels and llamas have a unique type of antibody that can be a powerful tool for science? These are nanobodies, tiny, highly stable, single-domain. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Rosato, Prof C P Kyriacou

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

New Approaches to Investigate Substrate Binding and Reaction Mechanism of CO2-reducing Enzymes

University of Leicester

Department of Chemistry

Second Supervisor. Dr Emma Hesketh, Leicester Institute for Structural and Chemical Biology, University of Leicester. Global warming driven by rising levels of greenhouse gases, especially CO₂, is one of the greatest challenges of our time. Read more

Supervisor: Dr PR Macia

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

Cognitive Ageing and Language Comprehension: Insights from Eye-Tracking and EEG

University of Leicester

School of Psychology and Vision Sciences

With populations living longer worldwide, understanding how healthy ageing affects cognition is a pressing challenge. Reading is a vital skill, central to independence and wellbeing. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Paterson, Dr A Pagán

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

Genome control by cohesin ligands

University of Leicester

Molecular and Cell Biology

Second Supervisor. Professor Peijun Zhang, Nuffield Department of Medicine University of Oxford. The human genome is metres long but packed into cells only a few micrometres in diameter. Read more

Supervisor: Prof D Panne

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

Modifying recombination in plants

University of Leicester

Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences

In eukaryotes, chromosomes recombine during meiosis to create novel combinations of alleles that may be selected for in the next generation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Higgins, Dr C May

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

Evolutionary mechanisms of pathogens – from commensality to virulence

University of Leicester

Department of Genetics, Genomics and Cancer Sciences

Clinically relevant pathogens evolve through a complex interplay of within-host evolution (including host and antibiotic selective pressure and interactions with other microorganisms), transmission dynamics, and metapopulation processes between hosts. Read more

Supervisors: Dr FF Freund, Dr S Beleza

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

Pin-ing it down: Understanding the Enigmatic Role of Pin1 in Health and Disease

University of Leicester

Department of Chemistry

Second Supervisor. Dr Gareth Hall, Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology & School of Biological and Biomedical Science, University of Leicester. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RD Doveston, Prof S Macip

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

Structure and dynamics of the intrinsically disordered regions of the RNA binding protein Sam68: implication for RNA binding and phosphorylation.

University of Leicester

Molecular and Cell Biology

A large proportion of the human proteome is composed of unstructured regions, termed intrinsically disordered regions (IDRs). Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Dominguez, Prof A Hudson

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

Optimising site transport deliveries: Modern Methods of Construction (Ref: MMC4-Delivery)

Loughborough University

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Applications of Industrialised Construction (IC) involve producing prefabricated elements in factories, transporting such elements to prepared sites, and assembling these in suitable forms for a safe and operational end product. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Saad

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Integration of Circular Economy Principles into Industrialised Construction: A Design Typology for Reusable Infrastructure (Ref: MMC3-Circularity)

Loughborough University

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

Political attention and concerns are growing around the decreasing resources and the low tendency to reuse, repair, refurbish, recycle, or recover existing infrastructure in the United Kingdom. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Saad

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Architecture of Flexibility in the UK: Towards Broader Customisation in Industrialised Construction (Ref: MMC2-Flexibility)

Loughborough University

School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering

One of the core benefits of Industrialised Construction (IC) is the repetitive standardised advantage gained, allowing broader efficiency, quality, and an inheritable learning process across different projects. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Saad

30 June 2026 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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