Biochemistry (pharmaceutical science) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

University of Kent Medway School of Pharmacy

Deciphering the landscape of nucleoporin and lamin function in nucleocytoplasmic communication, nuclear scaffolding and transcriptional control in disease prevention

The nucleus has an instrumental role in cellular responses by coordinating shuttling of components in and out of the nucleus and gene expression with genome architecture and stability. Read more

Supervisors: Dr F Papagiannouli, Dr G Lall

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

University of Adelaide School of Chemical Engineering

Pharmaceutical process development, optimization and scale-up of plant-based cancer drugs

Project - We are pleased to announce an exciting PhD opportunity within our ground-breaking project dedicated to the optimization of extraction and purification processes of plant-derived molecules, with potential applications in cancer treatment as a collaborative effort with the South Australian immunoGENomics Cancer Institute. Read more

Supervisors: Dr LT Toronjo-Urquiza , Dr AKJ kumorkiewicz-jamro

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

Investigation of the extracellular matrix as a regulator of Parkinson’s progression

Supervisor: Dr SM Dickens

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Parkinson’s is the 2nd most common neurodegenerative disease, affecting around 1 in 20 people aged over 65. In the UK, the number of affected people is set to rise by 50% over the next 50 years due to ageing populations. Read more

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

The University of Manchester Department of Chemistry

Building Enzymes with New Catalytic Functions & Design and Evolution of Enzymes with New Catalytic Functions

A fully funded studentship is available, based at the Manchester Institute of Biotechnology under the supervision of Prof Anthony Green. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Green

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Mechanisms underlying the effects of activated protein C (APC) in cardiac muscle

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr T Nasim, Prof MR Boyett

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

APC is an anticoagulant enzyme that also exerts antithrombotic, anti-inflammatory, antiapoptotic and a variety of other cytoprotective effects in different tissues, where the mechanism of action is thought to involve the endothelial protein C receptor (EPCR) and a protease activated receptor (PAR). Read more

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

Characterisation of adrenoceptor and muscarinic receptor subtypes coupled to potassium channels in chondrocytes from bovine cartilage

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr M Katsikogianni, Dr N Javid

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Several outward potassium currents have been identified in bovine chondrocytes (review Mobasheri et al. 2012). These include ATP-sensitive and a Calcium-activated potassium currents (Sanches & Lopez-Zapata, 2011). Read more

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

Beat-to-beat modulation of Calcium-induced Calcium release in cardiac muscle

Supervisors: Dr M Hussain, Dr J Muller, Prof MR Boyett

Research Group: Chemistry and Biosciences

Contraction in the heart is well known to be dependent on a transient rise in intracellular calcium concentration. Read more

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

Breaking the resistance: alternative approaches to antibiotics discovery

Supervisor: Prof G Wagner

The World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as one of the top 10 global threats to human health (http://www.who.int/). Read more

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

Breaking the resistance: alternative approaches to antibiotics discovery

Supervisor: Prof G Wagner

The World Health Organisation (WHO) identifies antimicrobial resistance (AMR) as one of the top 10 global threats to human health (http://www.who.int/). Read more

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

Maastricht University Cardiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (CARIM)

In Silico targeting of unstructured extracellular histones: En route to a new horizon of drug discovery to target disordered proteins) – second call for applications

Applications can only be submitted via our website. The specific position for Doctoral Candidate 6 (DC6) in the consortium, which is part of Work Package 2 (WP2), aims. Read more

Supervisor: Dr G Nicolaes

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Lancaster University School of Engineering

Fully-funded PhD Studentship in Controlling Transport of Colloidal Particles in Complex Fluids in Microfluidic Devices

Supervisors. Primary supervisor. Dr Naval Singh, School of Engineering (Chemical Engineering). Secondary supervisor. Dr John Hardy, Department of Chemistry. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Singh, Dr J Hardy

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

Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Prof C McCoy

Medical care has transformed over the last century with significant improvements in the variety and extent to which various diseases can be treated and/or prevented. Read more

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

Biomaterial coatings with lubricious, slippery coatings for improved urinary catheter performance

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Prof C McCoy

Intermittent urinary catheterisation is commonly used to address chronic urinary retention in patients suffering from conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. Read more

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

Designing next-generation urinary catheter materials for clean intermittent self-catheterisation through control of the urinary microbiome

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Dr L Sherrard

Intermittent urinary catheterisation is commonly used to address chronic urinary retention in patients suffering from conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. Read more

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