Biological Sciences (category) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Precision Diagnosis for Congenital Anomalies – using AI & leveraging multimodality data to help counsel parents appropriately in rare diseases.

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust GOSH BRC Applied Child Health Informatics Theme (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Skeletal dysplasias are a heterogenous group of congenital bone and cartilage disorders with genetic etiology. There are currently 461 recognised diseases that fall into this category. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Shelmerdine, Prof I Drobnjak, Prof O Arthurs

15 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Exploring the roles of a novel prion-like protein in stress resistance and ageing (TAYLOR_U24DTP2)

University of East Anglia School of Biological Sciences

Primary Supervisor: Dr. Rebecca Taylor . Secondary Supervisor: Prof. Tom Wileman (QIB) . Ageing is associated with increased rates of disease, including neurodegenerative conditions. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Taylor

9 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The role of the extracellular matrix in cardiomyocyte developmental (SMITH_U24DTP1)

University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School

Primary Supervisor: Dr James Smith . Secondary Supervisor: Dr Iain Macaulay (EI) . Cardiomyocytes are the muscle cells of the heart, responsible for the production of contraction forces. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Smith

9 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Building the vertebrate spine: the neck to thorax transition (MUNSTERBERG_U24DTP1)

University of East Anglia School of Biological Sciences

Primary Supervisor: Professor Andrea Münsterberg . Secondary Supervisor: Dr Wilfried Haerty (EI) . Read more

Supervisor: Prof A E Munsterberg

9 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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New tools for old foes: developing a new class of antimicrobial metallodrugs (LORD_U24DTP)

University of East Anglia School of Chemistry

Primary Supervisor: Dr Rianne Lord . Secondary Supervisor: Professor Mark Webber (QIB) . Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Lord

9 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Controlling greenhouse gas emissions by targeting bacterial G-quadruplex DNA/RNA structures (GATES_U24DTP)

University of East Anglia School of Biological Sciences

Primary supervisor - Dr Andrew Gates . Secondary supervisor - Dr Yiliang Ding (JIC) . As well as carbon dioxide (CO2), other important climate-active gases are known to drive global warming. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Gates

9 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Membrane protein-metabolite interactions important in mitochondrial energy metabolism for burning fat as heat (CRICHTON_U24DTP)

University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School

Primary supervisor - Dr Paul Crichton . Secondary supervisor - Prof. Tom Clarke (UEA) . Mitochondria in our cells harness energy through the breakdown of nutrients to produce ATP through oxidative phosphorylation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Crichton

9 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Developing improved diagnostic tests for vitamin B12 (WARREN_Q24CASE)

University of East Anglia Norwich Medical School

Primary supervisor - Professor Martin Warren . Secondary supervisor - Dr Paul Kroon (QIB) . This PhD opportunity is ideal for graduates in biochemistry or biomedical science with a keen interest in protein science and its application in developing new diagnostic tests and assays. Read more

Supervisor: Prof M Warren

9 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Relationship between IFNγ-dependent tumour escape and immunotherapy

University of Oxford Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Tumours actively escape the immune system by inducing an immunosuppressive state whereby intra-tumoural CD8 T-cells are “exhausted”, lacking effector functions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Gérard, Dr C Leung

3 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Treating Glioblastoma: Tricyclic antidepressants repositioned and administered as a cancer therapy by a novel nanoparticle delivery system in vitro

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Cancer is a disease that is rapidly increasing. The initiation and progression of cancer is a central topic of countless research with discoveries of multiple pathways implicated in formation and advancement of this debilitating disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Elbediwy

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

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Discovery of Novel Biomedical Titanium-Precious Metal Alloys via Laser Powder Bed Fusion

University of Birmingham School of Chemical Engineering

Titanium (Ti) and its alloys have long represented as the ‘go-to’ materials for metallic implants due to their corrosion resistance and low-cytotoxicity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Cox

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Viral-surface interactions studied by vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy

The University of Manchester Department of Materials

The recent COVID-19 pandemic, and in particular fomite transmission of the virus, led to a lot of interest in how viral particles attached to surfaces, their survival times on different materials and how they transferred to hosts. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Thomas, Dr R Lindsay

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

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Biologically plausible computational models of reasoning [SELF-FUNDED STUDENTS ONLY]

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Computer Science & Informatics

This project aims to develop a biologically plausible computational model of how the brain processes reasoning, including deductive and ampliative reasoning. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Kido, Dr MWA Caminada

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

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Differential equation modelling to address male infertility

University of Birmingham School of Mathematics

Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples, is emotionally devastating, and requires expensive and invasive treatments. Importantly, we place a significant and unequal burden on women, who often require risk-bearing procedures to address what is caused by, in 50% of cases, a male factor. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MT Gallagher

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Heads and Tails - Tracking the sperm's beating flagellum

University of Birmingham School of Mathematics

Infertility affects 1 in 6 couples, is emotionally devastating, and requires expensive and invasive treatments. Importantly, we place a significant and unequal burden on women, who often require risk-bearing procedures to address what is caused by, in 50% of cases, a male factor. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MT Gallagher

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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We have 15 Biological Sciences (category) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Biological Sciences (category) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 15 Biological Sciences (category) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Precision Diagnosis for Congenital Anomalies – using AI & leveraging multimodality data to help counsel parents appropriately in rare diseases.

Exploring the roles of a novel prion-like protein in stress resistance and ageing (TAYLOR_U24DTP2)

The role of the extracellular matrix in cardiomyocyte developmental (SMITH_U24DTP1)

Building the vertebrate spine: the neck to thorax transition (MUNSTERBERG_U24DTP1)

New tools for old foes: developing a new class of antimicrobial metallodrugs (LORD_U24DTP)

Controlling greenhouse gas emissions by targeting bacterial G-quadruplex DNA/RNA structures (GATES_U24DTP)

Membrane protein-metabolite interactions important in mitochondrial energy metabolism for burning fat as heat (CRICHTON_U24DTP)

Developing improved diagnostic tests for vitamin B12 (WARREN_Q24CASE)

Relationship between IFNγ-dependent tumour escape and immunotherapy

Treating Glioblastoma: Tricyclic antidepressants repositioned and administered as a cancer therapy by a novel nanoparticle delivery system in vitro

Discovery of Novel Biomedical Titanium-Precious Metal Alloys via Laser Powder Bed Fusion

Viral-surface interactions studied by vibrational sum-frequency spectroscopy

Biologically plausible computational models of reasoning [SELF-FUNDED STUDENTS ONLY]

Differential equation modelling to address male infertility

Heads and Tails - Tracking the sperm's beating flagellum

We have 15 Biological Sciences (category) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Biological Sciences (category) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 15 Biological Sciences (category) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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