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We have 1,654 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
We have 1,654 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
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FULLY FUNDED PhD - Design of Next Generation Controlled Environment Systems for Optimised Plant Growth
'TO APPLY, PLEASE CLICK INSTITUTION WEBSITE'. Background. Over a century of research has generated a detailed understanding of how plants perceive and adapt to changes in environmental conditions, with vegetative growth, flowering time, and grain yield each dependent upon light, humidity and temperature conditions. Read more
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PhD studentship - Human iPSC-derived Sensory Neurons to Interrogate the Molecular Interplay between mTORC1 and Histamine Receptors in the Progression of Neuropathic Pain
Overview. Are you interested in exploring novel strategies to alleviate pain responses in patients with chronic pain? This PhD studentship will use stem cell-derived sensory neurons to understand the relationship between mTORC1 and histamine in chronic pain. Read more
Evolutionary innovation through transcription factor promiscuity
The University of Bath is inviting applications from Home students for the following PhD project which will be conducted within the Department of Life Sciences under the direct supervision of Prof Tiffany Taylor with co-supervision from Prof Laurence Hurst. Read more
Investigation of cortical function by large-scale electrophysiology and computational modelling
A fundamental question in sensory neuroscience is what information sensory neurons convey during natural behaviour (‘sensory coding’). Read more
Intestinal immune reactivity of the cell wall fraction of Fusarium Venanatum (ref: RDFC23/HLS/APP/COMMANE)
Aim. To evaluate the immune reactivity and the mechanisms of tolerance that might be associated with the cell wall fraction of Fusarium Venanatum. Read more
Funded PhD - Is faulty fibre function to blame for fibromyalgia? – tracking down chronic pain to its source
Chronic pain is growing epidemic associated with an “opioid crisis” caused by the harms of current pain killers. There is an urgent need to better understand pain mechanisms in patients, to inform personalised treatments. Read more
Understanding how inflammation affects brain disease
We know that both peripheral and central inflammation influence neurological disease. This influence progresses and worsens diverse brain diseases, but the mechanisms involved are poorly understood. Read more
Fluency and Context in Recognition Memory
This project relates to a sort of ‘memory illusion’. On a recognition memory test, increasing the perceptual fluency of a test cue increases the likelihood that the word will be endorsed as ‘familiar’, even if it hasn’t been seen in the study phase (and therefore should have been called ‘new’). Read more
FULLY FUNDED - Thalamic place cells: where are they, how do they get there and what are they for?
'APPLY VIA INSTITUTION WEBSITE LINK'. This is a neurobiological study involving the recording of neurons from freely moving rats and mice in order to understand how neurons encode the spatial environment. Read more
White Rose BBSRC DTP: How do helicases prevent replication and transcription machinery collisions?
DNA duplication is essential for life, but replication forks can be blocked when they collide with obstacles such as proteins bound to DNA. Read more
White Rose BBSRC DTP: Chemical warfare in the rhizosphere: unlocking the defensive roles of plant root exudates against the bacterial pathogen Ralstonia solanacearum
Ralstonia solanacearum is one of the most devastating bacterial plant pathogens worldwide, due to its ability to survive in soil, water and a broad range of host plants. Read more
White Rose BBSRC DTP: Deciphering how GSK-3β activity is coordinated in time and space to control neuronal development
Neuronal axons are the long, cable-like structures that wire our brains and bodies. Their development and maintenance must be precisely controlled by extracellular signals. Read more
White Rose BBSRC DTP: Shining a Light on Enzymes: Photochemistry of Iminases
The industrial production of pharmaceutical compounds requires that they are synthesised in a very specific way, and that the methods used, where possible, involve non-toxic materials and the least hazardous conditions. Read more
White Rose BBSRC DTP: Comparison of the DNA recognition and genome packaging mechanisms used by true viruses and novel selfless viruses
Viruses are the most abundant biological agents on our planet, infecting organisms across all domains of life. They affect humans directly through infectious diseases, as well indirectly through their impact on the biosphere. Read more
White Rose BBSRC DTP: ChemGlycoPectin: Chemical glycobiology tools for the mechanistic exploration and inhibition of pathogenic plant pectin degrading enzymes
Plant pathogens caused hundreds of billions worth of damage to global food production annually in 2023, impacting staple crops such as wheat, maize and soybean all around the world putting an estimated 345 million people at higher levels of food insecurity. Read more
