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Biophysics (chemistry) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 61 Biophysics (chemistry) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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Novel method development and applications in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance

A 4-year PhD studentship in novel method development and applications in Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) is available in the group of Dr Alice Bowen. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Bowen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Sustainable bioactive 3D scaffolds for bone regeneration prepared via 3D printing: manufacturing, bioactivity and biocompatibility

Applications are invited to apply for a 3.5 year EPSRC funded PhD studentship on the development of a novel injectable bioink (phosphate-gel based) for production of regenerative 3D bone scaffolds. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D Carta, Dr A Pinna, Prof M Baker, Dr P Camelliti, Dr T Sui
 23 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Design of metallo coiled coil MRI contrast agents

This PhD project will develop a new class of MRI contrast agents. MRI is an essential tool for medical diagnosis. Contrast agents play a crucial role in improving the images obtained, and hence patient outcomes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Peacock
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Multi-Scale Mechanics of Biological Composites: Insights from Advanced X-ray Nanotomography

Project Summary. Biological composite materials, such as bone, are three-dimensional, hierarchically structured inorganic-organic composites. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof F Nudelman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Revealing the correlation between physiology and physical chemistry of microcalcification in connective tissue using AI supported tissue characterization.

  Research Group: Healthcare Engineering
A fundamental component of human body is connective tissue which serves various structural and supportive functions including skin integrity, abdominal wall enforcement and bone formation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Chauhan, Dr R Kroger
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Biocatalytic Synthesis and Degradation of Organosilicon Compounds

In synthetic chemistry, there has been increasing prominence in the use of engineered enzymes to execute chemical transformations. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Wong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Developing novel light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) methods

Light-induced in-situ Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) studies are a growing field in both continuous wave and pulsed EPR. It can be used to monitor photoactivated chemical and biochemical reactions involving radical reagents, projects or intermediates. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Bowen, Prof D Collison, Dr A Golovanov
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Dynamic biomolecular nanomaterials and synthetic cells (PhD in Nanotechnology and Chemistry )

The University of Sydney is looking for outstanding candidates for a PhD in DNA nanotechnology and synthetic cells. Biological organisms have developed comprehensive molecular machinery for adapting and re-configuring their states, for example to change shape or colour. Read more
 Supervisor: Assoc Prof S Wickham
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded opportunities at the Max Planck School Matter to Life

The Max Planck School Matter to Life (MPS MtL) offers an innovative integrated Master's and PhD program providing a highly interdisciplinary and research oriented education for excellent undergraduates. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Germany PhD Programme
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Advanced Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy – method development and applications

Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a magnetic resonance technique that is exclusively and exquisitely sensitive to unpaired electrons that are found in radicals and paramagnetic metal complexes. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B E Bode
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Structural biology tools to investigate and target ubiquitin system proteases in cancer

Ubiquitination targets proteins for degradation and regulates virtually all cellular signalling pathways in eukaryotes. The human genome encodes over 50 ubiquitin specific proteases (USPs) that cleave ubiquitin from modified proteins to salvage them from proteasomal degradation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr I Dreveny
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Synthetic and Mechanistic Studies into Enzymatic Degradation of Waste Plastics

Plastics are a broad range of solid polymeric materials that have found widespread application globally. However, there has been a steady accumulation of discarded plastics and there is now growing awareness that they present a significant hazard to the natural environment and human health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L Wong
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Engineering of dynamic Synthetic Cells

Do you want to design and construct synthetic life-like cells? Is it possible to build synthetic cells that mimic the essential functions of living systems? Could these synthetic cells, equipped with programmable functionalities, perform specialized tasks in biological environments and help uncover the mechanisms underlying cellular processes?. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Contini
 27 April 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Synthetic lipid tuning of multilayer formation in model lung surfactant films using advanced laser and neutron reflectometry

This interdisciplinary project combines expertise in pharmacy and chemistry to resolve structures formed in model lung surfactant films as they are tuned by membrane-spanning lipids using advanced physical characterisation techniques. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr R Campbell, Dr S Webb
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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A Biomechanical Perspective on Pathogen Invasion using Artificial Cytoskeletal Networks

Cells are fundamental to all life, a role which demands mechanical versatility. Cells are soft, which enables them to divide, and remodel but cells are also strong, which enables them to withstand stretching and shear. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Aufderhorst-Roberts
 31 March 2025  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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