Cancer Biology (cell therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 43 Cancer Biology (cell therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

The role of ubiquitin-modifying enzymes in angiogenesis

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Molecular & Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Ponnambalam, Dr M A Harrison

Open Day(s) Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Therapeutic resolution of Myelodysplastic Syndrome (MDS) by natural products

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics

Myelodysplastic syndromes (MDS) are a type of blood cancer where the patients do not have enough healthy blood cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Nasim, Dr M Najafzadeh

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

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Development of antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) for oncology indications

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

A major challenge in cancer therapy is to develop therapeutic agents that selectively target tumour cells but are not harmful to normal tissue. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Pors, Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin, Prof R Falconer

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

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Haematology: Oncogenic mechanisms causing malignant transformation of B cells and plasma cells

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Cancers of B cells and plasma cells, lymphomas and multiple myeloma, can be very aggressive, and often the cancer rapidly reoccurs after standard therapy. Read more

Supervisor: Prof U Klein

Open Day(s) Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Immunotherapy: Killing Cancer using Dead Virus

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

It is now accepted that our immune systems can hold the key to treating otherwise incurable cancers. So-called “immunotherapy” is an increasingly common method of treating tumours, leading to impressive increases in patient responses. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Griffin, Dr A Samson

Open Day(s) Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Investigating the Mechanobiology of Cancer

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

Cancer is the second-leading cause for death globally and there is a high demand for novel approaches to understand and treat cancer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr K Erdmann

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

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How does the E5 oncoprotein contribute to human papillomavirus replication and disease?

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Macdonald, Prof A Whitehouse

Open Day(s) Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Targeting dormant cancer cells in myeloma

University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Population Health

Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer and remains essentially incurable. Chemotherapy is effective at reducing tumour and extends survival, but it never fully eradicates disease, so patients face inevitable relapse. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Green, Prof S El-Khamisy

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

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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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Understanding immune recognition in oral premalignant disorders (OPMDs)

University of Liverpool Department of Cellular and Molecular Physiology

Oral potentially malignant disorders (OPMD) are associated with an increased risk of transformation to oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC). Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Hunter, Prof NS Savelyeva, Prof C Ottensmeier, Prof RS Shaw

26 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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PhD position in plasma safety and effects on human patient samples and DNA-repair mechanisms

Leibniz-Institute for Plasma Science and Technology (INP) ZIK plasmatis

Short overview of PlasmACT. The PlasmACT network brings together 5 beneficiaries and 10 associated partners, located in 5 different countries (Germany, France, Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg). Read more

Supervisor: Dr LB Böckmann

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

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Deconvoluting the spatial multi-omic landscape of high-grade glioma to target post-surgical residual disease

University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Population Health

Background. High-grade gliomas are the most common cancers arising within the brain and contribute to ~190,000 brain tumour related deaths/year globally. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Collis, Dr O Rominiyi, Dr M Dunning

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

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PhD studentship studying the Cancer Microenvironment and Immunotherapy

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

We wish to recruit motivated PhD research students to join the translational cancer / lymphoma immunology group led by Dr Alan G. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A G Ramsay

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

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We have 43 Cancer Biology (cell therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Cancer Biology (cell therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 43 Cancer Biology (cell therapy) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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