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Transglutaminase 2 (TG2) as a novel cancer biomarker and target for chemotherapy
Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Biomedical Research Group
Research Group. Biomedical Research Group. https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/biomedical. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Coussons, Dr C Pike
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Novel senolytic drugs as anticancer therapies
Imperial College London Institute of Chemical Biology
Supervisors. Prof Ed Tate (Professor of Chemical Biology, Imperial College London and the Francis Crick Institute), Prof Jesus Gil (Institute of Clinical Sciences, Imperial College London). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof E Tate, Prof J Gil
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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PhD in Cancer Genetics - Identifying risk and prognostic alleles for colorectal cancer
Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine
Our group identifies inherited genetic changes that influence risk of developing colorectal cancer (CRC) and considers whether these variants might affect patient survival. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J P Cheadle, Dr H West
 29 January 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project has funding attached for UK and EU students, though the amount may depend on your nationality. Non-EU students may still be able to apply for the project provided they can find separate funding. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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An intelligent scheme to identify novel drug targets through analysing the DNA repairome in drug resistant cancer?
Anglia Ruskin University ARU School of Life Sciences
  Research Group: Biomedical Research Group
Research Group. Biomedical Research Group. https://www.anglia.ac.uk/science-and-engineering/research/institutes-and-groups/biomedical. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof C Parris
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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From migration to cancer: shedding some light on the multifaceted properties of CCR5.
University of York Hull York Medical School
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 Supervisor: Dr N Signoret
Open Day(s)  21 February 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

This research project has funding attached. It is only available to UK citizens or those who have been resident in the UK for a period of 3 years or more. Some projects, which are funded by charities or by the universities themselves may have more stringent restrictions.

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Medical Sciences & Translational Research PhD: Fertility preservation in children with cancer
University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine
  Research Group: MRC Centre for Reproductive Health
Cancer rates in children have increased dramatically over recent decades and the increasing incidence, coupled with remarkable improvements in cure rates (>80% 5-year survival), have resulted in an increase in young adults experiencing infertility as a result of their treatment. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Mitchell, Prof D O'carroll, Prof A Goriely
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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Role of lipid droplets in sustaining metastasis of aggressive medulloblastoma tumours
University of Bath Department of Pharmacy & Pharmacology
The University of Bath is inviting applications for the following PhD project commencing in October 2021. Funding is available to candidates who qualify for ‘Home’ fee status. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M V Niklison Chirou
 31 January 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

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A whole-genome CRISPR screening approach to identify key genes involved in hypoxia-induced inhibition of cell death in muscle-invasive bladder cancer cells that can then be used to improve the efficacy of radiotherapy and chemotherapy
The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health
Hypoxia plays a critical role in promoting a metastatic phenotype and underpins treatment resistance for radiotherapy, chemotherapy, and immunotherapy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof A Choudhury, Prof P Hoskin, Dr A Adamson, Dr A Hudson
 24 January 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Nutrition, ageing and prostate cancer: an experimental approach using Drosophila
University of Liverpool MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership
Can nutritional and ageing biology solve the problem of prostate cancer? This project will test this idea using experiments in. Drosophila. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr S Wigby, Dr C Wilson, Dr M J P Simons, Dr D H Bennett
 27 January 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but potential funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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Fear of Progression: a qualitative study of patients treated for oral potentially malignant lesions (OPMD).
University of Dundee Dental School
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 Supervisors: Dr M Macluskey, Dr S Shepherd
 28 February 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Integrated chemical biology approach to study cellular redox signaling and its associated diseases
University of Hong Kong School of Biomedical Sciences
Redox-active compounds, which can undergo oxidation/reduction readily, were once classified as detrimental compounds in biology and known to contribute to serious diseases such as cancer, obesity, diabetes and neurodegenerative disorders. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr C Yik-Sham CHUNG
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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Method development and application of single cell technologies
University of Hong Kong School of Biomedical Sciences
Single cell technologies have gained immense popularity in the recent past. There has been major technological advancement in how to efficiently capture individual cells in a high throughput manner. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A Javed
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

This project has funding attached, subject to eligibility criteria. Applications for the project are welcome from all suitably qualified candidates, but its funding may be restricted to a limited set of nationalities. You should check the project and department details for more information.

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Chiral allene derived-metal complexes for asymmetric catalysis and metallotherapy (MUNOZMU21SF)
University of East Anglia School of Chemistry
Applications are welcome for a self-funded PhD project to be developed at the School of Chemistry of the University of East Anglia to work in the research group of Dr M. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Munoz-Herranz, Dr R Lord
 31 May 2021 PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Investigating the pathogenesis of human papillomavirus (HPV) in anal cancers
University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences
Infection with human papillomavirus (HPV) is associated with ~5% of all human cancers, in particular cervical cancer. Whilst less common, HPV is also associated with the vast majority (~93%) of anal cancers in the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Macdonald, Dr A Samson
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

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PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

This project does not have funding attached. You will need to have your own means of paying fees and living costs and / or seek separate funding from student finance, charities or trusts.

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Unravelling the cellular and molecular mechanisms underlying chemoresistance in cancer
University of Liverpool Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine
Background. Failure to execute apoptosis is a hallmark of cancer. Most chemotherapeutic agents kill cancer cells by inducing apoptosis, however resistance is often acquired over time, resulting in tumour relapse. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Varadarajan
 Year round applications PhD Research Project

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

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Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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