Engineering (biological sciences) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 124 Engineering (biological sciences) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Examining the mechanisms that cause cardiovascular disease by studying the heart or adipose tissue

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Heart failure has a serious impact on our society and once diagnosed has a poor survival rate. In the United Kingdom, there are about 1.5 million people living with the after-effects of a heart attack. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Boateng

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

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Platelets in health, ageing and disease: new diagnostics and treatments

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Platelets are small blood cells that play a vital role in the chronic and acute progression of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), and also have roles in immunity, inflammation, cancer metastasis, Alzheimer's disease and a range of infections, such as dengue, HIV-1, malaria, and COVID-19. Read more

Supervisor: Dr CI Jones

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

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Assessment of phototherapy with model organism Saccharomyces cerevisiae

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Project Overview. . Saccharomyces cerevisiae is extensively used as model organism and is well understood from a sequencing perspective so up-regulation or down-regulation of gene expression is tractable. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Hadjiloucas, Dr E Delivopoulos

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

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Toxic effects of breast cancer treatment on the heart: using artificial intelligence to predict the potential for heart failure

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Project Overview. . Breast cancer is the most common cancer worldwide with ~15% of cases caused by a single gene, HER2. These women are treated with an antibody therapy (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Clerk, Prof W Holderbaum, Prof S Nasuto

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

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Animats - neural culture-controlled robots for closed-loop neuroscience

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

The project will continue research started at the University of Reading on animats - robotic platforms controlled in real time by activity of biological neuron cultures - and will investigate the methods for implementing efficient conditioning protocols. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Nasuto, Dr E Delivopoulos

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

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Machine learning for affective manipulation in music brain computer interfaces

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

At the University of Reading, we have created one of the first music brain computer interfaces (BCI). Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Nasuto, Prof F Hwang

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

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Designing Technology for Personalised Nutrition

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

This PhD investigates the design of technology to provide personalised nutrition advice. Non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease are major challenges globally, and can be addressed, in part, by eating a healthier diet. Read more

Supervisor: Prof F Hwang

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

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Deriving functional neurons from hIPSCs

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Neuronal networks grown on petri dishes encode information as electrical activity. This activity is dictated by their underlying structural and functional connectivity. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Delivopoulos, Dr F Tamagnini

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Understanding the cardiotoxic effects of anti-cancer therapies; a multidisciplinary approach

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

There are >18 million new cancer patients worldwide every year, of which >2 million are women with breast cancer. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P R Dash, Prof W Holderbaum, Prof S Nasuto, Prof N Derakhshan

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

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Innovative Biological Scaffolds for Regenerative Replacement of Dysfunctional Heart Valves

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

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

Supervisor: Dr H.E. Berry

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

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3D printing spinal cords

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Project Overview. This project offers an exciting opportunity to use hydrogels and 3D printing to engineer a segment of the spinal cord, which could be further developed into a transplant for patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). Read more

Supervisor: Dr E Delivopoulos

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

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Biomechanics and wearable sensors

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Project Overview. Movement analysis and recording in humans has been confined to dedicated gait and motion capture facilities, but this only records movements for a single part of one day in an unusual environment. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Harwin, Prof F Hwang

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

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Effect of dietary vitamin B supplementation on brain synaptic activity

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Numerous studies have demonstrated the importance of B vitamins (e.g., B6, B12 and folate) for optimal physiological and neurological functioning. Read more

Supervisors: Prof Y Zheng, Prof C Williams

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

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Understanding the Electric Field in Electrical Stimulation for Biomedical Applications

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Functional electrical stimulation (FES) is a treatment that applies small electrical charges to a muscle that has become paralysed or weakened, due to damage in the brain or spinal cord. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Holderbaum, Prof S Nasuto

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

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Delivering Sustainable Energy Solutions to Ports

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering

Ports are major sources of greenhouse gas emissions as they commonly move up to 10,000 containers a day from ship to road or rail transport and correspondingly in the reverse direction from land transport onto ships. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Holderbaum, Prof W Harwin

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We have 124 Engineering (biological sciences) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Engineering (biological sciences) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 124 Engineering (biological sciences) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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