Evolution (funded online) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Understanding the evolution of gene regulatory networks through biophysical modelling and machine learning

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The ability to coordinate the expression of genes within a cell is at the heart of life. When and how much of a specific gene is turned into a protein is essential for organisms to respond to their environment and to manage resources. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Lagator, Prof M Rattray

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

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Eco-evolutionary dynamics of environmental microbiomes

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

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Supervisors: Prof M Brockhurst, Dr S Nixon, Dr K Coyte

15 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Phylogeography of Caribbean Herpetofauna

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences

The Caribbean region consists of the Caribbean Sea that is enclosed by northern South America, the eastern cost of Central America and a range of islands from Cuba on the north until the lesser Antilles and Trinidad and Tobago on the East. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Orozco Ter Wengel, Dr F Hailer

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

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The role of regulatory evolution in phage ecology

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

The regulation of genes crucially determines the fitness and function of all organisms. This is particularly relevant for bacteriophages, the viruses that infect bacteria, as they rely on a tightly scheduled program for a successful infection. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Lagator, Dr CI Igler

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

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Optimizing phage-antibiotic-synergies to kill bacterial pathogens

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Phage therapy, the use of viruses that only infect bacterial cells and kill them, is a promising potential solution to the antimicrobial resistance crisis that is threatening modern medicine1. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Brockhurst, Dr CI Igler

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

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How do environmental cues affect reproduction?

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

This project is available to self funded candidates only. The School of Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof E.J. Duncan, Prof A Bretman

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

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International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

Max Planck Society International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) "From Molecules to Organisms"

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “From Molecules to Organisms” provides excellent interdisciplinary training across the disciplines of structural, molecular, cellular and developmental biology as well as bioinformatics, genomics and evolutionary biology. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Max Planck Research Programme

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International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

University of Tübingen

The International Max Planck Research School (IMPRS) “From Molecules to Organisms” provides excellent interdisciplinary training across the disciplines of structural, molecular, cellular and developmental biology as well as bioinformatics, genomics and evolutionary biology. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Max Planck Research Programme

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Revealing the genomic basis of reproductive mode evolution and speciation in Littorina snails

University of Sussex School of Life Sciences

We are seeking an enthusiastic and motivated PhD student to study the links between reproductive mode evolution and speciation in intertidal snails from the genus Littorina. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Stankowski

31 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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(University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Dual Award) Computational evolutionary biomechanics of bipedal/quadrupedal locomotion in early hominids

The University of Manchester Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences

The transition to habitual upright walking is one of the defining features of the human (as opposed to the chimpanzee) lineage and understanding its evolution is therefore of extreme interest to palaeoanthropologists. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Sellers, Prof N Ogihara

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

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Modelling the ecology and evolution of microbial communities

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

From the human gut to deep-sea sediments, microbial communities – or microbiomes – colonize virtually every habitat on earth. These microbiomes are central to ecosystem functioning and to host health, and therefore it is essential that we understand how and why they change over time. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Coyte, Dr C Knight

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

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We have 11 Evolution (funded online) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Evolution (funded online) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 11 Evolution (funded online) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Understanding the evolution of gene regulatory networks through biophysical modelling and machine learning

Eco-evolutionary dynamics of environmental microbiomes

Phylogeography of Caribbean Herpetofauna

The role of regulatory evolution in phage ecology

Optimizing phage-antibiotic-synergies to kill bacterial pathogens

How do environmental cues affect reproduction?

International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

International Max Planck Research School "From Molecules to Organisms"

Revealing the genomic basis of reproductive mode evolution and speciation in Littorina snails

(University of Manchester - University of Tokyo Dual Award) Computational evolutionary biomechanics of bipedal/quadrupedal locomotion in early hominids

Modelling the ecology and evolution of microbial communities

We have 11 Evolution (funded online) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Evolution (funded online) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 11 Evolution (funded online) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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