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We have 152 Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students
Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students
We have 152 Evolution PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students
Retrodeformation and Phenomic Data Capture from Fossils to Reconstruct Response to Past Mass Extinction and Global Climate Change
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at the Natural History Museum, London*. The fossil record provides a massive but underused source of data on how organisms respond to large-scale changes in their environment, whether due to extinction, invasion, or environmental change. Read more
Spore It Out: Giving Fungal Spores a Voice
*Please note that this PhD will be hosted at Royal Botanic Gardens Kew*. What if fungal spores could talk?. Imagine unlocking the secrets of fungal biodiversity with unprecedented precision, mapping species and identifying collections effortlessly. Read more
Understanding genomic structural variation for cattle complex phenotypes
Funding. This PhD project is part of a competition funded by SRUC. This opportunity is open to UK and International students and provides funding to cover tuition fees at the UK rate, plus a stipend to support living costs. Read more
(BBSRC NWD) Fungicides and Soil Health: Uncovering impacts for sustainable farming
Annually, millions of tons of fungicides are applied globally to protect crops from fungal diseases, ensuring food security and the production of healthy, high-yielding harvests. Read more
(BBSRC NWD) Investigating eco-corona formation on microplastics/nanoplastics and its impact on biological behaviour in freshwater ecosystems
Microplastics and nanoplastics (MNPs) are pervasive pollutants in freshwater environments, posing risks to aquatic ecosystems, agricultural systems, and food safety. Read more
Fungal disease risks under landscape homogenisation: tracking fungal transmission across plant-pollinator networks using contemporary and historic museum specimens
Mapping how microbial pathogens are vectored through ecological networks is important to understand how direct and indirect species interactions contribute to transmission dynamics. Read more
Automatic feeder for monitoring and supporting bumblebees to counteract the effects of climate change and global insect decline
Motivation. Bumblebees are agriculturally important pollinators, but are currently declining in abundance in the UK and around the world due to climate change and other man-made stressors, such as the use of herbicides and pesticides. Read more
Automatic feeder for monitoring and supporting bumblebees to counteract the effects of climate change and global insect decline
Motivation. Bumblebees are agriculturally important pollinators, but are currently declining in abundance in the UK and around the world due to climate change and other man-made stressors, such as the use of herbicides and pesticides. Read more
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EASTBIO: Molecular basis of gill function in Atlantic salmon: from physiology to health
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more
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EASTBIO: Applying artificial intelligence to vaccine development to tackle a climate change-driven parasitic disease of farmed fish.
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Myxozoan parasites are unusual metazoan parasites causing severe disease in farmed fish species. Read more
(BBSRC NWD) Understanding how commensal bacteria modulate the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The microbes that live on and in the human body do not do so alone. Bacteria which cause infections – pathogenic bacteria – infect as part of diverse, polymicrobial communities. Read more
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EASTBIO: Transposable elements as drivers of evolutionary innovation in relic island populations
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. A long-standing paradox in evolutionary biology is how some introduced species can manage to rapidly adapt and diversify when they colonise a new environment. Read more
(BBSRC NWD) ZombiePhage: how do bacterial viruses evolve into anti-competitor weapons?
Prophages are parasitic genetic elements that integrate within the genomes of bacterial hosts, bursting out with deadly effect in response to stress. Read more
(BBSRC NWD) Identifying molecular mechanisms regulating pathogen growth and host inflammation during fungal and viral coinfections
In the last decades it has become evident that the outcome of infectious diseases can be driven by the occurrence of a superinfection with another pathogen. Read more
BBSRC NWD: On the edges of symbiosis: how insect symbionts evolve in newly established interactions
Background. The biology of arthropods – perhaps more than any other animal – is defined by their interactions with symbiotic microbes. Read more