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We have 242 Genetics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
Genetics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
We have 242 Genetics PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students
PhD Studentship Opportunities in the overall Field of Cognition Research
The Max Planck School of Cognition (MPS-Cog) is a joint graduate program of the Max Planck Society and leading German Universities together with Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft, Helmholtz Association, and University College London, and is additionally funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF). Read more
Understanding Spinal Cord Regeneration: The role of dynamic gene expression
Spinal cord injury(SCI) paralysis is a devastating disease that affects at least 2500 people per year in the UK. It carries substantial individual and societal costs with most SCI sufferers experiencing chronic pain. Read more
Why do cancers cells re-express meiotic SYCP1 protein?
The aim of meiosis is to generate gametes by recombining the chromosomes and reducing the genome from diploid to haploid. However, in mitosis haploid genome and recombination have catastrophic, oncogenic outcomes. Read more
Using genome engineering and bioinformatics to understand heterochromatin and centromere function in Schizosaccharomyces pombe and in cancer cells
Centromeres are the DNA sequences on eukaryotic chromosomes that mediate accurate chromosome segregation at both mitotic and meiotic cell divisions. Read more
Investigating bacteria-bacteriophage diversity to develop phage libraries for treatment of bacterial infections
Project Overview. The World Health Organisation (WHO) predicts antimicrobial resistant (AMR) infections will be the leading cause of death globally by 2050. Read more
The role of calcium signalling in regulating of tumour cell behaviour
Metastasis is the major cause of mortality in human cancers, yet we know relatively little of the fundamental biology that underlies the important transition to invasive malignancy. Read more
The use of Drosophila melanogaster to identify novel therapeutic agents for Alzheimer’s disease
Since 2003, our understanding of the causes of Alzheimer’s disease (AD) have improved considerably, however, in that time only one new drug treatment has been approved. Read more
How to build and maintain a 3-dimensional polarised epithelial sheet
We are interested in how cells maintain normal cell shape within an epithelium. Correct epithelial cell shape is essential to maintain tissue integrity and when deregulated can cause diseases such as malignant cancers, diabetes, inflammation, and aging. Read more
Providing insights into the molecular understanding of heart development and the formation of congenital heart defects.
Our research aim is to understand how the heart develops and then how it goes wrong to give rise to congenital heart defects (CHDs). Read more
Saving the planet through carbon recycling: engineering bacterial capture of gasified waste for bioplastics production
Wider context. Climate change caused by the release of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and through change of land use threatens life on our planet. Read more
Biology and genetics of reproduction in filamentous fungi
Fungi have beneficial but also detrimental properties. They are used for the production of foodstuffs and valuable pharmaceuticals and enzymes. Read more
Adaptation to environmental change in animals: ecology, evolution and genomics.
How are animals able to live in different environments, with different temperatures, energetic demands, diet, predators, parasites or pH? Thanks to advances in gene sequencing technology, we are in a remarkable period of discovery about the genomic basis of adaptation and how this depends on the intricacies of ecology and environment. Read more
Investigating monogenic disorders of the protein synthesis machinery
Translation of mRNA into proteins is a critical cellular biological process. We recently described a novel human disorder, now called Faundes-Banka Syndrome (FABAS), caused by heterozygous variants in EIF5A1 that encodes a translation factor. Read more
Cell signalling and gene expression dynamics in Drosophila
During Drosophila development, cell signalling and gene expression are regulated in space and time to allow the correct cell fate decisions. Read more