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Non-protein ubiquitylation in infection and physiology

Ubiquitylation is essential for eukaryotic life. Until recently, proteins were the only substrates known to be modified with ubiquitin. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr F Randow
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Funded project GW4 BioMed3 MRC DTP - Gatekeepers of GPCR Signalling: Degradation Pathways in Health and Diseas

G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) are the largest family of cellsurface signalling proteins and mediate communication between cells throughout the body and brain. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Grieve, Prof I Collinson
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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The life cycle of ecDNA

A major focus of the lab is understanding the links between replication and mutagenesis (1‑4). Extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) circles are present in a substantial proportion of cancers and frequently harbour oncogenes that drive tumour proliferation (5). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Sale
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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TRIM21 degradation of viruses and aggregates

TRIM21 is the cytosolic E3 ligase and antibody receptor responsible for intracellular antibody immunity. Unlike other ubiquitin ligases, TRIM21 doesn’t have a defined substrate but is directed towards its targets by antibodies. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L James
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating cellular mechanisms of tissue homeostatis and fibrosis using omics approaches

Understanding how cells maintain tissue health or trigger irreversible decline is a frontier challenge in biomedical science. Using lung fibrosis as a primary disease model, this project investigates the core molecular networks controlling cellular fate, tissue regeneration, and scarring. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K N Natarajan, Dr M Jones
 18 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Replicating RNA with RNA

A critical event in the origin of life is thought to have been the emergence of an RNA molecule capable of self-replication as well as mutation, and hence evolution towards ever more efficient replication. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Holliger
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Circuit basis of learning and action-selection

The overall goal of our research is to discover the circuit implementation of learning and action selection. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Zlatic
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Transforming Thoughts into Actions

How does the brain transform what we perceive into what we do? Even a simple action, such as stopping at a red light and moving again when it turns green, requires the brain to select relevant sensory information, form an intention, prepare an appropriate movement and execute it at the right moment. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Tripodi
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Neuropeptide networks in worms and octopus

In recent years, great efforts have been made to map the synaptic wiring diagrams of simple and complex nervous systems. However, chemical synapses, the connections used in most connectomics research, represent only one type of functionally important signalling between neurons. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr W Schafer
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Pathological protein assembly in neurodegenerative diseases

Neurodegenerative diseases are one of the greatest health challenges facing our society. This large group of diseases is characterised by the pathological assembly of specific proteins into amyloid filaments in the central nervous system. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Falcon
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Connectomics across sexes, species and states

Neuroscience in the fly and beyond is being transformed by the availability of connectomes, synaptic resolution wiring diagrams. We have played leading roles in two large collaborations that have recently generated and analysed separate (female) brain and (male) nerve cord connectomes for the fly. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Jefferis
 8 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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GW4 BioMed3 MRC DLP PhD project: Decoding the Cellular Origin of Barrett’s Metaplasia Using Microlasers and Lab-on-a-Chip Technologies

This project is one of several in competition for funding from the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme (DLP), which is offering up to 17 studentships for entry in September 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr SC Caixeiro, Prof D Tosh
 21 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Unitary quantum gravity and the fate of black holes

  Research Group: Applied Mathematics
Black holes have now been observed in detail via astrophysical observations, detections of gravitational waves and pictures of the event horizon. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Gielen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Spin and superradiance in General Relativity

  Research Group: Applied Mathematics
In General Relativity, bodies in freefall follow geodesics in spacetime. For example, the Earth follows a geodesic in the spacetime of the Sun, to a good approximation. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Dolan
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Spacetime emergence and cosmological dynamics in group field theory

  Research Group: Applied Mathematics
Many theories of quantum gravity agree that the spacetime geometry of Einstein’s general relativity needs to be replaced by a different underlying structure. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Gielen
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only