Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Leicester

We have 15 Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Leicester

Oxidised nitrogen compounds and their role in the chemistry of air pollution.

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

Project Highlights. · Build a better understanding of nitrogen compounds’ atmospheric chemistry and their roles in determining air quality. Read more

Supervisor: Dr S Ball

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Structural-guided PROTAC targeting of BMX to modulate apoptotic sensitivity in disease

University of Leicester Molecular and Cell Biology

What determines at the molecular level whether a cell lives or dies? Regulation of the cellular life–death switch is essential in healthy cells for normal foetal development and for the clearance of damaged cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JF Fox, Dr JH Hodgkinson

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Using CryoEM to trap and visualise PROTAC drugs in action against cancer targets

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

We invite applicants for a 4-year iCASE studentship to work in collaboration with our industrial partner Peak Proteins, part of Sygnature Discovery. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JH Hodgkinson, Dr JS Schwabe

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Molecular Glues as Novel Tools for Tackling Big Challenges in Human Health

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

Background. The need for new medicines is greater than ever because of an ageing population and the complex clinical challenges brought about by drug resistance and/or side effects. Read more

Supervisors: Dr RD Doveston, Prof S Macip

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Chemical energy conversion in biology studied using advanced spectroscopic and structural tools

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

Redox properties of metal-containing active sites are critically important to many biocatalytic processes. one third of all proteins contain a redox-active metal, and ca 22% of submissions to the Protein Data Bank contain a transition metal. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Ash, Dr H Kwon

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mining natural microbial diversity for optimised biohybrid scaffolds.

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

Global warming caused by greenhouse gases like CO. 2. is a major global concern. Understanding the complex natural cycling of greenhouse gases is crucial to address the urgent climate crisis. Read more

Supervisor: Dr PR Macia

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Carbonyl sulfide (COS) as climate diagnostic: re-evaluating the infrared spectroscopy used for remote sensing of the Earth’s atmosphere

University of Leicester Department of Physics and Astronomy

Planet Earth has a number of natural climate-regulating mechanisms, including the biospheric uptake of carbon by vegetation and the abundance of stratospheric sulfate aerosols (SSA). The former directly removes some carbon dioxide (CO. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Harrison

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Tumour-Specific Delivery of MCL1 Inhibitors Using Novel Peroxynitrite Cleavable Antibody-Drug Conjugates

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

We invite applicants for a 4-year iCASE studentship to work in collaboration with our industrial partner Isogenica. Additional Supervisor. Read more

Supervisors: Prof S Bull, Dr JH Hodgkinson

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Evaluating the impact of genotoxic aldehyde stress in premature ageing

University of Leicester Department of Chemistry

Aldehydes are highly reactive chemicals that are common pollutants and human metabolites. However, the vast majority of aldehydes’ biological functions are unknown. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr R Hopkinson, Dr K Tanaka

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Defining the impact of T cell activation on the protective and migratory capacity of mucosal CD4+ T cells in tuberculosis

University of Leicester Department of Respiratory Sciences

Additional Supervisor. Dr Helen McGettrick, University of Birmingham. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Cooper, Dr J Pearl

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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What is the role of Reactive Sulfur Species in myocardial infarction-induced inflammation?

University of Leicester Molecular and Cell Biology

Additional Supervisor. Prof Melanie Madhani, University of Birmingham. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Switzer

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Assessing the Contributions of the Phase-Variable Sialic Acid and Phosphorylcholine Epitopes of Non-Typeable Haemophilus influenzae to Immunoevasion during Chronic Infections

University of Leicester Department of Genetics and Genome Biology

Additional Supervisor. Prof. Luisa Martinez-Pomares, University of Nottingham. Non-typeable Haemophilus influenzae (NTHi) significantly contribute to human disease including chronic obstructive pulmonary disorder (COPD). Read more

Supervisors: Prof C D Bayliss, Prof C Brightling, Dr C Holmes

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Metabolite profiling and bacterial community structures in polymicrobial infections

University of Leicester Department of Genetics and Genome Biology

Additional Supervisor. Dr Freya Harrison, University of Warwick. This project seeks to understand how bacterial pathogens from polymicrobial infections interact with each other and how these interactions shape infection progress and outcome. Read more

Supervisors: Dr C Jenul, Dr K Schilcher

12 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Mechanistic Evaluation of the effect of dry coated antibiotic amino-acid complexes in Pseudomonas aeruginosa

University of Leicester Department of Population Health Sciences

We invite applicants for a 4-year iCASE studentship to work in collaboration with our industrial partner Aston Particle Technologies Ltd. Read more

Supervisors: Dr AS Rahman, Dr C Jenul

4 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Reconstructing palaeo-Atlantic circulation from oceanic ferromanganese crusts at unprecedented resolution

University of Leicester Department of Geology

Constraining changes in the flow of the North Atlantic Deep Water (NADW) and Antarctic Bottom Water (AABW) currents is paramount to understanding past climate and oceanographic changes to inform future climate susceptibility. Read more

Supervisors: Dr P Josso, Dr TVP van Peer

10 January 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 15 Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Leicester

Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Leicester

We have 15 Chemistry PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Leicester

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