Other PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for European Students (exc UK)

Supervisors: Dr L Zuccolo, Dr C Borges, Dr R Freathy

Rationale. Breastfeeding is the biological norm and sustainable. It is also potentially life-saving, particularly for premature babies and those without access to clean water. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Integration of transactional and Ecological Momentary Assessment data for cancer risk factor prediction

Supervisors: Dr AS Skatova, Dr A Skinner, Prof T Gaunt, Prof R Martin

Rationale. Shopping history records, collected via purchases tracked on loyalty cards, can provide a new perspective on lifestyle choices and behaviours and how these relate to health outcomes such as cancer. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Establishing and orienting causal relationships between sleep characteristics and reproductive function

Supervisors: Dr R Richmond, Dr G Sharp, Prof D Lawlor

Rationale. A large body of literature from animal studies has highlighted the role of core clock genes in relation to reproductive function [1]. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Breastfeeding and big babies - lifecourse and genomics epidemiological approaches to disentangle cause and effect.

Supervisors: Dr L Zuccolo, Dr LJ Johnson, Dr L Howe, Dr C Borges

Rationale. The World Health Organisation recommends exclusively breastfeeding for 6 months, but in the UK, only 1% of infants meet the guidelines (1). Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Investigating the role of dietary fructose in the development of early-onset colorectal cancer

Supervisors: Dr E Vincent, Dr A Chambers, Dr R Richmond, Dr NM Murphy

Project Background. This project will investigate the role of fructose in the development of early-onset colorectal cancer (EOCRC) in adults <50 years. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Harnessing the genetics of DNA methylation to understand context-specific gene regulation in disease

Supervisors: Dr J Min, Dr E Hannon, Prof J MIll, Dr GL Leyden

Project Background. Genome wide association studies (GWAS) have discovered many genetic associations with health outcomes. However, most GWAS signals reside in non-coding regions and it is likely that GWAS variants confer their effects through a regulatory mechanism. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Synthesizing evidence on different outcome scales: development of mapping methods for analysing childhood obesity data

Supervisors: Prof J Higgins, Dr AD Davies

Obesity in childhood is a central theme in life course epidemiology. As well as middle-age mortality, childhood obesity is associated with type 2 diabetes and heart disease in adulthood [1]. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Metabolomic characterisation of adiposity across the life course

Supervisors: Dr L Corbin, Prof N Timpson, Dr RT Tsang

Project Background. There is evidence that adiposity, measured by body mass index (BMI), causally influences a range of health outcomes, but little understanding of the mechanisms driving BMI effects. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Exploring the relationship between alcohol consumption and self-harm combining epidemiological and human laboratory methods

Supervisors: Dr B Mars, Dr J Heron, Assoc Prof AA Attwood, Prof M Munafo

Project Background. Self-harm is a major public health concern. It is the strongest predictor of suicide and is particularly common among young people; a group in which rates of self -harm and suicide appear to be rising. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Reaction of brain barriers to hemorrhagic stroke

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Affiliation. Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine. Study program. PhD program Biomedical Sciences. Specialization. Cell and Tissue Morphology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr PS Solár

Identification and functional analysis of novel factors driving meiotic chromosome segregation in Caenorhabditis elegans

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Affiliation. Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine. Study program. PhD program Biomedical Sciences. Specialization. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr NS Silva

Mechanisms of primary cilia formation

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Affiliation. Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine. Study program. Ph.D. program Biomedical Sciences. Specialization. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Cajánek

Novel mechanisms of skeletogenesis

Supervisor: Dr MB Bosáková

Affiliation. Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine. Study program. PhD program Biomedical Sciences. Specialization. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology . Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Using human pluripotent stem cell-based models to study glia-associated biology in neurological diseases

Supervisor: Dr DB Bohačiaková

Affiliation. Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine. Study program. Ph.D. program Biomedical Sciences. Specialization. Cell and Tissue Morphology. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Characterization of cyclin-dependent kinase 12 (CDK12) substrates and their roles in regulation of transcription and tumorigenesis

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

Doctoral study program. Life Sciences. Research area. RNA/nucleic acids research in health, cancer biology. Cdk12 is transcriptional cyclin-dependent kinase (Cdk) found mutated in various cancers. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Blažek