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Parasitology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

We have 68 Parasitology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students

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Impact of environmental change on the dynamics of freshwater zooplankton and their parasites

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Wallingford UK CEH
Zooplankton are arguably the most important trophic group in lake ecosystems. Their grazing controls algal populations, including harmful or nuisance blooms and they themselves provide food for higher trophic levels such as larger invertebrates and fish. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr J Taylor
 5 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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QUADRAT DTP: The challenges facing African lions: human and environmental impacts

Queen’s University Belfast School of Biological Sciences
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Climate change and human expansion are progressively affecting ecosystems around the world, contributing to substantial wildlife decline and biodiversity loss. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr D M Scantlebury, Dr C Hambly
 17 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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NERC Panorama DTP: Eco-evo dynamics of ranavirus infection in UK amphibian communities

University of Hull School of Natural Sciences
In the late 1980s members of the public in the UK began reporting unusual mass mortalities of common frogs (Rana temporaria). Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Knell, Dr L Lawson Handley, Dr T Garner
 5 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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QUADRAT DTP: Salmonid conservation in American rivers in the wake of proliferative kidney disease (PKD) outbreaks: using functional genomics to understand climate-change driven disease emergence.

Aberdeen University School of Biological Sciences
This fully funded, 42-month PhD project is part of the QUADRAT Doctoral Training Partnership. Climate change is projected to cause elevated water temperatures with far-reaching effects on nutrient cycling, population ecology and shifts in species distributions. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Holland, Dr C Meharg
 17 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discover the mechanism of how trypanosomes epigenetically assemble unconventional kinetochores at centromeres

University of Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Cell Biology
We are interested in revealing the mechanism of chromosome segregation in eukaryotes. Our focus is on the kinetochore, a highly complicated and dynamic macromolecular protein machine that assembles onto centromeric DNA and interacts with spindle microtubules. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B Akiyoshi
 17 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Impacts of climate change on the resilience of natural enemy communities for biocontrol of insect pests

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology - Wallingford UK CEH
Background. There are significant barriers to finding new solutions for sustainable agriculture, whilst ensuring agricultural productivity on a global scale. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Hesketh, Dr S Zytynska, Dr G Aradottir
 31 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Exploring interactions between co-infecting trypanosomatids and other pathogens in a Drosophila model

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science
Co-infection of individual hosts by multiple pathogens species is a common phenomenon observed in natural populations. Nevertheless, our understanding of the interactions between different pathogens and the underlying molecular mechanisms remains considerably limited. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr V Tyukmaeva, Dr M Blagrove, Dr V Croset, Dr E Chrostek
 15 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Structure and function of the mitochondrial DNA network in trypanosomatid parasites

University of Edinburgh School of Biological Sciences
  Research Group: Institute of Immunology & Infection Research
Synopsis. Trypanosome kinetoplast DNA is the most complex mitochondrial DNA network in nature and is a highly promising target for the development of novel drugs to treat trypanosomatid diseases. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Schnaufer, Dr D Michieletto
 17 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Trichomonas parasites bacterial-like bacteriocins: what role in Trichomonas-microbiota interactions?

Newcastle University Faculty of Medical Sciences
This project represents a unique opportunity to gain multidisciplinary skills integrating ‘omics (comparative and evolutionary genomics and transcriptomics)… Read more
 Supervisors: Prof R Hirt, Dr A Jackson, Dr H Strahl von Schulten
 15 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Does the natural larval habitat of a mosquito affect its ability to transmit viruses?

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science
Over the past four years, the UK has had its first confirmed mosquito-borne virus transmission. Usutu virus was detected in wild bird and mosquito populations in and around London. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Blagrove, Dr O Riabinina, Prof M Baylis
 15 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Sustainable control of parasites in ewes

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science
The welfare and productivity of sheep in the UK is currently compromised by the development and spread of resistance to the major classes of anthelmintics (veterinary medicines) used to control parasitic gastrointestinal nematodes. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr H Vineer, Dr J Graham-Brown, Dr J Duncan
 15 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Impact of Arsenophonus apicola infection on honey bees and other pollinators

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science
Background. Bees are economically important, with honey bees providing products and bees more widely providing pollination services in horticultural, agricultural and natural environments. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof G Hurst, Prof G Budge, Prof A Darby
 15 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding positional context of RNA expression within plant tissues using Proximity Ligand AssaY for Rna (PLAYR) and imaging mass cytometry.

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science
This project will focus on aphids as significant crop pests and how plants defend themselves against them. Aphids use specialized mouthparts to navigate through plant cell layers to reach the phloem for feeding, secreting salivary proteins to aid in the process. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Slupsky, Dr S Zytynska, Prof A Filby
 15 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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BBSRC NLD Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding the impact of parasitic co-infections on animal immune health in UK sheep

University of Liverpool Faculty of Health and Life Science
In the UK, sheep are exposed to several helminth parasites over the grazing/production season, including the economically important gastrointestinal nematodes (Teladorsagia circumcincta, Haemonchus contortus and Nematodirus battus) and the trematode Fasciola hepatica (liver fluke) resulting in disease that affects feed conversion, animal growth rates, fertility and quality of meat, wool and milk. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr K Cwiklinski, Dr J Graham-Brown, Dr RAU Urbanowicz
 15 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the contribution of endogenous viruses to the virulence of parasitic eukaryotes

Queen Mary University of London School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences
Supervisors: Dr Alexandre de Mendoza . Funding: China Scholarship Council (CSC). Deadline: 31st January 2024. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A de Mendoza
 31 January 2024  PhD Research Project  Awaiting Funding Decision/Possible External Funding
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