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

Pharmacokinetics Guided Natural Products Exploration for Drug Discovery, Development, Delivery and Therapy

Supervisors: Dr Muhammad Wahajuddin, Dr S Swaroop, Dr S Khan

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Natural products have emerged as a key standard in novel and safe delivery of anticancer bioactive compounds. Apart from their ease of administration and delivery, natural/phytochemicals still face several hurdles, due to their physiochemical and pharmacokinetic properties. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

New Drugs for Brain Tumours: Prodrugs of Diazopropyne

Supervisors: Dr R Wheelhouse, Dr S Shnyder

Research Group: Medicines Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences

The propargyl group, introduced to temozolomide-like drugs for brain tumours by our colleagues in Nottingham, shows considerable pre-clinical promise and… Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

New Drugs for Brain Tumours: Defining the Physicochemical Parameters for Optimal Imidazotetrazine (Temozolomide) Derivative Prodrug Activation Kinetics

Supervisors: Dr R Wheelhouse, Dr S Shnyder, Dr A Ramachandra Kurup Sasikala

Research Group: Medicines Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences

The imidazotetrazine ring system that forms the core of the anticancer drug temozolomide is a fascinating prodrug delivery device. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

New Drugs for Brain Tumours: A Locoregional Implant Brain Tumours

Supervisors: Dr R Wheelhouse, Prof A Paradkar, Dr S Shnyder

Research Group: Medicines Development and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Next-generation temozolomide derivatives for the treatment of high-grade glioma have been developed at the University of Bradford. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

University of Dundee School of Life Sciences

China Scholarship Council: Structural and Mechanistic Chemical Biology of Degraders Mode of Actions

Pioneering discoveries from the Ciulli Laboratory and others have contributed to the establishment of a new modality of chemical intervention into biological systems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Ciulli, Prof R Hay

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

Infection-responsive coatings for the prevention of catheter-associated urinary tract infections

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Prof C McCoy

Medical care has transformed over the last century with significant improvements in the variety and extent to which various diseases can be treated and/or prevented. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Biomaterial coatings with lubricious, slippery coatings for improved urinary catheter performance

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Prof C McCoy

Intermittent urinary catheterisation is commonly used to address chronic urinary retention in patients suffering from conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Designing next-generation urinary catheter materials for clean intermittent self-catheterisation through control of the urinary microbiome

Supervisors: Dr M Wylie, Dr L Sherrard

Intermittent urinary catheterisation is commonly used to address chronic urinary retention in patients suffering from conditions such as spinal cord injury, stroke, and multiple sclerosis. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Development of carbohydrate-functionalised materials for detection and prevention of medical device-associated infections

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Antibiotic-resistant bacteria are a growing problem in the 21st century, causing longer and more serious infections, and resulting in poor outcomes for vulnerable patients. . Read more

Supervisor: Dr M Wylie

Microneedle delivery systems for minimally-invasive patient diagnosis/monitoring

Supervisor: Prof R Donnelly

In this project, a novel type of integrated system will be investigated that will by-pass the skin barrier. On its surface will be multiple microscopic needles that pierce the skin without causing any pain – the sensation is said to feel like a cat’s tongue or sharkskin. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Microneedle delivery systems for next-generation antibody therapeutics

Supervisor: Prof R Donnelly

Microneedle arrays are minimally-invasive devices that painlessly, and without drawing blood, penetrate the skin’s stratum corneum barrier. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Does one size fit all for antimicrobial delivery via nanoparticles

Supervisors: Dr J Burrows, Prof B Gilmore

Antimicrobial resistant bacteria are a growing problem and new ways are needed to target bacterial infections more efficiently. One way in which bacteria can avoid therapeutics is via intracellular infection, where they hide within our own cells. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

Regulation of CaaX protein processing

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

USP17 is over-expressed in a range of primary tumours including NSCLC, breast, colorectal, cervical, ovarian and osteosarcoma and its depletion has been shown to block the growth of cells from all these cancer types, as well as the migration of a range of cancer cells (NSCLC, breast, ovarian, osteosarcoma). . Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Burrows

The role of carers in medicines management for people living with dementia

Supervisors: Dr H Barry, Prof C Hughes

It is estimated that there are close to 50 million people living with dementia worldwide, and this number is estimated to double every 20 years. Read more

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only