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PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK

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Cardio-Bioinformatics Now: Gene Regulatory Networks in the Evolution and Development of the Heart

University of Aberdeen
School of Medicine, Medical Sciences & Nutrition
The student will use comparative genomics to investigate the evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks that control heart development. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Hoppler, Dr A MacKenzie, Dr C Giuraniuc, Dr N Torres-Aquila , Prof C Cañestro, Prof D E K Ferrier
 25 October 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Ancient genomics

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Pontus Skoglund. Project background and description. This PhD-student will join the Crick ancient genomics laboratory and Group Leader Pontus Skoglund to study functional evolution and history in the human past. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Pontus Skoglund Skoglund
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Interaction between host and virus in outcomes of Hepatitis B Virus infection

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Philippa Matthews. Project background and description. This project will be nested in the work of the ‘Hepatitis B elimination lab’ at the Crick. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr PM Matthews
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Assessing and Mitigating the Impact of Space Weather on Critical National Infrastructure Using Artificial Intelligence and Resilience Modelling

University of Portsmouth
School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics (SCMP)
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the Institute of Cosmology and Gravitation and will be supervised by Dr Olugbenga Olumodimu, Dr Becky Canning and Prof. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr O Olumodimu, Dr B Canning, Prof H Dhakal
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Cell types, connectivity, and computation: reconstructing molecularly annotated connectome of the mouse visual cortex

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Petr Znamenskiy. Project background and description. The Znamenskiy lab studies the organisation of neural circuits in the neocortex, aiming to explain how the computations performed by cortical circuits arise from the organisation of their connections. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Znamenskiy
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Cryomicroscopy of lipid-enveloped virus entry and assembly

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Peter Rosenthal. Project background and description. Our group studies the architecture of large protein and membrane assemblies to understand basic molecular mechanisms involved in virus infection. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Rosenthal
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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In situ structural biology of cellular adaptation

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick-University College London Joint PhD project with Peter Rosenthal (Crick) and Amandine Marechal (UCL). Please note. to apply to this project, candidates must be eligible for home tuition fee status. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr P Rosenthal, Dr A Maréchal
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Renormalisation in dynamical systems

University of Portsmouth
School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics (SCMP)
Applications are invited for a self-funded, 3 year full-time or 6 year part-time PhD project. The PhD will be based in the School of Computing, Mathematics and Physics and will be supervised by Dr Andrew Burbanks, Dr Thomas Kecker and Maria Pickett. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr A Burbanks, Dr T Kecker
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Investigating CDK control of the eukaryotic cell cycle

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Paul Nurse. Project background and description. The cell cycle is the process by which all cells reproduce. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P Nurse
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Keeping up with the neighbours: developmental control of tissue growth through local cell communication

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Nic Tapon. Project background and description. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Tapon
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Germ cells in gastruloids

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Naomi Moris. Project background and description. Gametes (sperm and egg) originate from progenitors called ‘germ cells’ that arise early in embryo development, and are crucial for the fertility of the offspring. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N Moris
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development and function of neural circuits underlying collective behaviour

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Michael Winding. Project background and description. Collective behaviour is observed across the animal kingdom, from fish schools to insect foraging groups. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M W Winding
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Investigating the role of signalling and the cytoskeleton during Vaccinia virus egress

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Michael Way. Project background and description. Viruses are obligate intracellular parasites that critically depend on their hosts to generate new progeny. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Way
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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PhD in Education

University of Bristol
University of Bristol, School of Education. Undertake doctoral research and advance your professional practice at a globally recognised, research-intensive university. Read more
 Self-Funded PhD Students Only  PhD Research Programme
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How maternal immune systems evolved to support the placenta

The Francis Crick Institute
PhD Programme
A 2027 Crick PhD project with Margarida Cardoso Moreira. Project background and description. How can the immune system evolve to accept a genetically mismatched tissue? That is the challenge posed by the evolution of the placenta. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Cardoso Moreira
 2 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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