Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Reading

We have 82 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Reading

Biological role of neuropeptides and their receptors

University of Reading School of Pharmacy

Cell signalling is critical to the co-ordination and functioning of all cells. Cell signalling allows cells to co-ordinate activities within the intracellular environment as well as ensuring cells know how to correctly respond to other cells and to an ever-changing extracellular environment as well. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Lander

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

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Integrating information from vision and touch in virtual reality telepresence systems

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Virtual reality systems are fundamentally altering how we study human sensory perception. Similarly, to build good virtual reality systems we need a clear understanding of how the brain integrates sensory information into a robust and useful percept. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Scarfe

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

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Ion channel regulation in models of neurodegeneration

University of Reading School of Pharmacy

Ion channels are important regulators of cellular physiology. There is now growing awareness that these proteins are invovled in pathological states, with relation to neurodegeneration voltage-gated potassium and voltage-gated calicum channels have been implicated. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Dallas, Prof G J Stephens, Dr A Bithell

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

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Music and language processing in autism and amusia

University of Reading School of Psychology & Clinical Language Sciences

Music and language are fundamental traits of human existence. They both rely on complex sound sequences to convey meaning. It has been hotly debated whether the two are processed through distinct cognitive modules or using shared mechanisms. Read more

Supervisor: Dr F Liu

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

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Extracellular vesicles in health and disease

University of Reading Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Endothelial dysfunction (ED) is associated with classical and emerging risk factors of cardiovascular disease (CVD), correlates with disease progression and is an independent predictor of the risk of future cardiovascular events. Read more

Supervisors: Prof P Yaqoob, Dr D Tannetta

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

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Prebiotics and synbiotics for human health - converting biomass into functional food ingredients

University of Reading Department of Food and Nutritional Sciences

Prof. Rastall is interested in research in the area of prebiotic oligosaccharides, synbiotic combinations with probiotics and the impact of structure on the gut fermentation of carbohydrates. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Rastall

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

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EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Mathematics for our Future Climate: Theory, Data and Simulation

University of Reading

Imperial College London, the University of Reading and the University of Southampton are thrilled to invite passionate and dedicated individuals to apply for our exciting new EPSRC CDT in the Mathematics for our Future Climate starting in October 2024. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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We have 82 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Reading

Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Reading

We have 82 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in Reading

University of Reading

Biological role of neuropeptides and their receptors

Integrating information from vision and touch in virtual reality telepresence systems

Ion channel regulation in models of neurodegeneration

Music and language processing in autism and amusia

Extracellular vesicles in health and disease

Prebiotics and synbiotics for human health - converting biomass into functional food ingredients

EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in the Mathematics for our Future Climate: Theory, Data and Simulation

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