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We have 181 PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Self-funded Students in Reading

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Platelets in health, ageing and disease: new diagnostics and treatments

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences
Platelets are small blood cells that play a vital role in the chronic and acute progression of Cardiovascular Disease (CVD), and also have roles in immunity, inflammation, cancer metastasis, Alzheimer's disease and a range of infections, such as dengue, HIV-1, malaria, and COVID-19. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr CI Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Trace evidence: Locard’s exchange principle using invertebrates

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
In most criminal or forensic investigations, much of the work focuses on the collection and assessment of biological traces of human origin. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M A Perotti
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Forensic acarology: the importance of mites in forensic investigations

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
This project involves the study of mites (Acari) in their role as useful markers in forensic investigations. . Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M A Perotti
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Multi-organ signalling and diseases. How maintaining skeletal muscle mass impacts the development of liver diseases

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences
Skeletal muscle has a number of roles in the human body beyond locomotion. It has a vital role in controlling the metabolic activity the organism. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof K Patel
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Systems level analysis of platelet signalling

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences
We are interested in how intracellular signal transduction networks bring about complex biological behaviours in cells. We do this by combining computational biology with wet laboratory experimentation. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M J Fry, Prof J M Gibbins
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The regulation of platelet function - towards new strategies to prevent thrombosis

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences
Project Overview. Platelets perform a pivotal role in the regulation of haemostasis, a physiological response to injury that prevents excessive bleeding. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof J M Gibbins
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Understanding extinction risk in the Anthropocene

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
We live in a humanized world in which even the most remote areas have been affected by the actions of our species. Human impacts have caused a widespread loss of biodiversity, to the point that we have likely entered the sixth mass extinction event on Earth, the first primarily caused by humans. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr M Gonzalez-Suarez
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Next generation wearable healthcare sensors

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering
The aim of this project is to research and develop the next generation of Internet of Things (IoT) connected wearable sensor technologies for applications in healthcare and physiotherapy. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof S Sherratt, Prof W Harwin, Dr S Hadjiloucas, Prof F Hwang
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Ecology and behaviour of urban wildlife

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
The construction and development of urban areas is a relatively recent phenomenon. Urbanisation does, however, impose a range of advantages and disadvantages for biological organisms and which can bring them into conflict with humans. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr P J Baker
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Understanding the mechanisms behind co-linkage of antimicrobial and heavy metal resistance genes in pathogenic bacteria from livestock in the UK.

University of Reading School of Biological Sciences
Project Overview.  . Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is a crisis of international concern, with approximately 44% of all prescribed antibiotics used in veterinary medicine within the UK. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr G Mulley, Prof S C Andrews
 24 June 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Significance of acari as location and time makers of buried corpses and mass graves

University of Reading School of Biological Sciences
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 Supervisor: Dr M A Perotti
 21 June 2024  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of a collaborative robot – human-robot collaboration

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Engineering
Robots work effectively in factories. For example, in car factories, huge robotic arms pick up car parts and join them to the skeleton of the car, working at less than millimetre and millisecond precision. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr Y Hayashi
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Impact of maternal obesity on offspring adipogenesis

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences
Obesity is the major health crisis of this generation. Thus, research into the mechanistic basis behind obesity is of paramount importance. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D Sellayah
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Low density lipoprotein oxidation and atherosclerosis

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences
Project overview. The research in Professor David Leake’s group is concerned with atherosclerosis, the underlying cause of coronary heart disease and thrombotic strokes. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof D S Leake
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Multilevel selection on transposition rates in cancer

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
Cancer is an evolutionary process. Cells in a tumour vary due to mutation, and so over many generations they adapt in response to both intrinsic selective pressures (such as anoxia) and extrinsic selective pressures (such as chemotherapy). Read more
 Supervisor: Dr L J Johnson
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