University of Bristol, School of Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programs & Scholarships

4-year PhD Studentship in Synthetic Biology for the Rational Reprogramming of Living Cells

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Dr T Gorochowski, Dr L Marucci

Application Deadline: 30 November 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The ability to reprogram living cells would open up opportunities to repurpose biology and tackle major challenges covering the sustainable production of material to the development of living therapeutics [1].

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Characterising the effect of root secretions in vertical farming systems

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Prof C S Grierson, Prof RP Evershed

Application Deadline: 2 December 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Humanity must increase food production by 70% to feed 10 billion people and, according to the UN, more than 5 billion people could suffer water shortages by 2050 due to climate change.

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Deconstructing the Kraken: using genomic and paleontological approaches to understand how cephalopods adapted to the deep sea.

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Dr J Paps, Prof D Pisani, Dr J Vinther

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Cephalopods are the most intelligent of invertebrates, possessing a sophisticated nervous system, complex behaviorand learning capabilities.

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Divide and conquer strategies for population genomics

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Prof M Beaumont

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

DNA sequences contain a wealth of information about the history of a population. Typical genomes contain about 3 X 109bases, of which around 107arevariable in typical samples,reflecting 10 million mutations in the ancestry of the sample.

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Do plants always have to behave that way? Understanding the evolution of root behaviour and its effects on fitness in flowering plants on Mount Etna, Sicily

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Dr J Bridle, Prof C S Grierson

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

A fundamental issue in biology is understanding how.

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Engineering de novo microscopic ecologies to monitor and dissect disease spread

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Dr T Gorochowski, Dr S English

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Understanding what regulates the spread of diseases in space and time is critical if we are to combat them effectively.

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Enhancing the stress tolerance and shelf life of horticultural crops through light quality manipulation

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Prof K Franklin, Prof A M Hetherington

Application Deadline: 2 December 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Despite comprising a small component of sunlight, UV-B wavelengths (280-315 nm) regulate a diverse array of regulatory processes in plants, including growth, metabolite content and resistance to pests and diseases.

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Fine-scale acoustic and movement behaviour of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in Cardigan Bay, Wales

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Dr S King, Prof M Genner

Application Deadline: 6 January 2020

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

The bottlenose dolphin is a qualifying feature of three Special Areas of Conservation (SAC) in the UK, two of which are in Cardigan Bay, Wales.

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Identifying mechanisms for cell division plane orientation in plants

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Dr J Harrison, Dr T Gorochowski

Application Deadline: 2 December 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Summary. Plant shape is a primary determinant of productivity and yield because it affects light interception and photosynthesis.

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Indicators of regime shifts in freshwater ecosystems

University of Bristol
School of Biological Sciences

Dr C Clements

Application Deadline: 16 December 2019

Funding Type

PhD Type

PhD Research Project

PhD Research Projects are advertised opportunities to examine a pre-defined topic or answer a stated research question. Some projects may also provide scope for you to propose your own ideas and approaches.

Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

This project is in competition for funding with other projects. Usually the project which receives the best applicant will be successful. Unsuccessful projects may still go ahead as self-funded opportunities.

Regime shifts, characterised by sudden, often irreversible, changes in the composition of biological communities, can have catastrophic impacts on the ecosystem services which society relies on.

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