Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Sheffield

We have 85 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Sheffield

BIS-01-Mesnage - Mass-Xplorer, a transformative web-based software platform for peptidoglycomics, a new discipline to explore antimicrobial resistance and bacterial population dynamics

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

Project overview. All bacterial cells are surrounded by a macromolecule called peptidoglycan that underpins cell viability and confers cell shape and resistance to mechanical stress. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Mesnage, Mr N Shephard

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

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Imaging single base-pair damage on single molecules to find out how exactly radiotherapy and chemotherapies work

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Over the last 20 years the Bryant lab has pioneered targeting the DNA damage response (DDR) in cancer. This has caused a shift in precision medicine (e.g. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Bryant, Dr A Pyne, Dr M Newton

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Untangling how Shelterin safeguards telomere structure and stability - one molecule at a time (BIS-04-Newton)

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

Background. Telomeres solve two problems with linear chromosomes. the end-replication problem, DNA loss from the end of chromosomes every replication cycle; and the end-protection problem, protection of the chromosome ends to prevent chromosome fusions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Newton, Dr A Pyne

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

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Deciphering DNA’s hidden mechanical code (MAT-01-Pyne)

University of Sheffield Department of Materials Science and Engineering

Over the past 60 years, we have discovered many of the rules which determine how our genetic makeup affects our health, from Rosalind Franklin’s pioneering discovery of the helical structure of DNA, through to the human genome project. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Pyne, Dr H Bryant, Dr M Newton

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

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ACCE DTP Studentship - Climate-ready and community-informed diversification of local food systems

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

The ACCE DTP is committed to recruiting extraordinary future scientists regardless of age, disability, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, faith or religious belief, pregnancy or maternity, parental or caring responsibilities or career pathway to date. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C P Osborne, Dr R Meijer, Dr J Edmondson, Dr M Blake

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

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ER Phone Home: defence signalling from the endoplasmic reticulum to the cell wall.

University of Sheffield School of Biosciences

We are recruiting for a Sainsbury PhD studentship from the Gatsby Foundation. This fully funded studentship will be based in the Plant Environmental Signalling lab of Prof. Read more

Supervisors: Prof J Ton, Prof I Feussner, Dr M Collins

15 December 2023 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Functional biomechanical assessment of treatment efficacy in Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a major subtype of Motor Neurone Disease (MND). This is a progressive neurodegenerative condition which affects upper and lower motor neurons, resulting in impaired muscle function which can cause muscle weakness which can impact a variety of body systems. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C McDermott, Dr T Bonci, Prof C Brocket, Dr E Buckley

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Defining the impact of therapeutic agents for endometrial dysfunction on endometrial-embryo interactions

University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Population Health

Purpose. The aim of this project is to study the impact of pharmacological agents on the development and interaction of the endometrium and early embryo around the time of implantation. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Lucas, Dr M Fenwick

11 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Enabling safe and efficient generation of stem cell-based therapies

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Cell replacement therapies aim to heal diseased or injured tissues by replacing missing or defective cells. Human pluripotent stem cells (hPSCs) represent an essential pillar of such efforts due to their ability to proliferate extensively and to differentiate into any cell type. Read more

Supervisors: Prof I Barbaric, Prof S El-Khamisy, Dr A Hirst

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Development of novel cold atmospheric plasma-mediated drug delivery for targeted anti-cancer therapy

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Background. Oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) has risen by 60% in the last decade. This cancer is currently treated by surgery followed by radio- or chemotherapy. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Colley, Prof RS Short, Prof K Hunter

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Brain and bone: deciphering the connection [BRONE Study]

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

BONE. Osteogenesis Imperfecta (OI), the commonest form of heritable bone fragility is caused by defects in production, processing, or secretion of type 1 collagen. . Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Balasubramanian, Prof S El-Khamisy

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding the mechanisms associated with mitochondria dysfunction underpinning both age-related hearing loss and neurodegenerative diseases.

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Student-facing project description (500 words maximum). Age-related hearing loss (ARHL) is the most common sensory deficits in humans and one of the most prevalent chronic dysfunctions in older adults. Read more

Supervisors: Prof W Marcotti, Dr H Mortiboys, Dr F Ceriani

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Developing novel gene therapy approaches to inhibit the unconventional translation of neurotoxic dipeptide-repeat proteins in pre-clinical models of C9ORF72-ALS/FTD

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Background. Hexanucleotide repeat expansions in C9orf72 are the most common causes of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a spectrum of fatal neurodegenerative diseases leading to progressive paralysis and altered personality features respectively. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Hautbergue, Prof M Azzouz

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Understanding the role of extracellular matrix remodelling in ovarian cancer metastasis

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Ovarian cancer (OVCAR) is the 6th most common cause of cancer death in females in the UK. While the 5-year survival rate is over 90% for patients with localised tumours, it drops to 35% in the presence of metastasis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Rainero, Dr F Van Eeden

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership: Deconvoluting the spatial multi-omic landscape of high-grade glioma to target post-surgical residual disease.

University of Sheffield MRC DiMeN Doctoral Training Partnership

Primary brain cancers cause nearly 200,000 deaths globally each year, most of which are ascribed to high-grade tumours called gliomas, which are a particular aggressive form of currently incurable brain cancer that has an average survival of only 10-15-months post-diagnosis. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Collis, Dr O Rominiyi, Dr M Dunning

17 December 2023 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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We have 85 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Sheffield

Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Sheffield

We have 85 Biological Sciences PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for Non-European Students in Sheffield

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