cancer therapy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 28 cancer therapy PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

Treating Glioblastoma: Tricyclic antidepressants repositioned and administered as a cancer therapy by a novel nanoparticle delivery system in vitro

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

Cancer is a disease that is rapidly increasing. The initiation and progression of cancer is a central topic of countless research with discoveries of multiple pathways implicated in formation and advancement of this debilitating disease. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Elbediwy

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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The role of eIF2Bα in the response to Integrated Stress Response (ISR) modulation in cancer

Sheffield Hallam University Biomolecular Sciences Research Centre

The Industry and Innovation Research Institute (I2Ri) draws on talents, expertise and facilities across Sheffield Hallam University. Read more

Supervisors: Dr E Allen, Dr SC Campbell

10 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Small molecule cancer drug discovery targeting resistant disease.

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Despite continuous advances in targeted cancer therapy in recent years, there remains a major challenge to combat drug resistance and poor levels of efficacy in areas of unmet medical need, such as advanced colorectal and breast cancer. Read more

Supervisor: Prof A Westwell

17 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Identifying Mechanisms of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor Resistance in Breast/Cervical Cancer (with emphasis on FGFR)

Kingston University Faculty of Health, Science, Social Care and Education

FGF signalling is implicated in cancer (e.g., breast and cervical cancer) susceptibility and progression, suggesting that this powerful developmental pathway is co-opted by cancer cells. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Chioni

Year round applications PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Targeting dormant cancer cells in myeloma

University of Sheffield School of Medicine and Population Health

Multiple myeloma is the second most common blood cancer and remains essentially incurable. Chemotherapy is effective at reducing tumour and extends survival, but it never fully eradicates disease, so patients face inevitable relapse. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Green, Prof S El-Khamisy

31 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Preventing Prostate Cancer, and Related Metastases

Medical University of Vienna Institute for Pathophysiologie and Allergy

The goal of this project is to elucidate the role of the thyroid hormone pathway for prognosis and therapy response of prostate cancer (PCa). Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Kenner

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Using a zebrafish tumour initiation model, single cell transcriptomics and in vivo live imaging to dissect mechanisms driving the development of tumour promoting neutrophils from the inception of cancer.

University of Edinburgh College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine

Research Group: Edinburgh Cancer Research Centre

****Please direct any enquires to Dr Yi Feng - yi.feng@ed.ac.uk in the first instance****. Students will be registered for their degree at either the University of Glasgow or Edinburgh, depending on the project they apply for. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Khamseh, Dr L Carlin, Dr X Fu, Dr Y Feng

20 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Methylation profiling in colorectal cancer and its relation to other molecular and clinical characteristics

Charles University Second Faculty of Medicine

Methylation profiling in colorectal cancer and its relation to other molecular and clinical characteristics. Second Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatric Haematology and Oncology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr L Boublikova

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Investigating intrinsic and extrinsic mechanisms driving plasticity in colorectal cancer metastasis

Queen Mary University of London Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry

This CRUK-funded project will commence in September 2024 and has funding for 4 years. The successful candidate will be based at Barts Cancer Institute, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FMD), Charterhouse Square in the City of London. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Efremova, Dr G Ficz

24 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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PhD studentship studying the Cancer Microenvironment and Immunotherapy

King’s College London Faculty of Life Sciences & Medicine

We wish to recruit motivated PhD research students to join the translational cancer / lymphoma immunology group led by Dr Alan G. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A G Ramsay

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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NIHR Leeds BRC: Multimodal predictive modelling of outcome in patients with gastrointestinal cancer

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Worldwide, cancer of the upper (oesophagus, stomach) and lower gastrointestinal (colon and rectum) tract is newly diagnosed in 3.6 million patients every year and 2.2 million patients die from this disease every year. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Grabsch, Dr N West, Dr D Magee

26 May 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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An Investigation into the role of Altered Molecular Signalling in Drug Resistance Prostate Cancer

University of Sunderland Faculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing

University of Sunderland, John Dawson Drug Discovery and Development Research Institute. 3-year Funded PhD studentship. Supervisors. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Darby, Dr NC Carter

25 July 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)

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Genomic actions of RAR and VDR ligands

Medical University of Vienna Institute for Pathophysiologie and Allergy

The Doctoral Candidate (DC) will determine whether the combination of RARγ antagonist and VDR agonist is suitable as a differentiation therapy against acute myeloid leukaemia (AML). Read more

Supervisor: Prof E Marcinkowska

29 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of Novel Therapeutic Approaches for Esophageal Carcinoma

Masaryk University Faculty of Medicine

Affiliation. Masaryk University, Faculty of Medicine. Study program. PhD program Biomedical Sciences. Specialization. Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. Read more

Supervisor: Dr RLO Obermannová

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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