in vivo PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 88 in vivo PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

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

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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Investigating the self-organizing properties of cardiac cells in vivo

Imperial College London Department of Bioengineering

The key aims of this PhD project are to use knowledge gathered from high precision in vivo imaging and active matter physics-based theoretical modelling to assess how patterns of cardiac cell contractility drive cardiac tissue curvature. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Vermot

2 August 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Dissecting the interface between Klebsiella pneumoniae and lung immune cells in vivo and the effect of new therapeutics.

Queen’s University Belfast School of Medicine, Dentistry & Biomedical Sciences

Research Group: Wellcome-Wolfson Institute for Experimental Medicine

This collaborative PhD between GSK-Siena and the laboratory of Professor Jose Bengoechea at Queen’s University Belfast, is aimed at undertaking a multidisciplinary… Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Bengoechea

22 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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The Role of Reactive Sulfur Species in the Ageing Heart

University of Leicester Molecular and Cell Biology

Second Supervisor. Prof Melanie Madhani, University of Birmingham. Background . Ageing is a natural and complex biological process that involves the gradual deterioration of cells, tissues, and organ systems over time, thus leading to an increased susceptibility to diseases and mortality. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Switzer

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

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Vascularising human mini-brains in a dish

Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust BRC Translational Research (Non-Clinical) PhD Studentships

Blood vessels play a pivotal role in brain development and function. They promote tissue growth and survival by supplying nutrients and oxygen to surrounding tissues, signals to progenitor populations, as well as guiding neuronal migration. Read more

Supervisors: Dr PA Alexandre, Prof D Long

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

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Secretory vesicles in neurotoxicity: an in vivo exploration

Ulster University - Magee Campus Faculty of Health and Life Sciences

Extracellular vesicles are tiny bubble-like structures secreted by multiple cell types including astrocytes, microglia and muscle. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Duguez, Dr W Duddy

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

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Sensitizing AML cells to RAR and VDR ligands (vitamin A and D derivatives) to prevent leukaemia relapse

Medical University of Vienna Institute for Pathophysiologie and Allergy

The doctoral candidate (DC) will perform basic research on leukaemia cell biology in vitro and in vivo at the Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Pharmacology, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MD Danilenko

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

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Activity driven mechanisms of cerebral cortex development in the pathogenesis of intellectual disabilities and schizophrenia

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Medicine

Hodge Centre for Translational Neuroscience. “Towards innovative treatments for mental illness”. Cardiff University Neuroscience and Mental Health Innovation Institute. Read more

Supervisor: Dr FB Bedogni

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

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Treatment of Breast Cancer and Preventing Relapse

Medical University of Vienna Institute for Pathophysiologie and Allergy

The doctoral candidate (DC) The DC will perform biological basic research on cancer in vitro and in vivo at the CIMUS-University of Santiago de Compostela (Spain). Read more

Supervisor: Prof RPF Pérez-Fernández

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

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Microfluidic technologies applied to respiratory diseases

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

Subject area. 3D Printing, lab-on-a-chip, Drug Delivery, Pharmaceutical Technology. In Preclinical studies, a large number of molecules and biomolecules, in a very short time, have to be evaluated in terms of efficacy and toxicity. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Lamprou, Prof M Tunney

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

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PhD candidate - Origin of Obesity and Metabolic Disorders in Childhood (f/m/x)

Helmholtz Zentrum Munich Helmholtz Institute for Metabolic, Obesity and Vascular Research (HI-MAG)

We are Helmholtz Munich. In a rapidly changing world, we discover breakthrough solutions for better health. Our research is focused within the areas of metabolic health/diabetes, environmental health, molecular targets and therapies, cell programming and repair, bioengineering, and computational health. Read more

Supervisor: Prof S Körner

22 March 2025 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Development of new molecular therapies to treat motor neuron disease (MND)

Macquarie University Centre for MND Research

The battle against Motor Neuron Disease (MND) is entering an exciting phase with the development of gene therapies aimed at reducing pathogenic proteins. Read more

Supervisors: Assoc Prof AL Lee, Assoc Prof MM Morsch

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

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(MRC DTP CASE) Understanding how tumour associated macrophages control the tumour immune landscape in NF2-Schwannomatosis

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Type 2 Neurofibromatosis (NF2), now referred to as NF2-Schwannomatosis (or NF2-SWN), is a rare autosomal dominant tumour pre-disposition syndrome characterised by growth of typically benign tumours throughout the nervous system. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Brough, Dr K Couper

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

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Applying novel imaging methods and machine learning techniques to advance in-vivo knee biomechanics analysis

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Engineering

3 years full time start date July/October 2024. Project Summary. This is an opportunity to work on an exciting project focussed on machine learning applied to in-vivo knee biomechanics working with Cardiff University, Imperial College, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and University of Florida. Read more

Supervisors: Prof C A Holt, Dr DW Williams

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Neurovascular coupling in cerebral hypoperfusion

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

There are almost a million people living with dementia in the UK. Most of these cases comprise Alzheimer’s Disease (AD), vascular dementia (VaD) or, as is increasingly recognised, a mixed picture phenotype with evidence of the two conditions co-existent in the same patient. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Pritchard, Dr A Greenstein, Dr I Schiessl, Prof S Allan

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

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We have 88 in vivo PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

in vivo PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

We have 88 in vivo PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships for UK Students

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