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We have 434 Microbiology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK
Microbiology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK
We have 434 Microbiology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships in the UK
ACCE+ DLA programme - Making scents of plant pollination: investigating how plant stress affects pollinators
The ACCE+ DLA 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
ACCE+ DLA programme - Exploring the potential roles of free-living rhizobia in rhizobial communities
The ACCE+ DLA 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
ACCE+ DLA programme - EpiPlasticity: exploring the ecological and evolutionary significance of epigenetic defence plasticity
The ACCE+ DLA 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
ACCE+ DLA programme - Resolving interactions between global change and soil microbiome function using metaproteomics
The ACCE+ DLA 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
(BBSRC NWD) Intracellular dynamics of extrachromosomal DNA
The eternal arms race between bacteria and the mobile genetic elements (MGEs) infecting them, such as their viruses (bacteriophages) and plasmids, led to the evolution of sophisticated anti-MGE defence mechanisms. Read more
DEVELOPMENT OF LIVE INVERTEBRATE MODELS FOR TOXICOLOGICAL AND ANTIMICROBIAL SCREENING OF BIOACTIVE MOLECULES, NANOMATERIALS AND DRUG DELIVERY SYSTEMS
Live invertebrates offer significant value for research into toxicology and drug delivery due to their simple yet highly relevant biological systems, which share many similarities with higher organisms. Read more
Building a fluorescent toolbox for exploring translation in Vibrio natriegens
One fully-funded PhD project is available in the School of Molecular & Cellular Biology. We invite applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2025/26. Read more
EASTBIO: Microplastics as degraders of soil biological habitat
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Read more
EASTBIO: Deployment of Microbial Biosensors to Quantify Carbon Sequestration in Soils
This fully funded, 4-year PhD project is part of a competition funded by the BBSRC EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. Biosensors enable a unique insight into the living world through using biological approaches to measure defined parameters. Read more
Stress sensing and cell polarity regulation
Research Group:
Institute of Cell Biology
Cell organisation is critical for cell function and depends on spatial cell-polarity cues and landmarks, both internally and externally. Read more
(BBSRC NWD) Understanding how commensal bacteria modulate the virulence of Pseudomonas aeruginosa
The microbes that live on and in the human body do not do so alone. Bacteria which cause infections – pathogenic bacteria – infect as part of diverse, polymicrobial communities. Read more
(2025-OU12 )Life from fire? Can smouldering gas emissions support microbe growth?
Over one billion people cannot access safe drinking water. Even a robust treatment network – like used in the UK – cannot adequately protect water resources, as a recent 2022 UK parliament report revealed that not a single river in England met good chemical status (Environmental Audit Committee, 2022). Read more
(2025-OU9) Pushed to the Extreme: Extremophile-Mediated Bioremediation of Smouldering Sewage Sludge Emissions
Breakthrough multidisciplinary innovations are needed to achieve improved environmental sustainability and carbon neutrality within a safe, circular economy. Read more
(2025-OU5) Microbial origins of methane emissions and uptake in forested closed landfills
Landfills are the third largest source of anthropogenic methane, a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to global climate change. Read more
(BBSRC NWD) Understanding how translation elongation is regulated to control protein synthesis during the response to oxidative stress conditions
All aerobic organisms are exposed to reactive oxygen species (ROS) during normal aerobic metabolism or following exposure to radical-generating compounds. Read more