Chemistry (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Graphene oxide as growth factor carriers for meniscus tissue engineering

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Damage to the meniscus of the knee leads to increased risk of osteoarthritis. Tissue engineering of a healthy meniscal fibrocartilage offers the opportunity to restore function. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Lu, Dr S Richardson, Prof P Xiao

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Structural and mechanistic studies of fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling

University of Leeds Faculty of Biological Sciences

The School of Molecular and Cellular Biology invites applications from prospective postgraduate researchers who wish to commence study for a PhD in the academic year 2024/25. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A.L. Breeze, Prof F. Sobott

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Quantifying the risk of precipitating drug induced crystalluria (XTALURIA)

Newcastle University School of Pharmacy

The growth of crystals in the body often results in pain, damage, and gross harm. Read more

Supervisor: Dr O Kavanagh

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Optimising Transient Carbohydrate Partitioning in Wheat to Improve Climate Resilience

Harper Adams University Department of Agriculture and Environment

Elucidating the diversity and flexibility of plant metabolism is a key avenue of research in the pursuit of malleable traits to enhance plant productivity (Paul, 2021). Read more

Supervisor: Dr AWL Watson-Lazowski

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

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FAIROmics - PhD fellowship in plant-based food fermentation genomics.

INRAE Inrae - Paris-Saclay Food and Bioproduct Engineering Research Unit

About the Project. Plant-based dairy and meat alternatives have grown in popularity in recent years for various reasons, including sustainability and health benefits, as well as lifestyle trends and dietary restrictions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MWB Wells-Bennik, Dr HB Bachmann, Dr EH Hester, Prof M Zwietering, Prof VV Valdramidis, Dr MD Dasenaki, Dr KA Karatzas

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

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Investigating a transplantable biomaterial for retinal cell regeneration: a promising treatment for degenerative retinal eye diseases

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

Replacing degenerate retinal cells with new ones using conventional biomaterials has thus far yielded limited success against degenerative retinal diseases, dry age-related macular degeneration (AMD) and subsequent geographic atrophy of the macula. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Alany

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

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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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Bismuth-doped Fibre Amplifiers for Extended Transmission Bands in Optical Communications

University of Southampton Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences

Supervisory Team: Prof Jayanta Sahu . Project Description. Global internet traffic has been growing exponentially over the past two decades with a predicted growth rate of around 40% year-on-year. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Sahu

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

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Determining the water retention behaviour of unsaturated hydrophobic granular soils

University of Edinburgh School of Engineering

Hydrophobic granular soils are under investigation for constructing roads on frost-susceptible soils in China and the US, in preference to cementitious stabilisation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr C Beckett

1 December 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Ultrafast Photochemical and Photobiological Dynamics

University of Bristol Chemistry

Ultrafast Photochemical and Photobiological Dynamics. A fully-funded 3.5 year PhD studentship is available to start in September 2024 in the Oliver research group at the University of Bristol. Read more

Supervisor: Dr T Oliver

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

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Crystallisation in Structured Ternary Fluids for Enhanced Control

Durham University Department of Chemistry

In crystallisation from solution, a ubiquitous process in both industry and the natural world, nucleation is usually the rate-determining step, followed by much faster crystal growth. Read more

Supervisors: Dr S Cooper, Prof J Steed

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

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Foam improved oil recovery

University of Strathclyde Department of Chemical and Process Engineering

Typically in oil and gas production, only a small fraction of the oil present manages to flow out of an oil reservoir under the reservoir’s own pressure. Read more

Supervisor: Dr P Grassia

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Breaking forever Capturing and converting toxic PFAS molecules using coral structured biochars from blade waste

University of Hull Offshore Wind CDT

This Research Project is part of the EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability and Resilience's Keeping it green. Preserving materials and repurposing waste within the Offshore Wind sector Cluster. Read more

Supervisors: Dr M Taylor, Dr A Al-Gailani, Dr G Francesconi, Dr S Richardson

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

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Structural-guided PROTAC targeting of BMX to modulate apoptotic sensitivity in disease

University of Leicester Molecular and Cell Biology

What determines at the molecular level whether a cell lives or dies? Regulation of the cellular life–death switch is essential in healthy cells for normal foetal development and for the clearance of damaged cells. Read more

Supervisors: Dr JF Fox, Dr JH Hodgkinson

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

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Circular production of phosphorous fertiliser – anaerobic digestate matrix effects on recovery efficacy

Harper Adams University Department of Agriculture and Environment

Introduction to research area. The application of animal slurries and anaerobic digestates to land to provide crop nutrients is facing ever increasing regulatory constraints influencing how they are stored and spread to land. Read more

Supervisor: Dr MK Kirby

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

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We have 52 Chemistry (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Chemistry (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 52 Chemistry (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Graphene oxide as growth factor carriers for meniscus tissue engineering

Structural and mechanistic studies of fibroblast growth factor receptor signalling

Quantifying the risk of precipitating drug induced crystalluria (XTALURIA)

Optimising Transient Carbohydrate Partitioning in Wheat to Improve Climate Resilience

FAIROmics - PhD fellowship in plant-based food fermentation genomics.

Investigating a transplantable biomaterial for retinal cell regeneration: a promising treatment for degenerative retinal eye diseases

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

Bismuth-doped Fibre Amplifiers for Extended Transmission Bands in Optical Communications

Determining the water retention behaviour of unsaturated hydrophobic granular soils

Ultrafast Photochemical and Photobiological Dynamics

Crystallisation in Structured Ternary Fluids for Enhanced Control

Foam improved oil recovery

Breaking forever Capturing and converting toxic PFAS molecules using coral structured biochars from blade waste

Structural-guided PROTAC targeting of BMX to modulate apoptotic sensitivity in disease

Circular production of phosphorous fertiliser – anaerobic digestate matrix effects on recovery efficacy

We have 52 Chemistry (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Chemistry (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 52 Chemistry (growth) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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