Cancer Biology (solid) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 18 Cancer Biology (solid) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Designing and evaluating novel nanotherapeutics to enhance the effectiveness of radiotherapy in the treatment of solid cancers.

Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy

One in two cancer patients will receive radiotherapy as part of their treatment. For patients with a localised cancer diagnosis effective radiotherapy represents the best chance of a curative outcome, however, is not without risk. Read more

Supervisor: Dr J Coulter

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

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Designing novel biotherapeutics for effective and targeted treatment of cancer (SACHDEVAA_U24BIGC)

University of East Anglia School of Chemistry

Primary supervisor - Dr Amit Sachdeva. Secondary supervisor - Prof Andy Cammidge. Over the last decade, several antibody-based biotherapeutics have been developed for treatment of cancer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Sachdeva

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

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(MRC DTP CASE) Designing Peptide hydrogels as vehicles for targeted and localised in-vivo therapeutics delivery

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

One of the key engineering challenges in the life-science and biomedical sectors is the design and manufacturing of bespoke hydrogels for 3D cell culture, tissue engineering and cell/drug delivery. Read more

Supervisors: Prof A Saiani, Dr K Finegan

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

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Cancer: Complex 3D modelling of the tumour microenvironment for immunotherapy combination screening

University of Leeds Faculty of Medicine and Health

Cancer immunotherapy holds significant promise for the treatment of a range of cancers. Read more

Supervisors: Dr MA Volpato, Dr F Errington-Mais

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

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Self-funded MSc R- The mechanisms driving heterogeneity and stemness during cellular transformation.

University of Bristol School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

The mechanisms driving heterogeneity and stemness during cellular transformation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Essafi

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

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Self-funded PhD- The mechanisms driving heterogeneity and stemness during cellular transformation.

University of Bristol School of Cellular and Molecular Medicine

The mechanisms driving heterogeneity and stemness during cellular transformation. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Essafi

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

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Combining CRISPR-screens and AI to Identify Novel Therapeutic Strategies to Target Cancer-Stroma Interactions

Queen Mary University of London Digital Environment Research Institute

A fully funded PhD Studentship is available to work with Dr Angus Cameron, Reader in Cell Signalling and Tumour Cell Biology, Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University London, Dr Otto Morris, Senior Biological Data Scientist at Exscientia, and Professor Pedro Cutillas, Professor of Cell Signalling and Proteomics, QMUL, Barts Cancer Institute at Queen Mary University London. Read more

Supervisor: Dr A Cameron

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

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Design and synthesis of next-generation antibody drug conjugates to target homologous recombination deficient cancers

University of Strathclyde Department of Pure and Applied Chemistry

Background. Antibody-drug conjugates (ADCs) offer a powerful strategy for the cell-selective delivery of therapeutics, while minimizing off-target interactions associated with the drug payload. Read more

Supervisors: Prof G Burley, Dr Z Rattray

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

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Investigating local invasion in primary and secondary brain tumours

University of Liverpool Department of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Medicine

Brain tumours are highly invasive and carry a poor prognosis. Secondary brain tumours or brain metastases (BM) are the most common tumours found in the brain affecting up to one third of patients with solid organ cancer. Read more

Supervisor: Dr RZ Zakaria

2 December 2024 PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Relationship between IFNγ-dependent tumour escape and immunotherapy

University of Oxford Kennedy Institute of Rheumatology

Tumours actively escape the immune system by inducing an immunosuppressive state whereby intra-tumoural CD8 T-cells are “exhausted”, lacking effector functions. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Gérard, Dr C Leung

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

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Investigating how tumour associated macrophages affect cancer metastasis and response to therapies

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Solid tumours are generally highly infiltrated by macrophages. Macrophages are heterogeneous and different populations with different and sometimes even opposite functions co-exist in tumours affecting cancer progression. Read more

Supervisors: Dr A Mieglo, Prof M Schmid

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

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Polysialyltransferases as a target in metastatic cancer

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Polysialic acid plays an essential role in neuronal development, but by adulthood is absent from the human body. Its biosynthesis is regulated by two polysialyltransferases. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Falconer, Dr S Shnyder

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

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Development of chemical tools and bioactive compounds to explore the importance of enzyme activity in cancer diseases

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Diversity-oriented synthesis (DOS) is a modern chemical methodology, which aims to synthesise small molecules that cover new chemical space with the possibility of finding unexplored biological targets or pathways that may be important for disease progression. Read more

Supervisors: Prof K Pors, Dr V Vangala

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

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Design, synthesis and evaluation of protease-activated anti-cancer prodrugs

University of Bradford Faculty of Life Sciences

Research Group: Institute of Cancer Therapeutics

Matrix metalloproteinases (MMPs) are a family of endoproteases that are overexpressed in tumours and play crucial roles in many tumourigenic processes, not least tumour invasion and angiogenesis. Read more

Supervisors: Prof R Falconer, Prof P Loadman

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

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