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Copy, Paste, Evolve: Unlocking the Secrets of Plant Chemical Diversity

The duplication (i.e. copy, paste) of genes underlies evolution, as a new gene copy can gain evolve new functions. In plants, genes involved in rapidly evolving adaptive traits—such as the production of defensive chemicals—are often found in highly duplicated structures called tandem arrays. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr B Lichman, Dr D Ezer
 6 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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University of Birmingham Studentship

The Energy Materials Group is pleased to offer a 3.5-year PhD studentship on the topic of all-solid-state lithium batteries. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr D S Spencer-Jolly
 1 March 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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125th Anniversary Learning from Surgical Mistakes

Research question. "What is the impact of adverse advents on surgical trainees? How can they be classified, understood and mitigated?". Read more
 Supervisor: Prof A Grove
 7 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Creating and characterising novel substrate-specific synthetic methyl-lysine sensors

Applications are invited for a 3-year PhD Studentship at the University of Birmingham starting in February 2027. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Higgs, Prof A Wilson
 30 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Decoding the gene regulatory switch that links blood flow to blood stem cell formation

When the embryonic heart starts beating, the force of flowing blood does more than move cells around. It instructs the vessel wall to make blood stem cells, while telling neighbouring cells to sprout new vessels. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Monteiro
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Valorising berry pomace anthocyanins through sustainable extraction and yoghurt-based bioactivity testing

This interdisciplinary project aims to valorise food waste by recovering anthocyanins, bioactive compounds with potent antioxidant properties, for use in functional foods targeting metabolic health. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr B I Ibrahim
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Developing mitochondrial-targeted therapies for stem-cell rejuvenation

Can restoring mitochondrial health help ageing stem cells regain their regenerative potential?. Stem cells maintain and repair tissues throughout life, but their ability to do so declines with age. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr J Romero, Dr A Naylor
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Learning and evaluating feature acquisition policies for clinical prediction

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Healthcare tests carry financial, time and patient costs. Active feature acquisition (AFA) treats prediction as a sequential process, acquiring information only when its expected value justifies the cost. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Sperrin, Dr JH Hartford
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Innovative Spheroid Models and gold nano complexes for targeted nanoparticle therapy for head and neck cancer

Head and neck squamous cell carcinoma (HNSCC) remains difficult to treat, with therapeutic resistance and poor drug penetration into solid tumours limiting treatment efficacy. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N J Hodges
 23 November 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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DEVELOPMENT OF A MACHINE LEARNING ANALYTICAL FRAMEWORK FOR THE ANALYSIS OF POPULATION-BASED GENOMIC SAMPLES

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Background. Identifying people at risk of disease and the genes driving that risk is a major challenge in biomedicine. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr DJ Jenkins, Prof GN Nenadic, Dr G P Martin, Dr M Jani
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Development of novel nanomaterials for encapsulation and delivery of small molecules into cells

SMA) polymers and SMA lipid particles (SMALPs) have previously developed in the Dafforn lab to isolate and characterise membrane proteins. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr N J Hodges
 20 January 2027  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
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Uncertainty-aware structure-to-specificity modelling for generalizing transcription factor binding predictions from sparse mutational data

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Precise control of transcription is essential for engineering biological systems. TetR-family repressors are widely used in genetic circuits, but developing variants with new DNA-binding specificity remains largely empirical, requiring extensive testing. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M Lagator, Prof M Rattray, Prof S Lovell
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Interpretable and Calibrated Uncertainty in Geometry Generative Models

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Challenge. Conditional generative models can create virtual anatomical populations from imaging data, but their uncertainty remains poorly understood. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr AZ Zakeri, Prof AF Frangi
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Basin Evolution and Ore Formation in the Tenke–Fungurume Cu-Co District of the Central African Copperbelt

Fully Funded PhD Studentship. Basin Evolution and Ore Formation in the Tenke–Fungurume Cu-Co District of the Central African Copperbelt. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr L Zhou, Prof KM McCaffrey, Prof D. Selby Selby, Prof MH Hitzman
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Physics-Informed State Estimation and Safe Adaptive Control of Thermal Management Systems

AI_CDT_DecisionMaking. Details. Thermal management systems are essential to the performance, efficiency and reliability of fuel cells, batteries, power electronics and industrial energy systems. Read more
 Supervisor: Prof R Allmendinger
 4 December 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)