PhD opportunities
Funded or self-funded project opportunities across a broad range of research areas.
Biomedical engineering
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Advanced antibacterial surfaces for medical devices
Civil engineering
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Towards ductility-based design of bolted connections in high-performance steels
Computer Science
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Argumentation Technology for Explainable Misinformation Identification
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AI-driven longitudinal image analysis for early melanoma diagnosis
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Perception-Guided AI for reliable image generation
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Real-time Multimodal Argument Mining
Life sciences
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Identification of novel mitochondrial mechanisms in cellular homeostasis
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Post transcriptional control of the segmentation clock and somitogenesis
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Advanced Tools to Uncover the Assembly and Regulation of Proteasome Variants
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AI-based approach to address drug-resistance in infectious disease
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Cellular landscapes of protein secretion
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Cryo electron microscopy of the exocyst complex on membranes
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Decoding a New Signalling Axis in Parkinson’s Disease
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Decoding the Bystander Effect in Protein Complex Degradation
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Diet and intestinal immune regulation
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Effect of vaginal microbiota on human sperm function
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Exploring Non-Canonical Ubiquitination and Its Biological Roles
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How Plants Breathe in a Warming World: Temperature Control of Stomata Development
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Identification of PSA-NCAM Modulators
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Identify new suppressors of disease-causing proteasome mutations
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Intraspecies Interactions In the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis
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Investigating mode of action and cellular impact of anti-bacterial effector toxins
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Investigating the role of intestinal T cells in the response to diet
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Mechanism of action of the tumour suppressor ARID1A
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Mechanisms directing how Bacillus subtilis interacts with members of its own species
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Mechanisms of Protein Phosphatase 1 regulation during oocyte meiosis
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Molecular basis of pioneer transcription factor function revealed by Cryo-EM
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New tools to study plant parasite effectors at the interaction interface
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Outer Limits – how plants make their skin
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Phospho-regulation of kinetochore function during mitosis
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Regulation of polarized trafficking amidst change
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Role and mechanism of the bacterial Type VI secretion system
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Structural Chemical Biology of Molecular Glue Degraders Mode of Action
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Targeting proteasome assembly to uncover cancer vulnerabilities
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The regulation of protein synthesis and turnover in the adaptive immune system
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The role of shape and form in function of biological systems
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Uncovering the non-canonical proteolytic activity of Deubiquitinating enzymes
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Understanding asymmetric cell division in Drosophila neuroblasts
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Why does the B cell antibody response wane with ageing?
Mathematics
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Magnetic skyrmions, topology and spintronic memory devices
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Topological solitons: geometry, dynamics, and applications
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Vortices in unconventional superconductors
Mechanical engineering and mechatronics
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Advanced antibacterial surfaces for medical devices
Medicine
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Evaluation of the neuroprotective actions of adiponectin in dementia
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Enhancing ergonomics in flexible endoscopy for operator well-being and precision
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Machine learning for imaging analysis in large bowel diagnostics
Nursing and health sciences
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Against the odds: Breastfeeding with a long-term condition
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Breastfeeding support for families with twins or higher order multiple births
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Critical Creative approaches to studying women’s health and reproduction
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Midwifery as a profession
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Social context of birth and birth setting
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Trauma-informed healthcare and women's long-term mental health experiences
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Understanding and addressing loneliness in the context of perinatal loss
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Understanding and addressing loneliness in the perinatal period
Physics
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