CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme

PhD Studentship in Malaria Parasite Protein Degradation at the University of Cambridge This PhD studentship is based in the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge and focuses on malaria , Plasmodium falciparum , protein degradation , and the ubiquitin system . The project, titled Turning the Malaria Parasite's Protein Degradation Machinery Against It , is supervised by Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas and co-supervised by Laura Itzhaki (Department of Pharmacology). The resea...

PhD project in chemical biology and microbiology focused on developing new ways to target bacteria by disrupting essential cell division protein interactions . The project addresses the urgent problem of antibiotic resistance and aims to design, synthesise, and test compounds that block protein-protein interactions needed for bacterial growth and spread. The work uses Mycobacterium smegmatis as a harmless model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis , with an emphasis on discovering peptide-based or rel...

💷 The British Pharmacological Society has opened applications for its PhD Funding Programme for 2027 awards . This programme includes the AJ Clark Studentship and the Sir David Jack Scholarship , supporting research in pharmacology and therapeutic innovation leading to a PhD degree. Funding is substantial: the programme supports up to five students each year , with over £100,000 per recipient over three years . Eligibility highlights: applicants should already hold a degree in pharmacology or a ...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Newcastle University in cancer research , focused on how protein methylation helps tumours survive hypoxia . The project asks how oxygen-starved cancer cells adapt and whether those survival mechanisms can be targeted to develop new treatments. The research will concentrate on prostate cancer and triple-negative breast cancer , using CRISPR genetic screening , molecular biology , proteomics , and preclinical cancer models to identify therapeutic vulnerabilities. T...

PhD studentship at the University of Cambridge in partnership with AstraZeneca: Next-generation targeted protein degradation (TPD) for oncology , focusing on ubiquitin-independent pathways , proteasome-targeting tools, Midnolin biology, cell biology, and biochemistry. The Department of Pharmacology at the University of Cambridge is offering a funded PhD studentship to develop novel approaches for targeted protein degradation in cancer research. The project will be carried out in the lab of Dr Ca...