GlaxoSmithKline-funded PhD studentship

PhD opportunity at Monash University Malaysia in the project Precision blood-cell biomarkers for early prediction of severe dengue , part of the Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2026) . The project focuses on establishing a prospective dengue cohort at University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) to identify early blood-cell signatures that predict severe disease. The research combines immunology , cell biology , virology , bioinformatics , genomics , medical statistics , and machine ...

PhD opportunity at The University of Queensland in the BioTech Nexus Lab within QAAFI / Center for Animal Science, focused on next-generation animal health diagnostics and biosecurity platforms . The project sits at the intersection of veterinary science , molecular biology , computational biology , bioinformatics , microbiology , and immunology , with research themes including rapid diagnostics, therapeutics, and innovative vaccine platforms to safeguard livestock health and national biosecurit...

PhD opportunity at the University of Tasmania, Australia, on novel gene discovery for childhood cataract . The project sits within a major research program on the genetics of inherited childhood cataract, using an extensive DNA repository from Australian families with multiple affected cases. The work aims to solve currently unexplained cases by identifying new cataract genes and variants. Research methods include whole-genome sequencing , whole-exome sequencing , bioinformatics , and computatio...

The Medical Research Council Biostatistics Unit at the University of Cambridge is advertising a fully funded PhD studentship for a UK applicant starting in January 2027. This opportunity is aimed at students who want to apply innovative statistical methods and data science approaches to real biomedical problems, with a focus on advancing human health and disease research. The Unit describes itself as one of the largest groups of biostatisticians in Europe and a major centre for research, trainin...

PhD studentship at Newcastle University in cardiovascular development , focused on pharyngeal endoderm transcriptional networks regulating aortic arch artery development and malformation . The project is funded by the British Heart Foundation and sits within an interdisciplinary biosciences environment. The research will investigate how the pharyngeal endoderm controls normal and abnormal artery formation in embryonic development, with relevance to congenital cardiovascular malformations and con...