GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme

PhD Studentship: Phage Power – Optimising Treatments for Bacterial Co-Infections at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom . This doctoral project sits within the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme and focuses on phage therapy , bacterial co-infections , antibiotic resistance , and next-generation antimicrobial treatment . The research asks how phages can be used to treat infections involving multiple bacterial species and whether removing one pathogen could allow another to fl...

PhD opportunity at Monash University Malaysia in a Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027) project on shotgun metagenomic profiling of seasonal and climatic effects on the gut microbiome and resistome dynamics in a community cohort. This research sits at the intersection of biology , medical science , public health , environmental science , bioinformatics , genomics , and microbiology . The project will recruit community participants and collect serial stool samples, along with di...

[UK/Home tuition fees plus a Doctoral Stipend matching UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum for 2026/27, updated each year). Additional research training and support funding of up to £5,000 per annum is also available.] The University of Exeter is offering a PhD Studentship titled Phage Power: Optimising Treatments for Bacterial Co-Infections through the GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme. This project sits within a timely and important area of biomedical research, addre...

Monash University Malaysia is advertising a PhD Global Excellence and Mobility Scholarship (GEMS 2027) project on climate change and ESKAPEE pathogen resistance . This is a competition-funded PhD opportunity for students worldwide, based in Subang Jaya, Malaysia . The project uses a mixed-methods design to study how localised climate extremes—especially heatwaves and flooding —affect the prevalence and resistance profiles of ESKAPEE pathogens in a Malaysian hospital catchment area. The quantitat...

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...