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Newcastle University is advertising a fully funded 4-year PhD opportunity in medicinal chemistry and cancer drug discovery through the CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme , delivered with Black in Cancer and the Windsor Fellowship . The project is titled “Development of DNA-PK-targeting PROTACs as a new therapy for advanced prostate patients” and is supervised by Prof Céline Cano and Dr Luke Gaughan at Newcastle University in the United Kingdom . This opportunity focuses on pr...

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...

[£21,805 stipend per year plus Home rate course fees for 3.5 years.] Applications are invited for a DPhil studentship in Organic Synthetic Chemistry and Functional Materials at the University of Oxford , working with Professor Paul McGonigal in the Department of Chemistry. This project, titled Dynamic Processes in Organic Functional Materials , is based in the Chemistry Research Laboratory (CRL), Oxford, and begins on 1 October 2027 . The studentship sits at the interface of Synthetic and Physic...

PhD studentship in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge , hosted in the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry and supervised by Professor Erwin Reisner . The project is part of the Reisner Laboratory and focuses on solar energy conversion , photoreforming , plastic waste upcycling , sustainable fuels , and organic platform chemicals . The successful PhD student will work on developing a scalable process for photoreforming technology, design continuous-flow solar reactors , and demo...

Applications are invited for two fully funded PhD studentships with Prof. Andy Lawrence at the Australian National University (ANU), Canberra . The project sits in organic chemistry and biomimetic chemistry , making this a strong fit for students interested in synthesis, reaction design, and chemical biology-inspired research directions. The advert states that the positions are available from August 2027 , with a flexible start date. The opportunity is hosted by the Lawrence group at ANU, and th...