PhD Opportunities in Cancer Research in Sweden

PhD project in neutrophil plasticity and immune-cell reprogramming This PhD opportunity is part of the newly funded REG-HUB project, which asks how immune cells can be reprogrammed to change their responses to cancer and infection. The research will focus on how neutrophils acquire distinct functional identities and how these cellular programs can be manipulated to reshape immune responses. The doctoral researcher will investigate the molecular mechanisms controlling neutrophil plasticity and fu...

This fully funded PhD studentship is based at the CRUK Scotland Centre and the University of Glasgow , with research focused on colorectal cancer biology, tumour-cell plasticity and metastasis. The project, titled “Restraining colorectal cancer cell plasticity by driving tumour cells towards a stable, terminally differentiated state,” builds on the research team’s findings that loss of ATRX drives multilineage plasticity and metastatic behaviour. The doctoral researcher will investigate how canc...

This PhD opportunity is hosted by the Innate Immune Response & Tumour Immunology group at the IdiPAZ Institute of Biomedical Research within La Paz Hospital in Madrid, Spain. The doctoral thesis will focus on basic and translational research into how cancers evade immune surveillance, generate metastases, and interact with the immune system. The laboratory works particularly on colorectal cancer and melanoma , providing a research setting that connects tumour biology, immunology, and clinically ...

McGill University is recruiting a postdoctoral researcher and PhD/Master’s students to join Sina Kheiri’s translational oncology laboratory and collaborate with surgeons and clinicians in the Division of Thoracic Surgery at the Research Institute of the MUHC (RI-MUHC). The lab develops human tissue models and microphysiological systems to investigate cancer development and treatment. The research environment connects bioengineering and cancer biology with clinical expertise, enabling projects th...

Oslo University Hospital – The Norwegian Radium Hospital is recruiting a PhD Research Fellow for a three-year doctoral project on glioblastoma , an aggressive brain cancer. The research will investigate combined immunotherapy and radiotherapy , addressing how these treatment approaches can be used together in the study and treatment of glioblastoma. The position forms part of InnovaRTBRAIN , a project within the Marie Skłodowska-Curie Actions Doctoral Networks programme. The doctoral researcher ...

The International PhD Programme in Cancer Research at the German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) in Heidelberg offers doctoral training in an internationally connected research environment focused on cancer. Students join one of more than 100 divisions and research groups working across fundamental, computational, epidemiological, and translational cancer research . The programme is based at the DKFZ, Germany’s largest biomedical research institute, and is closely linked with the University of Hei...

Human Technopole PhD Programme offers doctoral study in the life sciences and human health. The programme is presented as a route to a PhD at Human Technopole, with the degree awarded by The Open University . Human Technopole is a next-generation life-sciences institute focused on advancing human health through basic research and collaboration. Its research environment includes interdisciplinary work spanning biological and biomedical investigation, with related activities such as genomic sequen...

The University of Glasgow is offering a PhD studentship through the MRC DTP in Precision Medicine , based in a cancer research laboratory led by Professor G. Vignir Helgason. The project will investigate the role and function of top-scoring genes identified through a meta-analysis of chronic myeloid leukemia (CML) leukemia stem-cell datasets, with a particular focus on RXFP1 . The research is centered on understanding gene function in CML leukemia stem cells and may contribute to precision medic...

This scholarship supports a PhD in cancer research at a French university, with the dissertation carried out in a laboratory in France. It is funded by the Ligue Nationale Contre le Cancer , France’s largest independent non-profit organisation supporting cancer research. The call is broad in the way it defines eligible cancer-related work, spanning basic research , translational research , clinical research , epidemiological research , and applied social sciences focused on cancer and cancer pre...