PhD Opportunities in Biology in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in quantitative cardiovascular imaging and artificial intelligence at the University of Cambridge, within Team Dewey’s research environment. The opportunity is aimed at research in quantitative cardiovascular imaging, cardiac imaging and AI, with a strong focus on interdisciplinary work and better patient outcomes. The project context is connected to a doctoral training centre funded by the British Heart Foundation and involving the University of Cambridge, the University of Edin...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in precision medicine and health inequalities at the Health Economics and Health Technology Assessment (HEHTA) unit, University of Glasgow. The project will analyse individual participant data from major UK clinical trials to investigate how preventive and treatment strategies can be better targeted. The research aims to improve health outcomes while reducing inequalities, bringing together precision medicine, causal inference, statistics, epidemiology and health eco...

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...

Cardiff University’s School of Biosciences is offering a fully funded PhD project within the MECAW and CAB research groups. The research will use genomics and movement ecology to investigate African felid evolution. The project brings together Cardiff University with National Museums Scotland and the Landmark Foundation. The student will work across an interdisciplinary research environment involving evolutionary biology, wildlife movement and genomic approaches to understanding the history and ...

University of Oxford DPhil in Structural Biology Christian Siebold’s group at STRUBI, the University of Oxford’s structural biology research environment, is seeking a DPhil student for the 2027 entry through the NDM Prize Studentships scheme. The project will investigate the structural and molecular mechanisms of Hedgehog signalling within the primary cilium. The student will examine how membrane proteins and signalling complexes function and organise in their cellular environment, addressing si...

The Hobday Group at the University of Edinburgh School of Chemistry is offering a PhD project on solid-state refrigerants, materials that can pump heat when squeezed and may provide alternatives to harmful refrigerant gases. The research will investigate why some materials show excellent solid-state refrigeration performance. The successful student will map the energetic pathways and molecular dynamics that control how these materials respond to pressure, building an understanding from the atomi...

This PhD opportunity at Durham University investigates how global bird communities are changing under land-use and climate change. The project addresses an important challenge in biodiversity science: bird monitoring data are often unevenly distributed and may not represent environmental changes across the wider regions where monitoring takes place. The doctoral researcher will link bird survey time series from three continents with environmental change data. The work will assess whether monitor...

The University of Cambridge Department of Zoology is offering a funded PhD project in quantitative marine ecology focused on regional drivers of seabird population change and future resilience. The research will investigate why some seabird populations decline rapidly while others remain stable or recover. The project will examine how climate change, fisheries, and other environmental pressures interact to influence seabird survival, reproduction, and population dynamics across regions. The stud...

Ulster University is offering a funded PhD opportunity on seafood, environmental contaminants and pregnancy. The project examines how seafood consumption during pregnancy may provide nutritional benefits while also contributing to exposure to environmental contaminants, with a particular focus on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The research will compare maternal exposure in Northern Ireland and the Seychelles. By investigating this balance between the benefits and potential risks of ...