Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project This PhD project will investigate how Mycobacterium tuberculosis utilises nutrients and how changes in nutrient transport influence pathogen biology by combining microbiology, biochemical and analytical approaches. Tuberculosis (TB), caused by the bacterial pathogen Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb), remains the leading cause of death worldwide from a single bacterial pathogen.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 September 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
Heriot-Watt University
About the Project This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/ Projects Description: What does a student need to know about this project and why is your supervisory team best to support it?
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 13 October 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Heriot-Watt University
About the Project This project is part of the NERC-funded Centre for Doctoral Training, ECOWILD. For more details, and for a full list of projects offered under this programme, please visit: https://ecowild.site.hw.ac.uk/ Projects Description: What does a student need to know about this project and why is your supervisory team best to support it?
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 13 October 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Cranfield University
A fully-funded PhD studentship is offered by EPSRC through Doctoral Landscape Award. The UK Government has plans to achieve Net-Zero by 2050 and hydrogen energy will play a significant role. Due to the low volumetric density of hydrogen, ammonia has emerged as a promising hydrogen carrier and zero-carbon fuel. The overall aim is to develop a novel direct ammonia fuel cell technology that can efficiently convert ammonia into carbon-free energy.
- Location
- Cranfield, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 14 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £24,500 (tax free) per annum plus fees and research costs for three years.
Analytical Chemistry
University of Plymouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a three-year PhD studentship. The studentship will start on 1 st January 2027. Project Description Plastic pollution is one of the defining environmental health challenges of our time. Micro- and nanoplastics (MNPs) contaminate the air we breathe, the water we drink and the food we eat and have been detected throughout the human gut-liver axis, including liver tissue and bile.
- Location
- Devon, Plymouth, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 16 October 2026
- Funding
- UK Students, EU Students, International Students; £19,830 Stipend per annum 2026-27 rate
Analytical Chemistry
University of Portsmouth
About the Project Applications are invited for a fully-funded three year PhD to commence in February 2027. The PhD will be based in the Faculty of Science and Health, and will be supervised by Dr Priyanka Dey , Associate Professor of Molecular Diagnostics (University of Portsmouth), and Dr Carla Newman, Associate Director in Cellular Imaging (GSK, UK).
- Location
- Portsmouth, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 20 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Bristol
About the Project Background: Complement is an evolutionary conserved system, essential for detecting pathogens and maintaining tissue homeostasis. The complement system is composed of soluble or surface-expressed proteins and can be activated by three different routes, the classical, lectin or alternative pathway, each with distinct initiating mechanisms.
- Location
- Bristol, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 21 October 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Leeds
About the Project PhD Studentship: Linking molecular architecture to the functionality of hydrocolloids using advanced characterization techniques Project ID : 2607 LLN Type of studentship: PhD (4 years) Funding Source: Fully funded 4-year PhD (BBSRC Food Consortium Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award) Theme of project: Soft Matter Physics, Food (Bio)Chemistry Primary Host Institution: University of Leeds, Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences, School of Physics and…
- Location
- Leeds, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 23 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Durham University
About the Project This project will develop the first broadly applicable technology to identify carbon dioxide (CO₂)-binding sites on proteins, revealing a previously hidden layer of biological regulation with applications in biomedicine and sustainable biotechnology. CO₂ is typically viewed as a metabolic waste product and major contributor to climate change.
- Location
- Durham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 23 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
De Montfort University
About the Project About the Project This project investigates the development of fluconazole-loaded polymeric buccal films for the potential treatment of oral candidiasis. It focuses on creating and evaluating boronated gellan gum, sodium alginate and polyvinylpyrrolidone-based films that can deliver fluconazole directly to diseased buccal tissues.
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 30 October 2026
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
UNSW Sydney
About the Project Overview Are you passionate about pushing the boundaries of supramolecular systems chemistry? This interdisciplinary PhD in Chemistry will explore how to read out information from dynamic chemical systems. You’ll work at the intersection of analytical chemistry, data science, and synthetic chemistry, contributing to a transformative approach to supramolecular systems chemistry.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- 31 October 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of York
About the Project The Ineos Oxford Institute (IOI) spearheads sustainable drug discovery against devastating mycobacterial diseases, primarily tuberculosis (TB) caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb). According to the World Health Organization, TB remains a leading global infectious killer, claiming nearly 4,500 lives daily. Mtb evades antibiotic treatment through respiratory flexibility, enabling it to remain dormant within the host.
- Location
- York, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 13 November 2026
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Brock University
About the Project We are looking for a highly motivated PhD candidate interested in electrochemical sensors. The project goals are (1) to prototype sensor electrodes based on aptamers, antibodies or enzymes; (2) analyte-binding mechanisms and bioconjugate formation; and (3) validation of a limit of detection and sensor parameters using various electro-analytical techniques (impedance spectroscopy, voltammetry, electrochemical quartz crystal microbalance).
- Location
- St Catherines, Canada, Canada
- Deadline
- 1 December 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Heriot-Watt University
About the Project Context: There is an important global need to design new materials with improved safety and advanced functionality for defence and civilian applications. Understanding how the structural and electronic properties of materials are affected by chemical and structural modification is essential, particularly for multi-component materials and for applications such as sensing, capturing, storing, or controlled degradation.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 31 December 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
Heriot-Watt University
About the Project Context: Accelerating the development of crystalline materials requires more accurate evaluation of the structural landscapes of the ingredients during early-stage development. Current crystallisation screening of ingredients is often slow, manual, and material-intensive, which can delay discovery and increase the risk of late-stage failure, especially for complex, highly polymorphic ingredients.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 31 December 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Basel
About the Project For the prestigious PhD School of the Swiss Nanoscience Institute (SNI), we solicit applications for a paid 4-year PhD student position jointly supervised by Prof. Sonja Schmid (biophysical chemistry) and Prof. Florian P. Seebeck (bioinorganic chemistry).
- Location
- Basel, Switzerland, Switzerland
- Deadline
- 31 December 2026
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Loughborough University
About the Project The aim of this PhD project is to synthesise luminescent molecules that bind reversibly to target biological anions, which are produced during pharmaceutically important enzyme reactions. Anion binding to the molecular receptor will induce a luminescence response that enables measurement of enzyme activity in real-time.
- Location
- Loughborough, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 1 February 2027
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Loughborough University
About the Project In recent years, simulated analytical experiments have become an increasingly valuable tool for supporting undergraduate learning.
- Location
- Loughborough, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- 31 March 2027
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Bath
About the Project The University of Bath is inviting applications for the following funded PhD project commencing in January 2027 under the supervision of Prof Christopher Pudney. Project Overview: The proliferation of Synthetic Cannabinoids (SCs) in schools and social media supply networks presents a critical public health challenge for adolescents.
- Location
- Bath, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- No more applications being accepted
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Strathclyde
About the Project Multiple PhD scholarships are available for experimental and computational students with background in one or more of the following disciplines: Chemistry, Materials Science; Biology, Biochemistry, Biomedical Engineering; Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering; Machine Learning, Molecular Dynamics Simulations. Applicants with a bachelor’s degree will apply for a 5-year Master’s + Ph.D. scholarship.
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of St Andrews
About the Project Electron Paramagnetic Resonance (EPR) spectroscopy is a magnetic resonance technique that is exclusively and exquisitely sensitive to unpaired electrons that are found in radicals and paramagnetic metal complexes. Despite the relative rarity of unpaired electrons EPR finds widespread application in structural biology and biophysics, homogeneous and heterogeneous catalysis and materials science.
- Location
- St Andrews, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
Newcastle University
About the Project The brain contains trillions of glial cells that communicate with each other, respond to infections, and support learning and memory. These cells are essential for brain function, making protein- or peptide-based shuttles targeting glial cells of particular interest. However, these compounds must first overcome two significant barriers: the blood-brain barrier (BBB), which blocks most large molecules, and the cell membrane of the glial cells themselves.
- Location
- Newcastle, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project Project Overview: Understanding the physicochemical properties of new and existing small molecule pharmaceuticals is one of the most important elements of creating an effective medicine. We have world class expertise in this area; in particular, in developing methods the determination of crystal structures, from which physicochemical properties can be both predicted and understood.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project We are recruiting a PhD student to integrate data-driven methods with NMR spectroscopy to enhance the characterisation of cell culture media and metabolites, increasing throughput and reducing manual intervention. This is an EPSRC funded Industrial Doctoral Landscape Award PhD project and is co-supervised by Dr. Christian Ludwig at the University of Birmingham and Dr. Caitlin Evans at GSK.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project MALDI mass spectrometry has been a cornerstone of modern biological mass spectrometry, enabling the soft ionization, analysis and characterisation of large biomolecules such as proteins. It has been a game changer in areas such as clinical microbiology and imaging as well as in the analysis of synthetic polymers and other macromolecules.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Liverpool
About the Project This project aims to develop a revolutionary AI-powered, "context-aware" pipeline to automate metabolite annotation in untargeted metabolomics data. By pioneering LLMs and Bayesian statistics, this project will transform complex metabolomics data into biological breakthroughs. Metabolite annotation is one of the most pressing challenges in untargeted metabolomics data analysis.
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project This PhD project is open to a wide range of research directions, depending on the interests and abilities of the candidate. The main topic will concern the application and development of methods for advanced NMR investigations of hyperpolarised solids. This will involve varying proportions of hands-on experimentation, theoretical work, numerical simulations, and data analysis.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Liverpool
About the Project This PhD project will focus on investigating electrolyte and materials engineering to overcome stability, selectivity, and efficiency challenges in lithium-mediated nitrogen reduction, aiming to realise green, decentralised ammonia production as a sustainable alternative to the highly polluting Haber-Bosch process.
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Salford
About the Project Honey bees are the most important pollinators globally in terms of the diversity and abundance of plants they pollinate. They also pollinate wild plants and produce honey, wax and other bee products. However, bees are increasingly threatened by anthropogenic and pathogen pressures, which intensify rates of colony loss, with implications for beekeepers, farmers and consumers.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying. This experimental project will deal with the global challenge of mitigating CO 2 emissions to the atmosphere, by using CO 2 as a raw-material to produce fuels and fuel-precursors.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Warwick
About the Project Research Summary: We are advancing a range of projects focused on chalcogen bonding across synthetic, catalytic, analytical, and computational chemistry. Chalcogen bonding is an emerging non‑covalent interaction between Lewis acidic chalcogen‑containing molecules (S, Se, Te) and Lewis bases.
- Location
- Coventry, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project The Rhys lab is an exciting new lab looking to recruit new students to design and engineer peptides and proteins for new applications ( rhyslab.com ). One of our current focuses is on engineering new artificial metalloenzymes . These are metal-containing proteins that can be engineered to catalyse reactions that have not been observed in nature.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sheffield
About the Project Catalysis underpins almost every process in the chemical and petrochemical industries. However, many oxidation processes still rely on energy-intensive routes and inefficient catalysts. Developing next-generation oxidation catalysts is therefore critical for making chemical manufacturing more selective, energy-efficient, and environmentally responsible.
- Location
- Sheffield, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project Single atom catalysts have emerged as a novel class of catalysts that can exhibit optimal metal utilization, with all metal atoms being exposed to reactants and available for catalytic reactions.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project We invite applications for a PhD project focused on the design, synthesis and evaluation of novel boron-rich small molecules for Boron Neutron Capture Therapy (BNCT). BNCT is a targeted radiotherapeutic strategy with growing clinical momentum but a critical unmet need for improved boron delivery agents. Critically, at the University of Birmingham we have the only neutron source in the UK for BNCT research.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project Project Overview: This project aims to make step changes in mass spectrometry (MS) by combining the advantages of MALDI with those of electrospray ionisation (ESI), which are the two main ionisation techniques in biological MS. Earlier UKRI- and industry-funded research successes led to the new technique of liquid atmospheric pressure (LAP)-MALDI, which will be at the heart of this project.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of York
About the Project Lead supervisor: Dr Steven Quinn The student will be registered with the Department of Physics, Engineering and Technology The solubilization of biological membranes by detergents is critical for many technological applications including the isolation and purification of membrane proteins, rapid cell lysis and the inactivation of viruses.
- Location
- York, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project The overall objective is to better understand the chemical composition of biocrude product from the hydrothermal liquefaction (HTL) of waste cellulosic biomass. The key aim is to improve our understanding of the composition of biocrude and how changes to the HTL processing parameters influence the chemical composition of the biocrude product.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Edinburgh Napier University
About the Project Agriculture contributes to the world's economic growth by accounting for 4 % of the global gross domestic product (The World Bank, 2023). However, agricultural activities have some negative impacts on the climate, including the use of resources and emissions due to straw burning.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Nottingham
About the Project A few years ago, we made a groundbreaking discovery of a plant-derived antiviral molecule, thapsigargin (TG), that is highly effective against major human and animal respiratory viruses: IAV, coronaviruses (including SARS-CoV-2) and respiratory syncytial virus (Al-Beltagi et al., 2021a; Al-Beltagi et al., 2021b; Goulding et al., 2020).
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project The key aim is to improve our ability to control composition of biocrude and influence the Hydrothermal Liquefactions (HTL) processing parameters to tailor the chemical composition of the biocrude product. The overall objective is to improve the properties of our Industry partner’s, Licella, biocrude product from the liquefaction of waste cellulosic biomass and making further valorisation of whole biocrude or fractions thereof more attractive.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project Our research group in the Physical Properties Lab focuses on developing innovative emulsion techniques for the encapsulation of bioactive compounds, including polyphenols and polyunsaturated fatty acids. These compounds are vital for improving public health and the research is closely aligned with global health and sustainability priorities.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Royal Holloway, University of London
About the Project Background: Isoprenoids represent one of the largest and most diverse classes of natural products, with applications spanning nutrition, health, Pharma and industry. Industrially most isoprenoids of commercial use command annual sales markets in the region of $1 to 2 billion.
- Location
- Egham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- See advert
Analytical Chemistry
Royal Holloway, University of London
About the Project Background: Poor diets are a leading contributor to chronic diseases such as cardiovascular disease, certain cancers, and obesity. Social inequities further restrict access to healthy diets. The EAT-Lancet Commission has emphasized the urgent need to increase consumption of high-quality plant-based foods while reducing reliance on meat and dairy to improve both human health and environmental sustainability.
- Location
- Egham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- See advert
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project Phage therapy uses bacteriophages to treat bacterial infections and is attracting renewed interest because of rising antimicrobial resistance. Phages selectively infect bacteria, including multidrug-resistant strains, offer host specificity, local replication and biofilm activity.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Leicester
About the Project Start Date: January 2026 Applicants are invited to undertake a 4-year, enhanced stipend PhD studentship, within the Digital Metal CDT https://digitalmetal-cdt.ac.uk/ at the University of Leicester. This PhD programme is in partnership with TWI. Project Details: Decarbonised ammonia represents a critical enabler in the global energy transition. It serves both as a versatile carbon-free fuel and as an efficient hydrogen carrier.
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Leicester
About the Project We all breathe out numerous microbes, even when we are sleeping. Our group knows this through our work on facemask sampling (FMS). While respiratory output of microbes is essential to the spread of diseases such as COVID-19 and TB, we also know that many other organisms, both pathogenic and no-pathogenic, are exhaled. Surprisingly, coughing and sneezing are not needed for this and we estimate that around a thousand bacteria are expelled per minute.
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project This project combines expertise in pharmacy and biotechnology to tune polypeptide/surfactant film properties through the design of novel peptides characterised using advanced physical characterisation techniques and relate the film properties to those of hydrogels. Mixtures of polymers and surfactants are used in everyday life products from foods to cosmetics.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Leicester
About the Project Despite the increase in research on the indoor environment in recent years, significant knowledge gaps remain regarding exposure to indoor air pollution (IAP) in British homes [1-5]. IAP includes volatile organic compounds (VOCs), particulate matter (PM), nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), mould and allergens [6, 7]. Several of these pollutants have established impacts on human health [1].
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Salford
About the Project Functional bionanomaterials have significant potential in the development of advanced bioelectronic systems for sensing and diagnostics. There are substantial potential applications of these emerging technologies. These include medical diagnostic/prognostic sensing systems capable of selective and sensitive detection of biomarkers associated with diseases, such as cancer and viruses.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Royal Holloway, University of London
About the Project Powdery mildews (PMs) and rusts are prevalent plant diseases that compromise the production of many valuable food and horticultural crops, including wheat and barley. As biotrophic pathogenic fungi, PMs and rusts produce specific structures called haustoria, that are essential for infection, are involved in nutrient uptake and the production of virulence factors and effectors to allow these biotrophic pathogens to invade and proliferate on living host cells.
- Location
- Egham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Royal Holloway, University of London
About the Project Powdery mildews (PMs) and rusts are prevalent plant diseases that compromise the production of many valuable food and horticultural crops, including wheat and barley. As biotrophic pathogenic fungi, PMs and rusts produce specific structures called haustoria, that are essential for infection, are involved in nutrient uptake and the production of virulence factors and effectors to allow these biotrophic pathogens to invade and proliferate on living host cells.
- Location
- Egham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Newcastle University
About the Project Early diagnosis is critical to effective treatment, yet many diseases still rely on invasive and time‑consuming sampling techniques such as blood draws and tissue biopsies. This PhD project focuses on the development of innovative microsampling technologies to access clinically meaningful biomarkers directly from the skin, enabling faster, more patient‑centred diagnostic approaches.
- Location
- Newcastle, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project The FAO estimates that around one third of all food produced worldwide is not consumed, which represents around 1.3 billion tons per year, and is wasted throughout the whole food chain, from farmers to consumers. Among that, and according to the FAO, the fruits and vegetables commodity group represents the major losses in agricultural production particularly in Europe, North America and Oceania, and Asia.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Nottingham
About the Project Griffiths Group: My group uses advanced mass spectrometry approaches to study biological surfaces such as microbial biofilms. I am interested in the study of e.g. bacterial quorum sensing molecules from microbial biofilms on different surfaces to probe the mechanisms behind when bacteria form biofilms and how they interact with other microbes.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Edinburgh
About the Project A fully funded PhD studentship is available in the research group of Dr Maya Al-Sid-Cheikh (School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh), who will act as the Main/Principal Supervisor and will lead the project.
- Location
- Edinburgh, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project PhD details Octahedral transition metal complexes have emerged as valuable tools in the design of complex cations capable of recognising and interacting with DNA. Their diverse photophysical and electrochemical properties at the octahedral metal centre make them highly versatile, with these properties readily tuned by altering the surrounding ligands.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Bath
About the Project We are looking for highly motivated candidates with a strong background in: Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Environmental Chemistry, Pharmaceutical or Forensic Sciences, Chemical Biology, Environmental Science, or a closely related discipline. Strong candidates will have experience with one or more of environmental monitoring, data analysis, or programming and a willingness to pick up additional skills.
- Location
- Bath, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying. Natural products (NPs) have historically been the foundation of modern medicine, from penicillin to paclitaxel [1].
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Dundee
About the Project Ubiquitylation , the process by which the small protein ubiquitin is attached to target proteins, is a fundamental post-translational modification (PTM) that regulates almost every cellular function. Dysregulation of the ubiquitylation machinery is implicated in numerous diseases, including cancer , neurodegenerative diseases , and immune dysfunctions .
- Location
- Dundee, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Liverpool
About the Project This PhD research focuses on developing magnetic nanobots for targeted cancer therapy. By harnessing externally controlled magnetic fields, these nanoscale devices can navigate to tumour sites, enabling precise drug delivery while minimizing damage to healthy tissues. The work aims to improve treatment efficacy, reduce side effects, and advance personalized cancer therapies.
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
About the Project This studentship aims to uncover the mechanistic basis of why fats, and in particular a subset of fats called ceramides, are independent risk factors for cardiovascular disease (CVD) by studying the lipid composition of atherosclerotic plaques - the deposits of fat, cholesterol and dead cells that accumulate in arteries and lead to CVD and heart attacks.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sheffield
About the Project The aim of this project is to combine nanomechanical methods with modelling (i) to develop quantitative, predictive models for the behaviour of molecules in sliding contacts, and (ii) to understand how mechanical pressure can be used to change chemical reaction pathways.
- Location
- Sheffield, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project Protein requirements increase with age as protein can help minimise sarcopenia and improve immunity. However protein fortified foods are often poorly accepted by older adults and can lead to numerous negative sensory attributes. Older adults can suffer from poor salivary flow and reduced dentition which can both have a direct effect of food breakdown in the mouth, their sensory perception of food, hedonic liking and food choice.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project A 3.5-year PhD position is available in the field of experimental nanoscience at surfaces and molecular-scale imaging of conjugated polymers in the group of Prof. Giovanni Costantini at the University of Birmingham.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project Biofilms are structured, surface-attached microbial communities that are relevant across natural, clinical, and industrial settings. They are ubiquitous in aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems, and can be problematic in healthcare (where they may harbour pathogens) and in technical systems (for example, through industrial biofouling).
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project Complex chemical mixtures are everywhere: medicines, foods, catalysts, biological fluids, and the products of chemical reactions. They matter because the exact make-up of a mixture often determines whether something works, is safe, or is stable. A powerful way to determine what is in a mixture is nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy – but there is a catch.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Strathclyde
About the Project About the Project The detection of new, rapidly evolving illicit drugs presents a unique challenge for laboratory analysts and public health officials. New Psychoactive Substances (NPS) encompass a range of synthetic, semi-synthetic, and natural drugs that have emerged over the past decades.
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Liverpool
About the Project This PhD project aims to develop next-generation multi-therapy drug delivery systems that address polypharmacy by engineering programmable formulations in a single dose that simplify complex drug regimens and transform care for patients with multiple chronic conditions. This project bridges fundamental pharmaceutical sciences with translational innovation to enhance patient adherence and maximise therapeutics outcomes.
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Imperial College London
About the Project Carbon dioxide electrolysis offers a promising route to producing fuels and chemicals while reducing reliance on fossil resources and supporting the transition to net zero. However, the performance and durability of carbon dioxide electrolysers are limited by poorly understood degradation processes, particularly those arising from cross-talk and product crossover between electrodes.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sheffield
About the Project Clean water is one of the most pressing global challenges of our time, with major implications for health, sustainability, and industry. Many organic pollutants, such as aromatic solvents and chlorinated compounds, are persistent, toxic, and difficult to remove using conventional treatment methods. This project will develop next-generation catalytic materials to destroy these pollutants efficiently and sustainably.
- Location
- Sheffield, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project A competition-funded PhD studentship is available in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham to develop and apply nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and imaging to advance electrochemical flow technologies, such as redox flow batteries, multivalent metal ion batteries and/or capacitive deionisation.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Liverpool
About the Project As part of new ERC Starting Grant funded by UKRI Horizon Europe guarantee focused on development of operando electrochemical scanning transmission electron microscopy (STEM) to be employed to study the fundamental processes that lead to battery degradation as well as study of electron beam damage products in nonaqueous battery electrolytes during cycling.
- Location
- Liverpool, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
Adelaide University
About the Project PhD Scholarship in mRNA Purification and Process Optimization on Oligo dT Chromatography Adelaide University, School of Chemical Engineering, Biomanufacturing Research Group Are you passionate about revolutionizing biopharmaceutical manufacturing? Join our cutting-edge research group at Adelaide University to tackle the challenges of mRNA purification using advanced oligo dT chromatography techniques.
- Location
- Adelaide, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project Chronic and allergic pulmonary aspergillosis syndromes complicate asthma, COPD and bronchiectasis, leading to symptoms, admissions and mortality. Antifungal treatment with azoles is the mainstay of treatment, however response rates are suboptimal, eg 60% in CPA suggesting that concomitant patient of microbial factors may have an impact.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Dalhousie University
About the Project We are seeking a highly motivated PhD student to join an interdisciplinary research program focused on the development of biodegradable, thread-based materials for use in flexible, transient electronic platforms . These novel materials aim to support the design of temporary biomedical devices that safely degrade after use, eliminating the need for surgical removal and reducing long-term environmental impact.
- Location
- Halifax, Canada, Canada
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Catalan Institute of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (ICN2)
About the Project As a flagship research center in nanoscience and nanotechnology, our mission is to open and explore new frontiers of knowledge at the nanoscale, and bring value to society in the form of new understanding, capabilities and innovation, while inspiring and providing broad training to the next generations of researchers. Our values are Commitment, Collaboration and Transformation.
- Location
- Barcelona, Spain, Spain
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project Dr Jennifer Edwards is looking for a PhD student to develop a synthetic strategy for wet chemical, microwave assisted, targeted synthesis of sub-nanometre mono- and bimetallic clusters as semiconductor dopants. Research in the Edwards group focusses on the development of novel materials for use in heterogeneous and photocatalysis.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Glasgow
About the Project Start date: October 2026 Tiny changes in proteins — even single mutations — can completely transform how they bind to their targets. But most techniques still average over millions of molecules, hiding this detail. This fully funded PhD will develop a new way to detect molecular binding at the single-molecule level, using twisted (chiral) light, nanophotonic structures, quantum light emitters, and machine learning.
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project Alzheimer’s disease is one of the greatest healthcare challenges facing 21st century society. AD is associated with formation of fibrils and plaques in brain tissue that impair proper functioning of neurons. Plaques are formed by aggregation of amyloid-beta peptides that are soluble in isolation, but insoluble when bound to one another.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced by water electrolysis using renewable electricity. Its production reduces dramatically CO 2 emissions compared to grey hydrogen, which is derived from fossil fuels without carbon capture.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project Nucleoside analogues (NAs) are an important class of antiviral and anticancer agents commonly used in the therapy of many different viral infections and cancer conditions. To exert their biological activity, NAs must be phosphorylated ( in vivo ) via three consecutive phosphorylations to generate their triphosphate form (NTP), which is generally the active molecule.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project Prof. Rebecca Melen is looking for an enthusiastic PhD student to join her team on an ERC funded project on sustainable catalysis. This PhD project offers the student a unique opportunity to develop expertise at the forefront of main group radical catalysis.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (European/UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project This PhD project will advance next‑generation multiscale electronic structure methods by integrating machine‑learning models with hierarchical QM/QM techniques. You will develop new theory, create software, and apply your approaches to supported metal catalysts for CO 2 reduction - contributing to UK efforts to achieving net zero, and to foundational advances in computational chemistry.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project This project aims to develop new techniques in electron microscopy to characterise the structure of nanoparticles in a variety of liquids. A new transmission electron microscope is being installed at the Cardiff Catalysis Institute, which will provide researchers the ability to image nanoparticles at the resolution of individual atoms. This world-leading instrument will have the core ability of imaging nanoparticles in both gaseous and liquid environments.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Nottingham
About the Project We are looking for candidates for a PhD project at the interface of polymer chemistry, reaction kinetics and mathematical modelling to predict copolymer properties from reaction conditions.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Nottingham
About the Project We are looking for candidates for a PhD project at the interface of polymer chemistry, reaction kinetics and mathematical modelling to predict copolymer properties from reaction conditions. Poly(amino acid)s are promising materials for biomedical applications such as drug formulation matrices and antimicrobial coatings due to their biomimetic properties and tuneable chemical composition.
- Location
- Nottingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project PhD studentship in Cocrystals as Probes for the Local Conditions in Resonant Acoustic Mixing Applications are sought for a fully funded PhD studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl). Due to the available funding, the position is suitable for candidates from UK / EU / Canada / Australia / USA, subject to Dstl security checks.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project Applications are sought for a fully funded 3.5-year PhD studentship position in the School of Chemistry at the University of Birmingham (UoB) in collaboration with the International Fine Particle Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Diamond Light Source (DLS) synchrotron facility. The available funding covers tuition fees at home rates , alongside an enhanced tax-free stipend above UKRI rates of approximately £24000/year. Background.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Strathclyde
About the Project Rapid detection of bacterial contamination is critical across healthcare, agriculture, and industrial settings. Conventional microbiological culture methods remain time-consuming and laboratory-bound. This PhD project will develop next-generation point-of-care electrochemical biosensors capable of rapid, sensitive, and portable bacterial detection.
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project Catalysts are a key component of any technology aimed at reducing the energy and carbon footprint of today’s incumbent technologies. Being able to synthesise nanoparticle-based catalysts efficiently and reliably, whilst minimising solvent and auxiliary use is crucial for advancing green catalytic Science and Engineering.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
University of Leicester
About the Project Have you ever wondered what really drives life under stress? For decades, biology has focused on reactive oxygen species (ROS) as the main players in health and disease. But a quiet revolution is underway: reactive sulfur species (RSS) —molecules built from sulfur—are emerging as powerful regulators of life, from bacteria thriving in extreme environments to human cells adapting to low oxygen. This PhD project invites you to explore this fascinating frontier.
- Location
- Leicester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
King’s College London
About the Project Please read the Funding note before contacting/applying Background of the Project: People with conditions like heart disease, diabetes, cancer, organ transplants, or immunodeficiencies face higher risks of infection, complications, and death. Prompt and accurate diagnosis is vital to improve outcomes in these vulnerable groups. However, clinical diagnosis of microbial infections is often challenging, and noninvasive methods tend to perform poorly.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Sydney
About the Project Methane emissions represent one of the most urgent environmental challenges of our time. Over a 20-year period, methane has a global warming potential 86 times greater than that of CO2 on a per-mass basis. Traditional CH4-conversion technologies, like steam reforming (SMR) and methanol synthesis, require large-scale infrastructure, making them impractical for the small, decentralized sources of CH4 found in these sectors.
- Location
- Sydney, Australia, Australia
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project The rare earth elements (REE) continue to rapidly increase as a strategic technological resource and form essential components in many existing and emerging applications.[1] A key use is in green energy technologies including in nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries in hybrid electric vehicles, magnets for wind turbines, advanced communication and photonic systems, energy efficient lighting/displays and medical diagnostic and imaging technologies.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
Cardiff University
About the Project The development of novel imaging tools and technologies, including super-resolution optical microscopy, has revolutionised our understanding of biology. Combining light microscopy with chemical sensing at the nanoscale in living cells holds the promise to unravel processes presently not accessible with existing techniques.
- Location
- Cardiff, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Strathclyde
About the Project Isolation of active pharmaceutical ingredients (APIs) is a critical process that links upstream (synthesis and crystallisation) and downstream (formulation and tabletting) operations, involving steps such as filtration, washing and drying. It is inherently complex and multiphase, as the process is driven by solvent mass transfer along a solvent-content gradient and involves heat transfer for solvent evaporation.
- Location
- Glasgow, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- See advert
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project Single-cell analytical technologies are transforming our ability to understand biological heterogeneity, yet elemental composition remains an under-explored dimension of cellular phenotype.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project Applications are invited for a funded PhD studentship, supervised by Prof Andrew Dove (School of Chemistry) at the University of Birmingham (group website: http://www.dovegrouplab.com ). The project is part of a multi-partner EPSRC- and industry-funded prosperity partnership that is focussed understanding how polymers in formulated degrade in the environment.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
Analytical Chemistry
University College London
About the Project Cancer has a major impact on society. Around 392,000 people are diagnosed with cancer each year in the UK (2020-2021) ( https://www.macmillan.org.uk/ ). Magnetic nanoparticles have been widely investigated for their great potential as mediators of heat for localised hyperthermia therapy. Nanocarriers have also attracted increasing attention due to the possibility of delivering drugs at specific locations, therefore limiting systematic effects.
- Location
- London, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Birmingham
About the Project Antimicrobial resistance (AMR) poses a major global health threat, driven in part by the persistence of polymicrobial biofilms that exhibit high tolerance to antimicrobial treatments and immune defences. These structured microbial communities contribute to chronic and recurrent infections that are difficult to eradicate.
- Location
- Birmingham, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Aberdeen
About the Project These projects are open to students worldwide, but have no funding attached. Therefore, the successful applicant will be expected to fund tuition fees at the relevant level (home or international) and any applicable additional research costs. Please consider this before applying.
- Location
- Aberdeen, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project Ion channels are transmembrane proteins that control ion movement of across cell membranes. The passage of ions through protein pores, defined by bundles of α-helices, is often controlled (“gated”) by small molecules. These bind at sites on the protein that are distant from the central pore. Binding induces long‑range conformational change that opens or closes the central pore in the channel.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
University of Reading
About the Project The DNA i-motif is an important biological target which has recently been shown to form inside the nucleus of human cells. Current understanding of this structure is limited as it has received little research focus over the last 30 years, primarily because it was thought it couldn’t exist within biological environment.
- Location
- Reading, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only
Analytical Chemistry
The University of Manchester
About the Project More efficient catalytic and separation processes that require less energy and enable the sustainable utilisation of small molecules and chemical feedstocks are essential for achieving net zero and reducing the environmental impact of modern industry.
- Location
- Manchester, United Kingdom, United Kingdom
- Deadline
- Year-round applications
- Funding
- Self-Funded PhD Students Only