PhD studentship projects

Applications for our studentship competition for funded entry in October 2026 have now closed. Applicants must be available for interviews, which will take place from 14th-16th January 2026. Invitations to interview will be sent out from 6th January. Interviews will be held remotely.

Supervisor: Dragana Ahel & Ivan Ahel

Molecular mechanisms of genome stability and cancer

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Supervisor: Ivan Ahel

Regulation of genome stability and human disease

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Supervisor: Alex Borodavka

Unravelling Viral Condensates for Antiviral Discovery

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Supervisor: Sally Cowley

Exploring neurodegenerative disease-associated gene function in iPS-microglia

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Supervisor: Omer Dushek & P. Anton van der Merwe

Understanding and exploiting antigen discrimination by T cells

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Supervisor: Fumiko Esashi

Understanding dynamic centromeres

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Supervisor: Ervin Fodor

Mechanistic insights into influenza virus replication

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Supervisor: Natalia Gromak & Chris Norbury

Function of RNA/DNA hybrids in health and disease

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Supervisor: Ulrike Gruneberg

Molecular mechanisms safe-guarding genome stability and preventing cancer during mammalian cell division

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Supervisor: Monika Gullerova

The Role of DROSHA in RNA-Dependent DNA Damage Response

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Supervisor: Anjali Hinch

The landscape of de novo mutations in humans 

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Supervisor: Georgia Isom

Investigating proteins that build the outer membrane of antimicrobial resistant bacteria

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Supervisor: Girish Ram Mali & Anthony Roberts

Mechanistic studies on axonemal dynein transport to motile cilia

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Supervisor: Jordan Raff

Understanding the principles of organelle biogenesis

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Supervisor: Anthony Roberts & Katarina Toropova

Structural Cell Biology of Ciliary Membrane Protein Trafficking

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Supervisor: Emma Slack

Can we generate protective immunity against vancomycin-resistant Enterococci?

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Supervisor: Mathew Stracy

Understanding and preventing the spread of antibiotic resistance within the gut microbiome

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Supervisor: Christoph Tang

The biology of resistance plasmids in the gonococcus

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Supervisor: Teresa Thurston

Molecular mechanisms and physiological consequences of bacterial virulence proteins

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Supervisor: Katerina Toropova & Anthony Roberts

Cryo-EM and Tomography Studies of Dynein-2 Motor Action and Regulation

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