PhD studentship projects

Applications for our studentship competition for funded entry in October 2026 must be submitted before 12 noon on 2nd December 2025. 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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