Fully-funded PhD studentships
Click here for Pathology Funded Studentships:
Fully Funded BBSRC Studentship Projects
How to apply: Our Programme overview:
The application portal closes on Tuesday 8 December.
Applications will then be assigned to the relevant supervisors and independent assessors for review. Further details about the assessment process will be shared in due course.
Current Studentships:
Explore our current PhD studentship opportunities below. Each project offers interdisciplinary training and the opportunity to contribute to research addressing fundamental questions in biology, disease and human health.
Studentship 1
Developing large language models to understand how DNA replication is shaped by evolution
Principal Supervisor: Dr Michael Boemo
Contact: mb915@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 2
Ubiquitin-dependent regulation of secretory trafficking in dopaminergic neurons
Principal Supervisor: Professor Heike Laman
Contact: hl316@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 3
How do parasites remodel their flagella? Exploring mechanisms of parasite adaptation through structural cell biology
Principal Supervisor: Dr Aakash Mukhopadhyay
Contact: agm85@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 4
The antigen specificity of regulatory T cell suppression using TCR-transgenic mouse models
Principal Supervisor: Professor Rahul Roychoudhuri
Contact: rr257@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 5
Investigating conserved mechanisms of alphaherpesvirus evasion of intracellular immune defences
Principal Supervisor: Professor Colin Crump
Contact: cmc56@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 6
Evolution of bacterial cell envelopes during host adaptation
Principal Supervisor: Dr Jeanne Salje
Contact: jss53@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 7
Comparative somatic evolution in the immune system across species
Principal Supervisor: Dr Heather Machado
Contact: hem48@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 8
Mathematical and computational methods to discover and characterise critical genetic features in RNA viruses, with application to Rift Valley Fever Virus
Principal Supervisor: Dr Jordan Skittrall
Contact: jps55@cam.ac.uk
Studentship 9
Assessing the impact of environmental plastic pollution on human health
Principal Supervisor: Professor Suzanne Turner
Contact: sdt36@cam.ac.uk
