Available PhD /MPhil projects

See below for a list of currently advertised PhD projects, however do feel free to contact any potential supervisors whose work is of interest to you to discuss other project ideas.

Please click on the links for more details on the projects and how to apply

Fully funded PhD Project:

•  Identification of novel antibiotic resistance mechanisms in Klebsiella pneumoniae using machine learning (Professor Julian Parkhill) -  INEOS Oxbridge Doctoral Initiative on Antimicrobial Resistance - CLICK for more info!

Other PhD Projects:

(The projects below do not come with funds to support stipend or fees - Interested students should apply for the University funding schemes or seek funding from elsewhere for fees and maintenance)

• Uncovering the natural diversity, function, and ecology of opportunistic pathogens within the human gut microbiome (Dr Alexandre Almeida)
• Modelling the multi-kingdom diversity of the human gut microbiome in health and disease (Dr Alexandre Almeida)
• Genomic evolution and host adaptation of the human gut microbiome (Dr Alexandre Almeida)

• Evolution of transmissible cancers in Tasmanian devils (Prof Elizabeth Murchison)

• Models for the circulation of zoonotic viruses in bats (Dr Olivier Restif)

• Quantifying the risk of zoonotic spillover at the wildlife-human interface (Dr Olivier Restif)

• How do evolutionary changes in innate immune genes influence the carriage of zoonotic pathogens (Prof Clare Bryant) 

• Mutational signatures in bacteria (Prof Julian Parkhill)

• Expanding phylogenetic reconstruction in bacteria (Professor Julian Parkhill)

• Pathophysiology of red cell membrane permeability (Dr John Gibson)

• Using canine models of obesity to discover the mechanisms by which genes influence obesity (Dr Eleanor Raffan)