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 Project:
Part funded Project:
- MPhil Project: Investigation of the Aetiology and Treatment of Acquired 'Idiop athic' Megaoesophagus in Canines (Dr An Vanhaesebrouck)
Self-funded Projects:The projects below do not come with funds to support maintenance stipend or fees - Interested students would need to apply for the University funding schemes or seek funding from elsewhere for fees and maintenance (info on funding here):
- PhD: Deciphering the emergence of opportunistic pathogens in the human gut microbiome: Dr Alex Almeida
- PhD:Retracing the evolution and host adaptation of the human gut microbiome: Dr Alex Almeida
- PhD:The mechanisms by which disease-inducing mutations trigger innate immune signalling proteins (Prof Clare Bryant)
- PhD:How do evolutionary changes in innate immune genes influence host susceptibility to infection with zoonotic pathogens (Prof Clare Bryant)
- PhD:Intervertebral disc disease in dogs (Prof Paul Freeman)
- PhD/MPhil:Looking for evidence that a bacterium known as C.acnes (P. acnes) plays a role in IVDD (Prof Paul Freeman)
Subject: