Are you holding Master’s degree and looking for fully funded PhD positions? University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland invites online application for multiple funded PhD Programs / fully funded PhD positions in various research areas.
Candidates interested in fully funded PhD positions can check the details and may apply as soon as possible. Interested and eligible applicants may submit their online application for PhD programs via the University’s Online Application Portal.
1. Fully Funded PhD Position in Advanced sensing platforms
Summary of PhD Program:
This project focuses on the fabrication of nanomaterial-based substrates using laser-assisted photocatalytic growth of silver and gold nanoparticles. These substrates will be analysed using Surface-Enhanced Raman Scattering (SERS)—a highly sensitive optical detection technique capable of identifying molecular structures with extreme precision.
Application Deadline: 30 September 2025
2. Fully Funded PhD Position in Discovery and Investigation of small molecule protein-protein interaction stabilisers
Summary of PhD Program:
This project seeks to achieve breakthroughs in how Central Nervous System diseases, where there is severe unmet medical need, may be addressed with small molecules. Molecular glues are small molecules which can induce the proximity of cellular proteins to modify their function and subsequently impact cell health. This project will seek to develop new approaches for how molecular glues can be prospectively discovered, understand their mechanism of action and produce novel chemical probes to validate new therapeutic concepts.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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3. Fully Funded PhD Position in The role of shape and form in function of biological systems
Summary of PhD Program:
Since the pioneering work of D’Arcy Thompson more than a century ago, it has become clear that shape and form play a major role in determining proper function of living organisms. Our understanding of molecular processes that underpin life has greatly improved since early 1900s. However, many questions remain open on how molecular-level regulation controls the development of functional tissue and organ scale structures. For example, for a healthy individual, it is not only necessary to have a liver, but it must be the right shape and size and positioned at the right place.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
4. Fully Funded PhD Position in Role and mechanism of the bacterial Type VI secretion system
Summary of PhD Program:
Many species of bacteria use a contractile nanomachine known as the Type VI secretion system (T6SS) to deliver a wide range of toxic proteins, known as ‘effectors’, directly into neighbouring cells. The T6SS plays a key role in the virulence and competitiveness of diverse Gram-negative bacteria, including important human, animal and plant pathogens. In some cases the T6SS can be used to directly attack host cells, as a classical virulence factor. However the primary role of the T6SS is believed to be during inter-bacterial competition, when bacteria use the T6SS to deliver anti-bacterial effectors into other bacterial cells, efficiently killing or disabling competitors.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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5. Fully Funded PhD Position in Intraspecies Interactions In the Gram-positive bacterium Bacillus subtilis
Summary of PhD Program:
The need to distinguish self from non-self is a requirement spanning the kingdoms from bacteria to plants and humans. Many microbes are highly clonal and frequently restrict cooperative behaviours to their clonal isogenic counterparts (kin). This behaviour means that sophisticated systems of detecting kin and/or responding to non-kin have evolved. As intraspecies competition is a driver of evolutionary change, and a fundamental force that influences community structure during infection and commensal situations, understanding the mechanisms of intraspecies competition is essential to our future ability to engineer and control microbial communities across a myriad of applications.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
6. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigating the role of two-component signalling systems as mediators of adaptive antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa
Summary of PhD Program:
Bacteria sense and respond to their environment via intricate networks of signalling systems. Two-component signalling (TCS) systems comprise a sensor kinase that detects environmental signals and a response regulator that alters gene expression to promote adaptive phenotypic change. This ability to detect and respond to a fluctuating environment underpins adaptive antimicrobial resistance, whereby the susceptibility of a microbe to antibiotics changes as a function of its environment.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
7. Fully Funded PhD Position in Discovery of novel mitochondrial and organelle biology underlying Parkinson’s disease
Summary of PhD Program:
Parkinson’s disease (PD) is a movement disorder that is now the fastest growing neurological disorder in the world. Despite much research the disease is incurable and there are no treatments that can slow the disease down. The discovery of genetic mutations in rare familial forms has transformed our understanding of the origins of PD but the function of these genes is poorly understood. Mutations in PTEN-induced kinase 1 (PINK1) cause autosomal recessive PD. PINK1 is unique amongst all protein kinases due to the presence of a mitochondrial targeting domain that localises it to mitochondria.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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8. Fully Funded PhD Position in Cell polarity and mechanical regulation in epithelia – a genetic and biophysical analysis
Summary of PhD Program:
A defining feature of epithelial cells is that they are polarised. The establishment of apico-basal polarity is driven by protein complexes that are conserved between flies and humans and important for the physiological roles of the epithelium. Our lab recently found that the cell polarity machinery impacts the mechanical properties of epithelial cells corroborating links in the literature suggesting that biochemical cues from the cell polarity machinery and contractility regulation are highly coupled. However, the molecular nature of this regulation is unclear and will be addressed in this project.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
9. Fully Funded PhD Position in Regulation of polarized trafficking amidst change
Summary of PhD Program:
Multicellular organisms must organize their morphology and physical characteristics. Amidst changes to cell function and specialization, cells must maintain spatiotemporal regulation of communication. We aim to determine the molecular mechanisms of trafficking during dynamic responses to cell changes and specialization. We focus on polarized trafficking, a pathway responsible for intracellular and extracellular communication. These pathways and their components are fundamental, yet despite this importance, we do not understand the mechanisms enabling functional plasticity.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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10. Fully Funded PhD Position in Exploring Non-Canonical Ubiquitination and Its Biological Roles
Summary of PhD Program:
Ubiquitination is a fundamental post-translational modification (PTM) crucial for a wide range of cellular processes, including protein degradation, localization, quality control, DNA repair, cell signaling, and immune responses. Traditionally, ubiquitin attaches to lysine residues via isopeptide bonds. However, recent advances have uncovered a novel form of ubiquitination – non-canonical ubiquitination – where ubiquitin binds to serine, threonine, and other hydroxyl-containing biomolecules through ester bonds.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
11. Fully Funded PhD Position in Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / motor neuron disease
Summary of PhD Program:
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS)—the commonest type of motor neuron disease (MND)—is a rapidly progressive paralysing illness of mid-adulthood. It has a lifetime risk of ~1 in 400, resulting from the selective neurodegeneration of upper and lower motor neurons (MNs). ~10% of ALS is inherited, and the rest occurs spontaneously. The median survival from symptom onset is 3 years and there are no significant treatments, and no cure. The only globally licensed medication, Riluzole, prolongs survival by a few months on average, and was introduced in the mid 1990s. Consequently, there is a major impetus to unravel the key molecular pathomechanisms to make a breakthrough.
Application Deadline: 31 August 2026
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12. Fully Funded PhD Position in Investigating helminth-host protein-protein interactions to identify novel immunomodulatory factors
Summary of PhD Program:
Parasitic helminths (worms) can modulate the host immune response, to prevent the immune system from ejecting them. Our previous work has identified several families of proteins from an intestinal nematode: these proteins bind with high affinity to proteins of the immune system, either blocking the activity of the immune system, or changing the response induced. There are multiple effects of parasites on the immune system which have never been fully characterised. In this project we propose a new technique to screen for novel parasite-host interactions.
