BBSRC-funded PhD projects – Bristol – UK

November 17, 2025

Job Description

We have several 4-year BBSRC-funded PhD projects available via DTP Hub SWBio. Each project integrates experimental approaches with molecular modelling, and will be supported by highly interdisciplinary and collaborative supervisory teams. These are all really exciting opportunities for motivated students interested in carrying out cutting-edge bioscience research.

The projects:

A CASE project on drugging the FFAR1 receptor with Imre Berger, Christiane Berger-Schaffitzel and Halo Therapeutics: https://lnkd.in/eRa2XAY2

Dissecting the link between lipid peroxidation and thrombosis with Maria Shchepinova, Stuart Mundell, and Chris Bailey (between Bristol and Bath): https://lnkd.in/eYj4v3Yg

Understanding CB1 trafficking in neurons with Kevin Wilkinson, Maria Shchepinova, Stuart Mundell, and Alexandra Fletcher-Jones (between Bristol and Bath): https://lnkd.in/e-CDbTaT

Protein degradation technologies (PROTACs) in platelets with Ingeborg Hers and Varinder Aggarwal: https://lnkd.in/eKkjKPEd