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Latest opportunities (2021)
Microplastics: All up in the air? (BAKERA_U21SCI50)
Scientific Background
Plastics, including microplastics (<5mm), are found in oceans globally, where there is much concern about possible harmful...
Adapt or die: Understanding how bacterial biofilms evolve under stress (WEBBER_Q20DTPR2)
Most bacteria on earth exist within a biofilm; a community of aggregated cells. Biofilms are important in many industrial contexts and most bacterial...
Monitoring of emerging contaminants in water using novel optical fibre sensors (HERNAEZM_U21SCIPVC)
Applications are invited to the School of Engineering, University of East Anglia, for a PhD in the field of optical fibre sensors based on nanostructured...
Design and fabrication of ice-phobic and ice-shedding surfaces using digital manufacturing (ASKOUNISA_U21SCIPVC)
Ice accretion is detrimental to a number of areas from airplanes to wind turbines and power cables. Currently, methods to remove ice are either...
Harnessing dithiolene ligands for CO2 activation (WRIGHTJ_U21SCIPVC)
The reasons for society to develop new ways of storing and transporting energy are very well established, with both environmental concerns and supply...
Towards development of light-activated biotherapeutics (SACHEVAA_U21SCIPVC)
Over the last decade, several antibody-based biotherapeutics have been developed for treatment of cancer. These antibodies, often marketed as “targeted...
Human In vitro model systems to better understand and manage lens fibrosis and tissue regeneration (WORMSTONEM_U21HRT)
Cataract, a clouding of the lens, renders millions blind throughout the world. At present the only means to treat this condition is by surgical intervention....
Harnessing self-organisation in human retinal organoids (GROCOTTT_U21AMS)
The retina of the eye may be grown in the lab from pluripotent stem cells (Eiraku et al, 2011; Ali & Sowden, 2011). These synthetic retinas, or retinal...