You can study an MPhil over the course of one year. A PhD takes three years.
You can study any option in any of our research groups:
You will work under the supervision of Dr Fraser J Scott to investigate an aspect of Science Education Research. This will likely be on a topic involving the overlap of Science and Mathematics education, but the specific topic is open for discussion.
You will work under the supervision of Dr Fraser J Scott to develop Strathclyde Minor Groove Binders as anti-infective agents. Experimental work will include organic chemistry, but also biochemical (enzyme assays), biophysical (UV-vis, NMR) and biology (in vitro activity) aspects.
The aim of this project is to address the challenge of directly detecting disease biomarker panels in serum featuring target species whose relative concentrations span many orders of magnitude.
Immunology, infection, diabetes, mast cells, autoimmunity, obesity Cellular Basis of Disease
Marine microbial chemistry Actinomycetes Marine natural products Specialized metabolism Comparative metabolomics Antibiotic Discovery
Drug utilisation research; adherence; clinical effectiveness; Antimicrobial Resistance; antimicrobial stewardship; Health Service Research
Neuroscience, immunology, multiple sclerosis
Materials & Manufacture. High-pressure; co-crystals; polymorphism, diffraction, spectroscopy.
Advanced manufacturing (Y Perrie); Drug Delivery (Health and Wellbeing – Y Perrie, Z Rattray); Particle Characterization (Measurement and Enabling Technologies, Z Rattray)
Cellular Basis of Disease (Health and Wellbeing- Z and N Rattray), Metabolomics (Health and Wellbeing, Measurement and enabling sciences- N Rattray), Drug Delivery (Health and Wellbeing – Z Rattray)
Cardiovascular and Metabolic Disease Diabetes Cell Biology
Materials & Manufacture. High-pressure; co-crystals; polymorphism, diffraction, spectroscopy
Leishmaniasis is a serious health threat. We have preliminary data to show that light can have anti-leishmanial activity and the aim of this project is to design a medicinal device that can be used to treat cutaneous leishmaniasis.
Neuroscience immunology neurodegenerative diseases
Leishmania could function as a model organism for flagellar/cilia disorders in humans. In this project we will analyse protein kinases and their substrates involved in flagellar length control.
Cellular Basis of Disease: Neurodegeneration, Cell Biology, Molecular Genetics
Drug and stem cell delivery using biopolymers
Neuroscience & Mental Health proteinase-activated receptor 2, Alzheimer’s disease, β-amyloid cytokines, major depressive disorder, treatment-resistant depression
Research group: Neuroscience & Mental Health Key words: proteinase-activated receptor 2, inflammation, cytokines, major depressive disorder, treatment-resistant depression.
The project will explore novel strategies to study cardiac cellular metabolism using isolated primary adult cardiac cells and the use of spheroids.
CLXL12, cancer, Nuclear factor kappa B, signalling, molecular. Cellular Basis of disease/Drug discovery
Insulin stimulates glucose transport into fat and muscle by the regulated trafficking of the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT4 from insulin-sensitive intracellular stores to the plasma membrane. This process is impaired in patients with insulin-resistance and Type-2 diabetes. Therefore, there is a need to identify the machinery which regulates GLUT4 and it is to this end that the project is aimed.
Insulin stimulates glucose transport into fat and muscle by the regulated trafficking of the facilitative glucose transporter GLUT4 from insulin-sensitive intracellular stores to the plasma membrane. This process is impaired in patients with insulin resistance and Type-2 diabetes. Therefore, there is a need to identify the machinery which regulates GLUT4 and it is to this end that the project is aimed.
cardiotoxicity, cancer drugs, safety pharmacology, cardiac hypertrophy, metabolomics Cardiovascular and Metabolic Diseases Research Group
This cross disciplinary PhD project will explore physical modifications of the protein biopolymer silk that will be 3D printed into higher order structures. These modifications are aimed at maximising the function of silk to ultimately enhance the performance of silk to serve as tissue matrix for stem cells.
Building on promising results already obtained, the proposed project aims to develop novel tumour-targeted nanomedicines and to evaluate their targeting and therapeutic efficacy on cancers. Key objectives are: the preparation and characterisation of novel tumour-targeting delivery systems; the evaluation of the tumour delivery and therapeutic efficacy of these systems in vitro and in vivo.
Protein kinases are central regulators in vital processes of the human parasite Leishmania. In this project we want to identify activators of Leishmania protein kinases and their substrates. This will allow to identify specific inhibitors for parasite protein kinases as novel drugs to treat human leishmaniasis.
More females develop pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) than males. However, female PAH patients have better right ventricular (RV) function including less fibrosis and as a result better survival than the males. The mechanism for the sex-dependent RV fibrosis is not well studied and this project will investigate the underlying mechanism to gain better knowledge and develop therapeutic strategies for PAH.
Glioblastoma is a lethal brain tumour with a worldwide incidence of ~5 per 100,000 persons and <5% five-year survival. We have identified a cholesterol intracellular transport gene signature in glioblastoma that correlates with worse prognosis. The proposed project aims to investigate the potential of targeting the cholesterol intracellular transport pathway as a novel target for therapeutic intervention in this cancer of unmet need.
S-Acylation is a reversible post-translational modification that has been detected on over 4,000 mammalian proteins. Despite the importance of this modification in regulating protein stability and localisation, how S-acylation reactions are coordinated in the secretory pathway is poorly understood. This project will undertake the first detailed analysis of TM protein S-acylation in the secretory pathway.
Microbial drug discovery in the 'omics era relies on three key datasets: biosynthetic, chemical and biological (activity). Yet, to integrate and interrogate these large and complex datasets remains a challenge and results in the low-throughput prioritisation of only a few strains based on observed antibiotic activity. Therefore, there is a need to integrate these datasets to accelerate microbial antibiotic discovery.
Combining synthetic lipid chemistry with microfluidics to design tailor made ionisable cationic lipids to be incorporated into optimum lipid nanoparticle delivery systems for RNA cancer therapeutics and new/improved COVID vaccines.
In this project, you will produce an online compendium of genome-scale metabolic models spanning the full diversity of Streptomyces, and use this to analyse their differential biological phenotypes, and potential for engineering.
Women’s health is a chronically under-researched area despite the fact that slightly more than half of the global population is female. Our understanding of several conditions primarily or exclusively affecting female patients – including endometriosis, which can have a profound impact on women’s well-being – is insufficient, and disease symptoms are frequently trivialised. Consequently, there is a substantial need to improve how patients are supported in their daily lives.
The use of digital and technological innovations is increasing within all sectors to create "smart products, smart processes and smart procedures". Within pharmacy, this could facilitate the safe and effective medicines management. This PhD project will explore the use and priorities surround pharmacy-related digital and technological solutions.
People within prison services have a poor record of health and experience profound health inequalities. The prison population have significant disadvantages including poor health literacy. In general society people with poor health literacy experience worse health outcomes than normal and find it challenging to navigate health systems. This PhD will focus on co-designing a service that enables people within prisons to work with healthcare professionals to manage their common clinical conditions.
The project will study the evolution and adaptation of Streptomyces bacteria as a means to understanding how antibiotic production evolves and the epistatic interactions that govern production.
Strathclyde Research Studentship Scheme (SRSS) doctoral studentships are available annually for excellent students and excellent research projects.
There are two main sources of funding:
The SRSS 2023/2024 competition will open in Autumn 2022 and students successful in this competition will commence studies in October 2023. Faculties will set their own internal deadlines for the competition.
Academics/Supervisors make the applications for this scheme and there are various deadlines across the Department/Schools and Faculties, therefore, in the first instance, all interested students should contact the Department/School where they would like to carry out their research.
All fees quoted are per academic year unless otherwise stated.
Entrants may be subject to a small fee during the writing up period.
Fees may be subject to updates to maintain accuracy. Tuition fees will be notified in your offer letter.
All fees are in £ sterling, unless otherwise stated, and may be subject to revision.
Students on programmes of study of more than one year should be aware that tuition fees are revised annually and may increase in subsequent years of study. Annual increases will generally reflect UK inflation rates and increases to programme delivery costs.
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As part of your PhD degree, you'll be enrolled on the Postgraduate Certificate in Researcher Professional Development (PgCert RPD).
This certificate is designed to support you with your research and rewards you for things you'll do as a research student here.
It'll help you improve skills which are important to professional development and employability:
All you have to do is plan these activities alongside your doctorate, documenting and reflecting your journey to success along the way.
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The School encompasses our four faculties and is committed to enriching the student experience, intensifying research outputs and opportunities, and ensuring training is at the highest level. As a postgraduate researcher, you'll automatically become a member of the Strathclyde Doctoral School.
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My research mission can be divided into bottom-up, curiosity-driven fundamental research and top-down, challenge-based healthcare activities: the common thread to these activities is the use of biomaterials, especially silk. I have spent time at various sericulture hotspots throughout the world to experience first-hand nature at its best. Outside work, I am passionate about the outdoors.
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Upper second-class UK Honours degree or overseas equivalent.
During the application you'll be asked for the following:
By filling these details out as fully as possible, you'll avoid any delay to your application being processed by the University.
If you're applying as an international student, you'll need to provide:
By filling these details out as fully as possible, you'll avoid any delay to your application being processed by the University.
Research supervisors are assigned to you by the Strathclyde Institute of Pharmacy & Biomedical Sciences. Let us know in your application who you'd like to work with, but the department will team you up with the best supervisor for your project.
Once we've received your application, your research proposal is passed to potential supervisors for consideration. If it's not compatible with the researcher's current projects and they are unable to supervise, it's passed along to another for consideration. If they can supervise you, they’ll confirm and nominate a potential second supervisor. As soon as a second supervisor is confirmed, an offer will be sent to you through Pegasus, our online application system.
When you accept our offer of study, you'll receive a full offer in writing via the email address you'll have provided.
When you've accepted our offer, we'll need you to fulfil any academic, administrative or financial conditions that we ask.
If you're applying as a UK or EU student, you'll then be issued with your registration documentation.
An ATAS (Academic Technology Approval Scheme) clearance certificate is a mandatory requirement for some postgraduate students in science, engineering and technology.
