Studentships and scholarships in biomaterials
Biomaterials
Your Options
Full-time and part-time programmes are available for most of our research degrees. Split-site degrees are also available, subject to provision of an appropriate study plan, and local facilities and supervision. This allows you to conduct part of your study at a local site near your workplace with supervision from staff in our school. Please contact the School for further information about the Split-site option.
For a full list of qualifications available in the School please see
Projects currently available in this area are listed at below. Applicants are also invited to submit their own project proposal if they wish to work in a specific area for which a project is not currently listed.
Current Projects
- Age related macular degeneration (AMD) Supervisor: Professor Sandra Downes
- Cell-matrix biology of the vascular progenitor stem cell niche Supervisor: Dr Cathy Merry
- Development of Functional Peptide Scaffolds for Tissue Regeneration Applications Supervisor: Dr Alberto Saiani
- Design and characterisation supramolecular polymers matrices for composite application Supervisor: Dr Alberto Saiani
- Designing nano-structured responsive hydrogels for biomedical applications Supervisor: Dr Alberto Saiani
- Micropatterned substrate control of cell shape and effect on protein and gene expression Supervisor: Dr Julie Gough
- Multi-composition bioceramics via combinatorial chemistry and their analysis via high-throughput cell culture techniques Supervisors: Dr Julie Gough, Dr Sarah Cartmell, Professor Ping Xiao
- Self-assembled peptide gels for intervertebral disc tissue engineering Supervisors: Dr Julie Gough, Dr Alberto Saiani
- A Study of Cationic Polymer Particles for Enzyme Responsive Microgels Supervisor: Dr Brian Saunders
- Double Crosslinked microgels as injectable scaffolds for intervertebral disc repair Supervisor: Dr Brian Saunders
- Tailoring the morphology of hybrid polymer composites for application in solar cells Supervisor: Dr Brian Saunders
- Use of statins for bone tissue engineering Supervisor: Dr Sarah Cartmell
- Use of mechanical forces to direct mesenchymal stem cell differentiation Supervisor: Dr Sarah Cartmell Ligament tissue engineering Supervisor: Dr Sarah Cartmell
For more details about all of these projects, please download this document
Contact
- For further information about PhD studentships and scholarships in the School of Materials, please contact our Postgraduate Team.