For further information about any of these projects please contact the supervisor directly.  Applicants are welcome to approach supervisors with their own ideas - the list below is not exclusive, and does not include all supervisors. Please visit our Research Pages for more information.

Please see our Funding page for more information on applying for DTP studentships.

Projects currently on offer

• NERC DTP *Priority CASE Project* BC101: Domestication of the black soldier fly (Chris Jiggins)

• NERC DTP *Priority CASE Project* BC102: Quantifying the value of pollinators in biodiversity conservation (Lynn Dicks)

• NERC DTP BC108: Evolution and development of pigment patter variation in cichlid fishes (Emilia Santos)

• NERC DTP BC121: Small yet mitey: the evolution of a species complex (Rebecca Kilner)

• NERC DTP BC123: Dissecting the evolution of mimicry and bright wing patterns in tropical butterflies (Chris Jiggins)

• Biomechanics of insect cleaning devices (Walter Federle)

• Understanding constraints and conflicts in social coordination (James Herbert-Read) - this project falls within the remit of the PhD Studentships in Marine Biology

• Defining the blueprint of the ancestral vertebrate brain (Elia Benito-Gutierrez)

• NERC DTP BC115: Community ecology of deep-sea benthic systems (Emily Mitchell) - this project falls within the remit of the PhD Studentships in Marine Biology

• NERC DTP BC116: Ecological analyses of the oldest deep-sea communities from the Edicaran (~565 million years ago) (Emily Mitchell)

• NERC DTP BC125: Grinnell vs. Elton in deep and shallow time: Ecological drivers of lizards and snakes during the last 23 million years (Jason Head)

• Incorporating ecology into virulence evolution: an experimental evolution approach (Helen Leggett)

• Epigenetic and transcriptional mechanisms mediating neuronal plasticity (Matthias Landgraf)

• Motor network connectivity – wiring motifs and function (Matthias Landgraf)

• Regulation of dendritic and synaptic growth by metabolic reactive oxygen species (Matthias Landgraf)

• Critical period and network tuning (Matthias Landgraf)

• Neuron-glia interactions during development and repair (Matthias Landgraf)

• NERC DTP BC118: The ancient past of Africa: reconstructing paleobiomes over the last 800k years (Andrea Manica) 

• NERC DTP BC113: Co-evolution of colour vision and coloration in colourful songbirds (Nick Mundy)

• Evolution of red carotenoid coloration in birds (Nick Mundy)

• Mechanisms of sexual dimorphism in avian coloration (Nick Mundy) 

• Predicting the evolution of influenza (Derek Smith)

• Exploring the function of bimolecular condensates in translational regulation  (Tim Weil)

• Establishing the mechanism of the calcium wave at egg activation (Tim Weil)

• Testing the function of calcium in programmed cell death (Tim Weil) 

• Genomics of marine adaptation and speciation (Andrea Manica) - this project falls within the remit of the PhD Studentships in Marine Biology