The Department of Haematology is offering two fully funded PhD studentships for students beginning in October 2026. Full details of the studentships are available here.
This page gives examples of projects available for both the rotations projects in the first terms of the PhD and the full three year project that forms the main part of the PhD.
1. Megakaryocyte/platelet-leukocyte interactions – role in thrombopoiesis and thrombosis
Supervisor: Professor Cedric Ghevaert
Co-supervisor: Professor Simon Mendez-Ferrer
2. Gene program modelling to decode preleukemic stem cell fitness
Supervisors: Professor Bertie Gottgens and Professor Nicola Wilson
3. Supercharging factor IXa for cryo-EM studies on the Xase complex
Supervisor: Professor Jim Huntington
4. Role of neutrophils in bone marrow fibrosis
Supervisor: Professor Simon Mendez-Ferrer
Co-supervisors: Professor Cedric Ghevaert and Dr Ryan Collinson
5. Mechanisms regulating blood stem cell self-renewal and differentiation
Supervisor: Dr Adam Wilkinson