Important note: all applicants for the PhD and MPhil need to identify and make contact with a potential supervisor before submitting their application.
Make contact with the supervisor(s) by email to find out more information about any available projects and whether they will consider your application for a PhD or MPhil - click on the research themes below to find potential supervisors. Initial enquiries should be made as early as possible. The University funding deadline for PDN applications is
Tuesday 2 December 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Link to 2026-27 Supervisor List
Possible funded project opportunities in PDN include:
- MRC Doctoral Training Programme iCASE PhD Studentship:
Professor Andrew Murray - Cardiac Functional and Metabolic Consequences of Ghrelin Agonism
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BBSRC DTP Targeted project:
Dr Riccardo Beltramo - : Sensory processing and fear overgeneralization in stress-induced anxiety, across the visual system
Please note the closing date for the following funded studentship has now passed (4 November 2025)
- The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research (Loke CTR) offers fully-funded 4-year PhD studentships
Selection process and how to applyProjects in PDN include:
Primary supervisor: Dr Alberto Rosello-Diez (ar2204@cam.ac.uk)
Second supervisor: Prof. Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri (ans48@cam.ac.uk)
A gestational metronome: role of the placenta in the control of developmental tempoPrimary supervisor: Prof Dino A. Giussani (dag26@cam.ac.uk)
Second supervisor: Prof. Andrew J. Murray (ajm267@cam.ac.uk)
Placenta-related pregnancy complications and future heart disease risk in womenPrimary supervisor: Dr Claire Senner (ces207@cam.ac.uk) Second supervisor: Dr Teresa Rayon
RNA Stability in Placental Development
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Cellular and systems physiology
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Developmental biology and reproduction
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Form and function
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Neuroscience
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