DPhil Projects for 2025-26 Entry
Please see below the list of DPhil projects for entry to the programme in 2025-26.
- Elucidating the role of tumour microenvironment in breast cancer metastasis
- The Fanconi anaemia pathway and cancer: a molecular dissection
- Hypermutation as a driving force for cancer: Is there an error threshold for cancer cells?
- The pathogenic role of D-2-hydroxyglutarate in cancers caused by isocitrate dehydrogenase mutations.
- Stromal decision making in chromosomally unstable oesophageal adenocarcinoma
- Understanding how to effectively reprogram the immunosuppressive tumour microenvironment to improve tumour responses while limiting toxicity
- MRC iCASE: Neuropeptide regulation of gastric motility as a comorbidity and diagnostic for endometriosis and pancreatic cancer
- Accelerator technology advancements enabling MV photon FLASH radiotherapy
- Developing novel therapeutic strategies to improve radiotherapy
- Developing a novel type of cancer vaccine for genetically-defined tumours
- Characterisation of the cross-talk between the hypoxia-induced DNA damage and unfolded protein responses