Job Description

The CDT is currently recruiting to the following PhD projects to start in September 2026. See below for details of each project, including the academic supervisors. Find out details of how to apply here.

On this page:

• Developing liver-on-a-chip platforms to assess beam radiation induced injury

• Developing an advanced glomerulus-on-a-chip model to study inflammation in the kidney

• 3D printed chips to integrate cerebral organoids in electrode array systems and for neurotoxicity testing

• Organ-on-a-chip model to probe key bottlenecks in tumour progression

• Development of brain tumour margin-on-a-chip model for treatment of tumour recurrence

• Development of a dual-use skin-on-a-chip model for assessment of oncology drug toxicity 

• 3D printing complex microenvironments for next generation musculoskeletal organ-chips

• Development of spinal cord injury and repair-on-a-chip model

• Lung-on-a-chip model development for analysis of health effects of chemicals and pollutants in healthy and respiratory disease states

• Coaxial printing for an artery-on-a-chip model

• A digital twin for mechanics and mass transport of organ-on-a-chip technologies  

• Digital twins of inflammatory dynamics in immunocompetent human skin equivalents  

• Development of electrochemical  biosensors  for mapping hormone release in an adrenal gland-on-a-chip

• Development of high-throughput osteochondral models for screening osteoarthritis therapeutics

• Advancing animal-free organ-on-a-chip with PeptiMatrix

• Development of an adipose-cartilage-on-a-chip model to investigate the role of obesity in osteoarthritis

• Development of an immune-infiltrated adipose tissue-on-a-chip model for interactions between inflammation and dysfunction 

• Human vascularised tendon construct-on-a-chip model for the study of tendinopathy

• Targeting inflammatory pathways in asthma utilising an alveolar lung-on-a-chip model 

• Creating A Skin-on-a-Chip Model To Evaluate Host-Microbiome Interaction In Feminine Care