Overview

This is a fully-funded applied PhD, working between the Schools of Pharmacy and Dentistry, together with AlgiPharma AS (a Norwegian Biopharmaceutical Company.

This Knowledge Economy Skills Scholarship (KESS) project will be administered in the School of Dentistry at Cardiff University. KESS is a programme funded by the European Social Fund (ESF) awarded by the Welsh European Funding Office (WEFO) in the Welsh Government. The PhD is a partnership between Cardiff University and AlgiPharma AS, who are the industry partner and sponsors of the study.

The PhD student will be principally based in Cardiff within the Advanced Therapies Group at the School of Dentistry and the School of Pharmacy. Here the student will be working with a team of pharmacists, clinicians, microbiologists, and engineers, evaluating novel model systems to study the interactions of agents derived from alginate oligosaccharides on bacterial and mucin biofilms.

Programme Structure

The overall aim of this study is to design and deliver novel structures which can be employed in medicine to disrupt polymer matrix biofilms (in bacterial biofilms and mucin) and develop the tools to inform this design.

The specific objectives are to:

Develop novel nanomedicine approaches to facilitate the delivery of drugs and proteins across the bacterial biofilm and mucin barrier;
Develop new biofilm model systems in which the effect of candidate agents can be tested;
Working with the industrial and academic partners in the UK and Norway, inform the design and delivery of novel nano-scale structures for pre-clinical testing;

In this project the candidate will develop biofilm models and nanoparticle tracking systems; employing state-of-the-art imaging facilities, to characterize these interactions at a cellular and molecular level.

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-10-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-15 00:00:00

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Cardiff, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Dentistry Pharmacy View 36 other PhDs in Pharmacy in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

We are not aware of any English requirements for this programme.

Tuition Fees

Living costs

Cardiff

United Kingdom

628 - 1066 GBP / month

The living costs include the total expenses per month, covering accommodation, public transportation, utilities (electricity, internet), books and groceries.

Funding

For more information on what is funded in this PhD please visit: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/study/postgraduate/funding/view/kess2-east-phd-in-dentistry-developing-novel-technologies-to-model-the-effects-of-therapies-on-bacterial-biofilms

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