Overview

For this The Holistic Microbiome in Health and Disease - Linking the Oral, Gut and Respiratory Microbiomes project at University of Dundee, 100 healthy volunteers (50 children and 50 adults) will be recruited from clinics at Dundee Dental Hospital & School to explore microbial colonisation of the respiratory tract (nose), mouth, and gut (faeces) to facilitate molecular microbiological assessment of 50 subjects, including 16S rRNA sequencing, and targeted microbial culture to recover Fusobacterium, Haemophilus and Campylobacter in 25 subjects. These organisms have been chosen as candidates of interest in oral, gut, liver, and respiratory diseases, but also to help develop the necessary techniques to target an organism and study isolates in detail.

Practicality

This PhD will be important in defining a local “healthy” microbiome for use in countless future studies as controls. It will also generate pilot data in disease as a springboard for future funding.

Programme Structure

The student will expand to proof-of-principle pilot work in small cohorts of four disease states:

paediatric Crohn’s disease

chronic obstructive pulmonary disease

orofacial granulomatosis

cirrhosis

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months
Part-time
- 60 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-16 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.
Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-31 00:00:00
Starting 2027-05-01 00:00:00

Application deadline not specified.

Language

English

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Dundee, United Kingdom

Disciplines

Medicine Microbiology View 219 other PhDs in Medicine in United Kingdom

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Academic requirements

GPA

Upper Second Class

English requirements

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

Other requirements

General requirements

You should have an honours degree at 2.1 or above, and/or a Masters degree in a relevant discipline.

IELTS 6.5

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

International Applies to you

Applies to you

Non-residents

21940 GBP / year

≈ 21940 GBP / year
Domestic Applies to you

Applies to you

Citizens or residents

4786 GBP / year

≈ 4786 GBP / year

Additional Details

Band 2

National: £9,120

International: £26,570

Band 3

National: £13,148

International: £30,965 or £39,800

Living costs

Dundee

United Kingdom

787 - 1494 GBP / month

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

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