Apply now for the Parkinson's Disease and Neurodegeneration PhD Programme

The closing date for the latest round of applications was 31st January 2026. All applications received are currently being reviewed and successful candidates will be contacted.

If you have any questions or wish to contact us, please email at mrcppu-phd-admin@dundee.ac.uk.

Project	Principal Investigator	Funding Type	More Info
Decoding a New Signalling Axis in Parkinson’s Disease	Dario Alessi	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Crosstalk between UPR Signaling and ER-phagy during ER Stress	Jin Rui (Amos) Liang	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Decoding the mechanism and function of ER-Ribosome associated Quality Control	Yogesh Kulathu	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Finding the eat-me signals	Ian Ganley	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
How do Dysregulated Signalling Pathways cause Intellectual Disability?	Greg Findlay	Northwood	MORE
New technologies to monitor assembly of alternative forms of the proteasome	Adrien Rousseau	Northwood	MORE
From Data to Biology: AI-Driven Biomarker Discovery and Validation in Parkinson’s Disease through the MJFF LITE Initiative	Esther Sammler	MRC Funded, Northwood	MORE
Discovery of novel organelle and ubiquitin mechanisms underlying Parkinson’s disease	Miratul Muqit	Northwood	MORE
Deciphering novel ALS signalling pathways: Biomarker discovery and developing therapeutic strategies	Raja Nirujogi	Northwood	MORE
Unravelling the molecular mechanisms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis / motor neuron disease	Arpan Mehta	Northwood	MORE