PhD Projects on offer

Available PhD projects for 2026/27 application round

Each project is jointly supervised by researchers from two Loke CTR research groups. We strongly encourage you to contact the supervisors before applying. You may apply for more than one advertised project.
Trophoblast organoids with EVT differentiation

Endometrial-trophoblast interactions in the regulation of placental invasion into the uterus

Primary Supervisor: Irving Aye (ia319@medschl.cam.ac.uk)

Second Supervisor: Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Image of a mammary gland cell

Epigenetic mechanisms linking maternal choline supply and one-carbon metabolism during early perinatal development

Primary Supervisor: Geula Hanin (ghl35@cam.ac.uk)

Second Supervisor: Erica Watson (edw23@cam.ac.uk)

Generic image of dissection

GLP-1receptor agonists effects on the placenta and maternal vasculature in an obese pregnancy model

Primary Supervisor: Prof. Susan Ozanne (seo10@cam.ac.uk)

Secondary: Prof. Wei Li (wl225@medschl.cam.ac.uk)

Human blastocyst stained for DNA

Imaging the dynamics of human implantation

Primary Supervisor: Kathy Niakan (kkn21@cam.ac.uk)

Second Supervisor: Naomi McGovern (nm390@cam.ac.uk)

Additional supervision: Thomas Rawlings, Geraldine Jowett and Tereza Cindrova-Davies

ZO-1 and OCT4 staining of a human blastocyst

Investigating the role of transcription factors in regulating trophectoderm specification during human embryogenesis

Primary Supervisor: Peter Rugg-Gunn (peter.rugg-gunn@babraham.ac.uk)

Second Supervisor: Kathy Niakan (kkn21@cam.ac.uk)

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