Example Dissertation Titles
Major subjects
Biochemistry
Do histone modifications control gene expression?
Does endotoxin cause or contribute to neurodegenerative diseases?
Molecular interactions of drugs with the allosteric sites of vertebrate Cys-loop receptors
Why do bacteria carry toxin-antitoxin systems?
Genetics
Aneuploidy in cancer: lessons so far
Big data in genomics and healthcare and how it has defined cancer diagnosis and treatment
Modelling in Biology: accurate descriptions of our pathetic thinking or pathetic descriptions of the real world?
Trace the economic and biological causes of the current antibiotic resistance crisis. Is there a solution and, if so, does it lie in the hands of patients, clinicians, regulators or researchers?
Transposable elements – a powerful force driving evolution
Pathology
Can the gut microbiota influence host appetite? Implications for the aetiology of obesity
Can vaccine innovation solve the last mile problem for vaccines in low-resource settings
Eradication of Polio: Past Challenges and Future Prospects
Is the age of antibiotics over?
Microbiome regulation of the gut-brain axis: implications for anxiety and depression
On the origin of the bacterial flagellum: an example of irreducible complexity?
Recent advances in the blockade of immune checkpoints in cancer immunotherapy
What are the major causes of delay in response to emerging disease outbreaks: the case of the 2014-2016 Ebola outbreak in West Africa
Pharmacology
Cystic-fibrosis related diabetes
How do SNAREs mediate membrane fusion?
Is CRISPR ready for the clinic?
Phantom pain: a ghost in the machine or a biological basis?
Plant-derived polysaccharides - sweet medicine of tomorrow?
Why are opioids problematic analgesics?
Plant Sciences
"Scrambled Genomes": examining the methodology and goals of the Sc2.0 synthetic genome project
Engineering C4 Rice: Molecular Targets and Progress so far
Is Trehalose-6-phosphate a central regulator of plant carbon partitioning?
Sucrose signalling and its role in plant development
Who needs cells anyway?
Psychology
Is visual adaptation diminished in autism spectrum disorders?
Memory reconsolidation blockade: a novel treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Parental influence on child language development: does gender matter?
Sleep disorders as model for Consciousness Research: a cognitive framework for parasomnias
The role of genetics in the transgenerational transmission of memories
The role of insulin in cognitive decline in the elderly
Physiology, Development and Neuroscience
Adaptations of cancer cells for metastasis to the brain
How and why is the infant gut microbiota affected by caesarean section? The crying need for well-designed research
How do astrocytes support and modulate neuronal function? Exploring neurovascular coupling, neurometabolic coupling, and gliotransmission
The missing nuances of science and society: How popular science is shaping policy and understanding
The role of operant conditioning in spinal cord plasticity and its potential therapeutic implications for spinal cord injury
The significance of proinflammatory mediators in disrupting HRV: a link to cardiovascular morbidity in schizophrenia?
Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour
Prenatal stress: relevance to major depressive disorder
Promises and limitations of a combinatorial approach to spinal cord injury
Social neurons? A critical examination of how individual neurons might implement primate social cognition
The bidirectional relationship between the hippocampus and metabolic syndrome
The Cognitive and Neurobiological Benefits of an Imperfect Memory
Why are drug seeking habits maladaptive?
Zoology
How have homosexual mating preferences evolved in males and females?
How relevant is the Drosophila segmentation paradigm to the study of segmentation in other arthropods and other animals?
Mechanisms of mass extinction
Migration of Homo erectus out of Africa
The meaning of alarm calls: honesty and deception
Wolves verses Eurasian Lynx as candidates for large predator reintroduction in mainland Britain - which may be the most suitable and why?
Minor subjects
Conservation Science
Causes and remedies for the decline in red squirrel numbers in Britain
How do deer impact forest organisms in UK lowland woodland?
Reintroduction and translocation as conservation tools for rhinos
Translocation as a tool for tiger (Panthera tigris) conservation: problems and potential solutions
With respect to myxomatosis and RHD virus how have rabbit populations co-evolved with the viruses and how may rabbit populations be affected in the future?
Development and Psychopathology
To what extent have biasing in screening and diagnosis contributed to the sex ratios observed in autism?
Health, Medicine and Society
Medicalisation and violence against women: implications for the medical encounter
Human Ecology and Behaviour
The use of wood in prehistory
Neural Degeneration and Regeneration
Progress towards establishing lead times of biomarkers for early diagnosis of idiopathic Parkinson's disease
The Pharmacological Targeting of the Amyloid-beta pathway in Alzheimer's: issues and prospects
Philosophy and Ethics of Medicine
Dementia: how changing perspectives affect clinical decision making
Should the MMR vaccine be mandatory? The problem of herd immunity threshold
Psychology and Social Issues
Reducing Extremist Violence by increasing Integrative Complexity - why understanding the role of emotion is central to success