{"id":1395,"date":"2025-10-31T19:39:55","date_gmt":"2025-10-31T19:39:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/kengng\/?p=1395"},"modified":"2025-11-06T05:13:54","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T05:13:54","slug":"funded-phd-studentship-to-make-a-difference-in-skin-cancer-detection-and-prevention","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ncl.ac.uk\/kengng\/news\/funded-phd-studentship-to-make-a-difference-in-skin-cancer-detection-and-prevention\/","title":{"rendered":"Funded PhD studentship to make a difference in skin cancer detection and prevention"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What if we could detect or even predict skin cancer with a simple skin swab, before a tumour is even visible?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our team at Newcastle University is developing this technology, and we’re looking for a passionate PhD student to join us. This is a fully-funded project that sits at the exciting intersection of biology, engineering, and real-world patient impact.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

About the Project<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

Skin cancer is one of the UK’s most common cancers. We’re tackling this by pioneering a gentle, minimally invasive technique that collects molecular information from beneath the skin’s surface. This ‘microsampling’ approach could one day make community screening for skin cancer a simple and accessible reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

You will be at the heart of this innovation, working to optimise the technique, discover key biomarkers, and test its use in a clinical setting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This project is a close collaboration with Professor Mark Birch-Machin<\/a> (Professor of Molecular Dermatology), Dr Andrew Porter<\/a> of the Newcastle University Protein and Proteome Analysis (NUPPA)<\/a> facility, and Dr Samantha Hills<\/a> (Clinical Director at Lynton<\/a>, the UK’s largest manufacturer of aesthetic, surgical and conservation lasers).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Unique PhD Experience<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

This isn’t a standard lab-based PhD. It’s a prestigious MRC DiMeN iCASE studentship<\/a>, which means you’ll be co-developing this technology with our industrial partner, Lynton<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Your experience will include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n