BBSRC-funded PhD studentship in bioengineering of magnetic field sensitivity in biological systems University of Exeter in United Kingdom

Exciting postdoctoral opportunity at the Francis Crick Institute in London: a fully funded 4-year Crick PACE Postdoctoral Fellowship focused on the mechanical control of pancreatic cancer stem cells. The project is proposed by Alberto Elosegui-Artola and Axel Behrens, bringing together physical sciences and cancer biology to study how mechanical cues influence pancreatic cancer stem cell behavior. This is a strong fit for researchers interested in biophysics, biomedical research, cancer stem cel...

Imperial College London’s Department of Chemical Engineering is advertising a funded PhD project in engineering biology for food and medicines . The project is led by Prof Karen Polizzi and focuses on the application of engineering biology to develop systems for recombinant protein expression . The research spans both cell-based and cell-free expression platforms and includes application areas such as vaccines and alternative proteins . This is a funded PhD opportunity open to applicants worldwi...

PhD opportunity in bioengineering kidney tubules at the University of Warwick , in collaboration with the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership. This funded PhD project focuses on bioengineering, biology, biomedical engineering, materials science, and biomechanics to understand how extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins and synthetic ECM-like materials regulate tubule shape, stiffness, and morphogenesis during embryogenesis. The project uses Drosophila melanogaster embryonic Malpigh...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Sheffield through the EPSRC Doctoral Landscape Award (DLA) , hosted by the Insigneo Institute for Healthcare Technology . The project is titled “In silico biomechanical stratification of patients with spine metastases at high risk of fracture with Photon Counting Computed Tomography and Finite Element modelling (PCCT-FE)” . It sits at the intersection of biomedical engineering , medical imaging , biomechanics , finite element modelling , and onco...

Applications are open for a SWBio DTP-funded PhD project at the University of Bristol titled “Characterisation and Inhibition of Snake Venom Metalloproteinases for Next-Generation Antivenom.” This PhD sits at the interface of biology , medical science , and biomedical engineering , with a strong research focus on snake venom metalloproteinases (SVMPs) , antivenom development , protein engineering , nanobody discovery , blood coagulation , platelet biology , and venom research . The project aims ...