Fully Funded PhD in CRISPR-Cas Smart Sensors for Real-Time River Water Contaminant Detection Cranfield University in United Kingdom

Bioengineering MScR at the University of Edinburgh is a postgraduate research degree for students interested in interdisciplinary work across engineering, biology, medicine, and physical sciences. The programme is based in the Institute for Bioengineering within the School of Engineering , and the research environment focuses on synthetic biology , tissue engineering , biomedical modelling and measurement , and biomedical devices and sensors . Research interests include assistive technologies fo...

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...

Funded PhD project in synthetic microbial communities , microbial co-cultures , fermentation , and food biotechnology at Imperial College London in collaboration with A*STAR Singapore . The project focuses on designing nutritionally complete microbial food ingredients from mixed co-cultures of safe fungi, yeasts, and bacteria. Research activities include community design, optimisation of culture conditions and media, pilot-scale fermentation up to 200 litres, and nutritional/functional character...

Funded PhD project in genomic stability , metabolic stability , precision fermentation , metabolic engineering , synthetic biology , and biotechnology focused on engineered Yarrowia lipolytica strains. The project is a three-year collaboration between Imperial College London and A*STAR SIFBI in Singapore. The research asks why engineered yeast strains lose productivity during large-scale fermentation and how to improve robustness during scale-up. The work combines functional genomics in Singapor...

Daniel Yoo, Assistant Professor at Texas Tech University, is recruiting fully funded Ph.D. students for his lab for Spring 2027 and Fall 2027 . The research group focuses on bioengineering and synthetic biology , making this a strong fit for students interested in interdisciplinary graduate research at the interface of engineering and biology. Funding is explicitly stated to include stipend support and tuition support for qualified students. Applicants are described as needing to be passionate a...