Fully Funded PhD in Engineering Basidiomycota Fungi for Natural Product Biosynthesis University of Warwick in United Kingdom

MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology is seeking a PhD student to join Suyang Zhang’s team for a project on co-transcriptional splicing / transcription-coupled splicing , using cryo-EM and biochemistry . The post highlights a specific PhD project page and indicates that a postdoc call will open soon . This is a strong fit for students interested in RNA processing, gene expression regulation, structural biology, and mechanistic biochemistry. Research focus: understanding the mechanism of transcript...

Funded PhD project at the University of Warwick in Coventry, United Kingdom , focused on Basidiomycota fungi , natural products biosynthesis , fungal genetic engineering , and engineering biology . The project aims to validate an engineering biology toolkit in Pleurotus ostreatus (oyster mushroom) by reconstructing biosynthetic pathways for selected bioactive natural products from Basidiomycota fungi. Research activities include cloning biosynthetic genes into expression vectors, fungal transfor...

PhD opportunity at Aston University in cell membrane engineering for biotechnology , with a focus on biophysics , biochemistry , microbial fermentations , and industrial biotechnology . The project aims to alter microbial cell membranes to improve tolerance to bioprocessing stresses and increase product yields in industrially relevant microorganisms. The research combines in vitro assays , microbial cell culture , omics technologies , genetic engineering , and iterative strain design-build cycle...

Fully funded competitive PhD studentship available in the team of Professor Aga Gambus at the University of Birmingham. The project focuses on regulation of p97 unfoldase in the context of DNA replication and ubiquitylation. The research is interdisciplinary and combines biochemistry, structural biology, and cell biology, making it a strong fit for candidates interested in DNA metabolism and protein regulation. The studentship is offered through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Part...

[Funding is available for 4 years and covers the student's stipend and tuition fees at the Home rate. Overseas students may apply if they meet UK residency requirements (home fees) or can cover the extra international fee difference through external scholarships or funding schemes. Students may not self-fund the fee difference.] PhD studentship in next-generation targeted protein degradation for oncology at the University of Cambridge, in partnership with AstraZeneca. The Department of Pharmacol...