Fully Funded PhD in Marine Biology and Native Oyster Hatchery Production University of St Andrews in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the University of St Andrews in native oyster hatchery production , aquaculture , restoration , marine biology , ecology , genetics , cell biology , and zoology . This EASTBIO-funded PhD project focuses on improving hatchery production of the native oyster Ostrea edulis , an ecologically important species in decline across its range. The project is based at the Scottish Oceans Institute, University of St Andrews , with co-supervision from Dr Carmel McDougall and Dr Tim Bean , ...

PhD opportunity for UK students at the University of York in a project on reducing chemical pollution through future farming systems . The advertised project is titled “Understanding consumers’ responses to underutilized crops and implications for the environment” and is associated with Eleanor Jew . This is a research-focused doctoral opening spanning environmental science , agriculture , and chemistry , with additional relevance to crop systems, consumer responses, and sustainability in farmin...

ECOSOLUTIONS is advertising 19 PhD projects for a doctoral programme starting in September 2027. The post invites applicants who want to make a positive difference to the planet and directs them to the programme page for the individual projects and application process. This is a PhD opportunity in environmental sustainability / ecological solutions, with likely interdisciplinary themes across environmental science, biology, and agriculture. The post does not provide detailed funding, stipend, tu...

PhD opportunity: Engineering gene drives for pest insect suppression at the University of East Anglia (School of Biological Sciences), with primary supervision by Professor Tracey Chapman . This project focuses on gene drives , CRISPR , genetic engineering , genetics , and agricultural pest suppression . The target organism is the Mediterranean fruitfly (medfly), a major global agricultural pest. The research aims to build, test, and optimise components needed to move gene-drive technology close...

PhD opportunity in engineering biology, plant science, and gene regulatory networks at the Earlham Institute (Norwich, United Kingdom). This project in the Guiziou Group focuses on decoding the gene regulatory networks that control lateral root initiation in Arabidopsis . The research combines engineering biology , single-cell RNA sequencing , fluorescence microscopy, FACS, and DNA-based recorders based on serine integrase to reconstruct the order of gene expression during lateral root founder c...