Funded PhD in Designing Peptides to Uncover Cancer Vulnerabilities at Telomeres MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in molecular characterisation of the protein S-acylation machinery at Coventry University within the Centre for Discoveries in Life Sciences and the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP) . This funded PhD project investigates protein S-acylation (palmitoylation) , a reversible post-translational modification that regulates protein localisation, stability, trafficking, and activity. The project aims to define the molecular interactions between the S-acylati...

PhD opportunity: Sustainable Synthesis for Medicinal Chemistry in 3-Dimensions: Bioisosteres, PROTAC Linkers, Scaffold Hopping and Unnatural Amino Acids. This project is offered through the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (CSHP CDT), a fully funded 4-year PhD programme jointly delivered by the Universities of Oxford and York. The project is primarily based at the University of York , Department of Chemistry, and is supervised by Prof Peter O’Brien wi...

The MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology (LMB) in Cambridge is accepting applications for its 2027 PhD programme , with students starting in October 2027 . The programme is registered through the University of Cambridge and is a four-year, full-time PhD that places students in individual LMB research groups. Research areas mentioned include molecular biology , structural biology , cell biology , neurobiology , protein and nucleic acid chemistry , and related biomedical sciences . Applicants can c...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in medicinal chemistry at Newcastle University , within the Newcastle Medicinal Chemistry Group. The project focuses on high-throughput chemistry and direct-to-biology screening , with supervision involving Mike Waring and Hannah Stewart, and collaboration with Charles A. and Liz McFaddin at Eli Lilly and Company . This is a research-focused doctoral opening for candidates interested in drug discovery, screening workflows, and modern medicinal chemistry approaches. T...

Funded PhD project at De Montfort University (Leicester, United Kingdom) on the effect of mesenchymal stem cells-derived extracellular vesicles in the treatment of leukaemia . The project sits at the intersection of cancer biology , cell biology , microbiology , and molecular biology , with a strong translational focus on acute myeloid leukaemia . The research will characterise extracellular vesicles from healthy mesenchymal stem cells and refractory leukaemia cells, identify molecular markers a...