Funded PhD in Genomic and Metabolic Stability in Large-Scale Yarrowia lipolytica Fermentation Imperial College London in United Kingdom

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 opportunity at Imperial College London in collaboration with A*STAR Singapore on co-cultivation of fungi and yeasts for protein- and fat-rich food ingredients . The project sits at the intersection of microbiology , biotechnology , food production , fermentation , and bioprocess scale-up . You will study microbial co-cultures that combine protein-rich filamentous fungi with fat-rich oleaginous yeasts such as Yarrowia lipolytica and Rhodotorula toruloides . Research tasks include ident...

Funded PhD opportunity in industrial biotechnology , synthetic biology , and biomedical/medical science at the University of Kent . The project is titled “Giving cells a voice: generating a synthetic cellular health dashboard for biotechnology and medicine” and is advertised by James Budge in his lab, co-supervised with Tobias von der Haar . Funding: tuition fees plus a maintenance grant/salary of £21.8k for 3 years . Eligibility: available only to applicants eligible for home fee status . Deadl...

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...

Funded PhD opportunity at the University of Manchester in Engineering Biology , with a focus on enzyme design , protein engineering , biocatalysis , and synthetic biology . This project is a collaboration between The University of Manchester and Unilever and aims to develop the next generation of sustainable antifungal technologies with real-world consumer impact. The research combines bioprospecting of novel enzymes from nature, AI-assisted protein and enzyme design, high-throughput automated e...