Funded PhD in Quantifying Drug Response in Cancer using Oblique Plane Microscopy and Optical Coherence Tomography MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences in United Kingdom

Exciting postdoctoral opportunity at the Francis Crick Institute in London: a fully funded 4-year Crick PACE Postdoctoral Fellowship focused on the mechanical control of pancreatic cancer stem cells. The project is proposed by Alberto Elosegui-Artola and Axel Behrens, bringing together physical sciences and cancer biology to study how mechanical cues influence pancreatic cancer stem cell behavior. This is a strong fit for researchers interested in biophysics, biomedical research, cancer stem cel...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in Cambridge, UK at the Cancer Research UK Cambridge Institute in the Wang Group . This project focuses on extrachromosomal DNA (ecDNA) , a key driver of oncogene amplification and drug resistance in aggressive solid cancers. The research will develop single-cell and spatial multi-omic tools, combining MERFISH-style imaging with sequencing approaches. The work is strongly interdisciplinary and spans molecular biology , optics , and coding . Applicants with an undergr...

PhD opportunity at The Francis Crick Institute and University College London in a 2027 joint PhD project supervised by Dr Silvia Santos and Dr Guillaume Charras. This funded PhD focuses on human amnioids and the mechanics and growth control of the human amniotic sac. The project investigates how form, force, fluid transport, cytoskeletal dynamics, extracellular matrix deposition, and epithelial barrier function interact to regulate tissue size and morphogenesis. Research themes include biomedica...

PhD opportunity at The Francis Crick Institute in London, United Kingdom on computational modelling of cell morphology in the spatial organisation of cancer . This funded PhD project with Dr Josh Bull focuses on cancer biology , cell biology , biophysics , mathematics , and computer science . The project aims to develop and extend agent-based models for tumour microenvironment research, with particular interest in how cell morphology influences immune infiltration , tumour invasion , and tissue-...

Funded PhD project at the University of Bristol in the School of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences on PINK1 , mitochondrial quality control , and Parkinson’s disease . The project, supervised by Prof I Collinson and Dr Robin Corey , investigates how PINK1 switches between alternative fates in mitochondria: matrix import versus cleavage/retro-translocation and outer-membrane activation. The research combines biochemistry , biophysics , cell biology , and computational modelling to study the co...