Master by Research / PhD Opportunity in Next-generation Gene Therapy for Retinitis Pigmentosa University of Melbourne in Australia

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne in the Department of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences . This project is titled Generative AI for Gene Therapy: Designing Novel AAV Capsids to Cure Blindness and is focused on developing next-generation adeno-associated virus (AAV) capsids for retinal gene therapy. The research combines generative AI , deep learning , and gene therapy to address major limitations of current AAV delivery systems, including poor t...

Felipe Court, Director of the Center for Aging Research and Healthy Longevity at Universidad Mayor (Santiago, Chile), is advertising 3 research positions in the Court Lab for an international project running 3–5 years . The project focuses on translational neuromuscular regeneration with hands-on work using rodent models of nerve injury and repair . The team will collaborate with partner labs in the United States, making this a strong opportunity for candidates interested in aging research, rege...

The Institute of Molecular and Clinical Ophthalmology Basel (IOB) is announcing an upcoming call for applications for its PhD / MD-PhD Program in Translational Neurosciences . The post says the application call will open in 10 days, so interested candidates should monitor the program page and prepare to apply as soon as the call goes live. This opportunity is aimed at candidates interested in Neuroscience , Medical Science , and related translational biomedical research. The program is hosted by...

Research Degree Opportunity at the University of Melbourne for a Master by Research or PhD project titled Developing lipid and mRNA-based therapies for Friedreich ataxia heart disease . This project focuses on Friedreich ataxia , a rare inherited multisystem disease caused by reduced expression of frataxin (FXN). The main research problem highlighted is cardiomyopathy , which is described as the leading cause of premature death in affected individuals and an area where no disease-modifying cardi...

Funded DPhil/PhD opportunities are available in Therapeutic Genomics through the MRC Centre of Research Excellence in Therapeutic Genomics (MRC CoRE-TG), with projects at the University of Oxford and Newcastle University . Projects combine experimental and translational research and may involve molecular and cellular biology , genomic technologies , disease models , CRISPR , antisense oligonucleotides , computational analysis, and therapeutic development aimed at advancing genome-targeted therap...