PhD in Comparative Biology: Microbial Clues to Cardiovascular Resilience in Chimpanzees Cardiff University in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in wheat , soil microbiology , plant-microbe interactions , metabolomics , bioinformatics , and environmental microbiology at the John Innes Centre and the neighbouring Earlham Institute in Norwich, United Kingdom . This project investigates the plant “ cry-for-help ” effect in wheat: how roots respond to pathogen attack by changing metabolite secretion and recruiting beneficial soil microbes. The student will work with wheat split-root microcosms and microbial communities of var...

PhD opportunity at the University of Edinburgh in pancreatic β-cell RNA biology, insulin biosynthesis, and post-transcriptional regulation. This EASTBIO BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership project investigates how pancreatic β-cell RNA binding proteins (RBPs) regulate insulin mRNA localisation, translation, stability, and decay under euglycaemic and hyperglycaemic conditions. The work aims to uncover the molecular links between glucose metabolism, RBP regulation, and β-cell dysfunction in type 2...

Funded PhD opportunity at Ulster University in the PEARL-MAP / PEARL-OMICS partnership. The project focuses on conservation genomics and integrates multi-omics , eDNA , and catchment data to understand stress and restoration responses in endangered freshwater pearl mussels in Ireland. This PhD is suitable for graduates in biomedical science , biological science , environmental science , bioinformatics , or a related field. Coding and sequencing experience are welcome but not essential, and the p...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia (School of Chemistry) in Norwich, United Kingdom, focused on fungal growth and infection , G-quadruplexes (G4s) , fungal genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, molecular biology, and antifungal resistance. The project, supervised by Dr Stefan Bidula , investigates how unusual DNA/RNA structures may act as molecular switches controlling metabolic changes during fungal spore germination in Aspergillus fumigatus . The work combines multidisciplinary tra...

Funded PhD opportunity at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS), London, United Kingdom. This project, “Fuelling proliferation: how transporters control metabolism in development and cancer” , sits at the intersection of cancer biology , cell biology , developmental biology , and molecular biology . It asks how cancers may revert to a stem cell-like state by reactivating developmental metabolic programmes, and whether membrane transporters help control this process. You will investigate h...