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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

PhD in Connectomics Across Sexes, Species and States Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in United Kingdom

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PhD

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Computer Science

Funding

Competition funded PhD project for students worldwide. Funding details beyond competitive funding are not specified in the post.

Deadline

Dec 8, 2026

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United Kingdom

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MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology

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Computer Science
Molecular Biology
Biomedical Engineering
Biophysics
Biology
Connectomics
Single-cell Analysis
Neuropsychology
Drosophila Research
Behavioral Neuroscience
Technical Engineering
Physics
bio engineering

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About this position

PhD opportunity: Connectomics across sexes, species and states at the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, United Kingdom.

This project sits at the intersection of neuroscience, biology, molecular biology, biophysics, bioengineering, and computational analysis. The research focuses on connectomics—synaptic-resolution wiring diagrams—to study how neural circuits generate behaviour in Drosophila and related species. The group has already contributed to major fly connectome efforts, including female brain, male nerve cord, and male CNS connectomes, and is now extending comparative connectomics across sexes and species, including other Drosophilids and Aedes mosquitoes.

Research themes include sex differences in brain circuits, evolution across species, the circuit logic of innate and sexually dimorphic behaviours, pheromone-dependent responses, learning effects on innate behaviour, and transformations from sensory input to motor control. The project also includes computational and experimental work to overlay molecular information onto connectomes using deep single-cell transcriptomics and expansion microscopy.

The post encourages applicants with interests in the synaptic, neuronal, and network basis of behaviour. It is explicitly open to students from biology and neuroscience, but also welcomes candidates from computer science, engineering, and physics. The listing is a competition-funded PhD project for students worldwide.

Supervisor: Dr Gregory Jefferis.

Application: Register your interest via the FindAPhD project page; the university will respond directly. The page does not list a separate deadline beyond the posted date shown on the listing.

Funding details

Competition funded PhD project for students worldwide. Funding details beyond competitive funding are not specified in the post.

What's required

Applicants should be fascinated by the synaptic, neuronal and network basis of behaviour. The project welcomes students from biology and neuroscience as well as computer science, engineering and physics backgrounds. The post is a competition-funded PhD project for students worldwide; no specific degree class, test score, or language requirement is stated in the post.

How to apply

Register your interest through the FindAPhD enquiry form on the project page. The university will respond directly after you submit your details and question.

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