PhD in Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals, Plastic Pollution and Pancreatic β-Cell Function University of Edinburgh in United Kingdom

We are hiring a post-doctoral researcher to join the research group of Daniel Tennant at the University of Birmingham . The project focuses on SDHB-deficient cancers and the metabolism of SDH-deficient cells , using novel cell models available in the group. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in cancer metabolism , cell metabolism , and broader metabolism biology . The team describes itself as friendly and collaborative, with a focus on discovering how SDH-deficient cells alter their ...

University of Warwick is advertising a Life Sciences PhD in the School of Life Sciences at the University of Warwick (Coventry, UK). This is a practical, research-based doctorate built around a single project supervised by one of Warwick’s research leaders, with dissertation and oral examination as the main assessment methods. The programme highlights a strong research environment, with the School of Life Sciences noting that much of its research was rated world-leading or internationally excell...

PhD opportunity at the University of Oxford in a collaborative project with Prof Oliver Rider and Lisa Heather (Associate Professor). The project is supported by the British Heart Foundation (BHF) Oxford Centre of Research Excellence . The research will investigate how changes in fat metabolism contribute to the development of heart failure , with the broader goal of improving understanding of the metabolic mechanisms underlying cardiovascular disease . This is a strong fit for candidates intere...

University of Cambridge Department of Pathology is advertising 9 fully funded PhD studentships through the BBSRC Doctoral Training Partnership in Cambridge, UK. The projects span a wide range of biology and medical science topics, including DNA replication and evolution (using LLMs), dopaminergic neuron trafficking , parasite flagella structural biology , regulatory T cell antigen specificity , alphaherpesvirus immune evasion , bacterial cell envelope evolution , comparative immune system evolut...

Funded PhD opportunity at Coventry University in the Centre for Discoveries in Life Sciences, within the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership (MIBTP). This project is titled Combined Effects of Micro- and Nanoplastics and Environmental Contaminants on Skeletal Muscle Function . It sits at the intersection of Environmental Biology , Microbiology , and Nanotechnology , with a strong focus on skeletal muscle physiology, pollutant toxicity, mitochondrial function, oxidative stress, ...