PhD in Engineering Antimicrobial Polymers for Prosthetic Joint Infection University of Warwick in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at Queen's University Belfast in Engineering Bioactive Peptides for Vaginal Microbiome Restoration and Sustained Vaginal Delivery . This funded PhD sits in the School of Biological Sciences and is supported by the NorthWestBio DTP . The project investigates how engineered bioactive peptides can selectively shift disrupted vaginal microbiome models toward a more protective state, with a focus on vaginal microbiome , bioactive peptides , biofilm science , microbiology , epithelial ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Warwick in a CASE project on combined chemical and biological treatments for man-made plastics . The project sits within the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership and is supervised by Prof Timothy Bugg and Prof Sébastien Perrier . This research combines polymer degradation , microbiology , biochemistry , materials science , and polymer chemistry to develop new approaches for recycling and treatment of plastic waste. The work will investigate c...

University College Dublin is advertising a 36-month postdoctoral position (PD level 1) in the Charles Institute of Dermatology with Associate Professor Seungkuk Ahn . The project is supported by an ERC grant and focuses on ECM hydrogels , organoids , human stem cell fate decisions , and organoid morphogenesis . The successful candidate will help develop species- and sex-specific 3D ECM hydrogels and study how these materials influence stem cell behavior and organoid development. This is a strong...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at the University of Birmingham in cardiovascular/biomedical research. The project is titled “Decoding IL-17-mediated immune-cardiac signalling and electrical remodelling during cardiorenal stress” and is advertised by Professor Davor Pavlovic together with Asif Iqbal . This PhD is a strong fit for students interested in cardiac pathophysiology , immune-cardiac signalling , electrical remodelling , cardiorenal stress , and IL-17 -related mechanisms. The post explicit...

Empa (Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology) is advertising a PhD position in Bacteria & Materials Interactions at its Biointerfaces Laboratory in St. Gallen, Switzerland . The project sits at the intersection of biomaterials , microbiology , antimicrobial resistance , bacteriophage therapy , and tissue regeneration . The successful candidate will help develop injectable, self-healing hydrogel systems for local delivery of probiotics and bacteriophages to wound sites, w...