PhD in Genetic and Molecular Basis of Complex Glycan Metabolism by the Human Gut Microbiota University of Dundee in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at Quadram Institute Bioscience, Norwich, United Kingdom. This funded project explores protein glycosylation , bacterial colonisation , and gut adaptation in Gram-positive bacteria, with a focus on Limosilactobacillus reuteri and serine-rich repeat proteins (SRRPs). The project sits within the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Programme and offers a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship . Funding includes tuition fees, an annual stipend for living costs, and a Res...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia in rewiring photosynthetic pathways in a purple bacterium , hosted by the School of Biological Sciences and supervised by Professor Tom Clarke . This project focuses on biochemistry , biotechnology , microbiology , molecular biology , and structural biology . The research aims to engineer Rhodopseudomonas palustris so that light-driven iron oxidation and DMSO respiration can operate together, enabling light-driven iron and DMSO reduction while byp...

PhD opportunity at the John Innes Centre in the Saunders Lab on deciphering critical regulators in wheat rust immunity . The project focuses on plant pathology , wheat genetics , molecular biology , bioinformatics , microbiology , and plant biology , with an emphasis on how branched-chain amino acids (BCAAs) influence salicylic acid-mediated defence against yellow rust in wheat. The research aims to uncover the link between BCAA accumulation and activation of the MYB/SANT transcription factor Ta...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia (School of Chemistry) in Norwich, United Kingdom. The project is titled Engineering protein nanocages for biotechnology applications and is supervised by Professor Nick Le Brun in the Le Brun lab. This multidisciplinary PhD focuses on protein engineering, biochemistry, structural biology, biotechnology, and microbiology . The research aims to engineer bacterial and human ferritins as nanocage platforms for encapsulating small molecules, peptides, ...

PhD opportunity at Durham University in AI protein design, structural biology, plant immunity, and bioinformatics . This fully funded four-year Gatsby Sainsbury PhD project in the Department of Biosciences and the Centre for Programmable Biological Matter (CPBM) aims to design synthetic plant immune receptors from first principles. The project combines generative protein design (including RFdiffusion, ProteinMPNN, and BindCraft), structural bioinformatics, structural biology, and plant functiona...