PhD in Improved Hatchery Production of the Native Oyster (Ostrea edulis) for Aquaculture and Restoration University of St Andrews in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity in coral reef resilience at the University of Essex , within the Coral Reef Research Unit and the School of Life Sciences . The project, Promoting Coral Recovery After Bleaching Events (CASE Project with Tropical Marine Centre) , is part of the ARIES DTP and focuses on the mechanisms of coral reef resilience after bleaching events. Students will work with cool imaging techniques , learn to use microsensors , and gain industry experience through partnership with Tropical Marine Ce...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia in the School of Biological Sciences on Transgenerational Epigenetic Inheritance of Responses to Environmental Stress . This project investigates how environmental stress responses may be transmitted across generations through non-genetic / epigenetic inheritance . Using Caenorhabditis elegans as a model system, the research will examine whether key cellular stress responses can be inherited, whether this improves survival and fitness under stress...

Funded PhD studentships are being advertised through the MIBTP programme, with projects linked to animal behaviour, animal welfare, veterinary education, farm animal welfare, and epigenetics. The post highlights several opportunities associated with Harper Adams University and collaborators, including work on Eurasian red squirrels, welfare practices in veterinary education, the impact of farm animal use in education, and the long-term effects of captivity in common carp. These are research-focu...

Postdoctoral Fellow in Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University (United States) This postdoctoral opening is in the School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences at Auburn University, with research based at the Auburn University Shellfish Laboratory. The position focuses on applied shellfish research with an emphasis on Eastern oyster restoration in Mobile Bay and the Mississippi Sound . The successful candidate will lead and support field- and laboratory-based p...

PhD opportunity in the University of Kent lab group on Circular DNA as a novel method of plant evolution . This project is a PhD by Research and is co-supervised by James Budge and Neil Kad . The post is being advertised by Helen Cockerton (Industrial Research Fellow, University of Kent), who invites interested candidates to get in touch. Research focus: circular DNA, plant evolution, genetics, molecular biology, and evolutionary biology. Eligibility: the opportunity is available to students wit...