PhD in Synthetic Biology-Enabled Sensing and Typing of Stressed Coliforms in Drinking Water Cranfield University in United Kingdom

Fully funded PhD opportunity in the NorthWest Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership (NorthWestBio DTP) within the Lamprou Lab, in collaboration with Prof. Clare Hoskins’ research group. Project title: Sustainable Microfluidic Biosensors for Rapid Detection of Foodborne Pathogens. This multidisciplinary PhD sits at the intersection of microfluidics , biosensors , nanotechnology , advanced manufacturing , and sustainable materials . The project aims to develop innovative technologies for rapid...

PhD opportunity in AI-led protein design for engineering disease resistance at the John Innes Centre, Norwich, United Kingdom, through the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Programme (NRPDTP). This project sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, computational protein design, plant biology, microbiology, molecular biology, structural biology, and genetic engineering . The research aims to understand how plant immune receptors detect pathogen molecules and how these ...

PhD opportunity in One Health (meta)genomics of E. coli-associated urinary tract infections in pregnancy at Quadram Institute Bioscience in Norwich, United Kingdom . This project investigates why urinary tract infections (UTIs) in pregnancy can be more severe, with a focus on uropathogenic Escherichia coli (UPEC) , metagenomics , genomics , bioinformatics , microbiology , epidemiology , and molecular genetics . The student will work with clinicians at Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital to c...

Funded PhD project in synthetic microbial communities , microbial co-cultures , fermentation , and food biotechnology at Imperial College London in collaboration with A*STAR Singapore . The project focuses on designing nutritionally complete microbial food ingredients from mixed co-cultures of safe fungi, yeasts, and bacteria. Research activities include community design, optimisation of culture conditions and media, pilot-scale fermentation up to 200 litres, and nutritional/functional character...

PhD opportunity at the University of Warwick in Automated Closed-Loop Peptide Drug Discovery to Replace Antibodies . This funded PhD project sits at the intersection of biology , computer science , machine learning , molecular biology , and cell biology . The project aims to build a fully automated design-build-test-learn pipeline for discovering short peptide antibody-mimetics that can serve as robust, low-cost alternatives to antibodies in therapeutics and lateral flow diagnostics. Working wit...