PhD Position: Development of Click Chemistry-Enabled NGS Library Technology for Direct RNA Profiling University of Udine in Italy

PhD position no. 20/2026/ICHB/PSD is offered by the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Polish Academy of Sciences, within the Poznań Doctoral School of the Institutes of the Polish Academy of Sciences in Poznań, Poland. The project, led by Dr Weronika Kotkowiak, focuses on modified nucleotide residues as a tool to increase aptamer–target protein interaction. The research is centered on DNA and RNA aptamers, including G-quadruplex and hairpin structures such as RE31, RV66, and Toggle-25t, with th...

Binghamton University Chemistry is recruiting PhD students for Spring 2027 in physical chemistry and related areas. Applicants with backgrounds in organic chemistry , biological chemistry , and computational chemistry are especially encouraged to apply. The post is shared by Zack Jarin , Assistant Professor of Physical Chemistry at Binghamton University (United States). This is a PhD opening, not a scholarship announcement. No specific funding, stipend, or waiver details are mentioned in the pos...

Leiden University in Leiden, The Netherlands, invites applications for a full-time PhD position on Bacterial Packaging of Biocatalytic Nanofactories . The project is embedded in the Leiden Institute of Chemistry and the Macromolecular Biochemistry group within the Faculty of Science, in the laboratory of Prof. Lars Jeuken. The research will develop and exploit a technology for packaging biocatalysts inside lipid vesicles during bacterial expression. The resulting liposome-encapsulated systems wi...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia for Chinese nationals interested in RNA biology, ageing, and genomics. This collaborative project is jointly hosted by Dr. Alper Akay’s laboratory at UEA in the UK and Dr. Magdalena Koziol’s laboratory at the Chinese Institute for Brain Research in China. The research will investigate how non-coding RNAs and their dynamic modifications, including rRNAs, tRNAs, and miRNAs, influence the ageing process. The project will use Oxford Nanopore direct RN...

Upcoming postdoctoral and predoctoral opportunities are being prepared by the Colombi and Leonzino labs in a collaborative project based at IGM-CNR in Pavia and IN-CNR at Humanitas Research Hospital in Rozzano, Italy . The research focuses on organelle communication , especially membrane contact sites between organelles, and how these processes control organelle dynamics and function. The project also investigates how disruption of these mechanisms contributes to neurodegenerative disease , incl...