PhD Studentship: Breaking Code – Deciphering the Biology of Virus-like Gene Transfer Agents University of East Anglia in United Kingdom

PhD opportunity at the John Innes Centre in Norwich, United Kingdom, in the laboratory of Prof. Tung Le within the Department of Molecular Microbiology. The project, titled “Breaking Code: Deciphering the Biology of the Selfless Virus-like Gene Transfer Agents” , focuses on horizontal gene transfer , gene transfer agents (GTAs) , bacterial domestication of viral elements, and the biology of DNA exchange in bacteria. The research is highly relevant to understanding how genetic information is diss...

Funded PhD project at the University of Warwick in Coventry, United Kingdom , focused on Type VII ABC transporters and their roles in the bacterial cell envelope . The project explores unusual transporter systems from bacterial pathogens such as Mycobacterium tuberculosis , Listeria monocytogenes , and Pseudomonas aeruginosa . Research themes include structural biology , microbiology , bacteriology , cell biology , antimicrobial resistance , and bacterial virulence. Examples of relevant systems ...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in the University of Bath / University of Bristol (Bristol Vet School) partnership, starting in September 2027 through the SWBio DTP Hub Doctoral Training Partnership . The project is titled Using engineering biology to modulate toxin-antitoxin dynamics and the stability of multidrug resistance in important foodborne pathogens (Project 3659). This studentship sits at the intersection of engineering biology , synthetic biology , molecular biology , microbiology , and ...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in chemical biology , protein engineering , synthetic biology , and advanced imaging at the University of Edinburgh . The project is part of a 2027 intake and focuses on developing next-generation molecular tools to quantify protein/peptide trafficking in the endolysosomal system . The research uses genetically encoded, environment-responsive fluorescent amino acids and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) to study how proteins are sorted, recycled, and de...

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, ...