PhD Studentship in Automated Discovery of Next-Generation Lipid Nanoparticles for Drug Delivery Imperial College London in United Kingdom

Imperial College London’s Department of Chemical Engineering is advertising a funded PhD project in engineering synthetic cells for next-generation biotechnology . The project is led by Prof Yuval Elani and the Elani Group , a multidisciplinary team working across chemical biology , synthetic biology , and molecular bioengineering . The research aims to design, construct, and test synthetic cell-like systems built from biological components such as membranes, proteins, nucleic acids, and molecul...

University of Cambridge is advertising a Postdoctoral Research Associate in custom optical microscopy development within the Yusuf Hamied Department of Chemistry . The project focuses on building and integrating bespoke optical systems with microfluidic ultra-high-throughput screening (uHTS) for label-free screening of phase separation in de novo designed inorganic-protein hybrid materials . The successful candidate will design, assemble, align, and maintain microscopes that combine polarised op...

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...

P21) Sustainable diversification of therapeutic peptides via amino-carbonylation is a fully funded PhD project at the University of York , delivered through the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Chemical Synthesis for a Healthy Planet (CSHP CDT) with joint training across York and Oxford. The project focuses on peptide chemistry , organic chemistry , synthetic chemistry , and chemical biology . The research will develop new strategies to chemically modify peptides via late-stage, transition ...

Postdoctoral researcher opportunity at the University of Edinburgh within the Baillie Gifford Pandemic Science Hub . The project is ARIA-funded and focuses on developing inhaled therapies , with research centered on nanoparticle drug delivery , formulation , and nebulisation . This is a strong fit for candidates with interests in pharmaceutical development, therapeutic delivery systems, and translational bioengineering. Eligibility: Applicants should hold a PhD in chemistry , chemical engineerin...