Two Fully Funded UK PhD Studentships in Computational Biology, Biomedical AI and Functional Genomics Imperial College London in United Kingdom

MD Anderson Cancer Center is advertising a Postdoctoral Fellow in Genetics within the Trakala Lab in Houston, Texas, United States . The project focuses on the biology of chromosomal instability (CIN) and aneuploidy in cancer , with particular emphasis on immune surveillance and tumor evolution in vivo . The fellow will lead independent research using genetically engineered mouse models , organoids/tumoroids , advanced imaging , and single-cell and spatial omics approaches. Responsibilities incl...

PhD opportunity at the Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford in Oxford, United Kingdom . This project, Mapping and Editing Gene Regulatory Networks to Develop Therapies for Genetic Disorders , focuses on genomics , human genetics , molecular genetics , functional genomics , cell biology , and genetic engineering . The research aims to understand how inherited diseases can arise from variants in regulatory DNA rather than only from mutations in protein-coding genes. The student w...

PhD and MScR opportunities in Genetics and Molecular Medicine are available at the University of Edinburgh , within the MRC Human Genetics Unit and the School of Genetics and Cancer . The programme is research-focused and highlights strengths in genetics , molecular biology , biochemistry , cell biology , and especially computational biology . This is a postgraduate research programme with both PhD and MScR routes. Study options include full-time and part-time modes, with multiple start dates. T...

A fully funded PhD studentship is available in the lab of Shamith Samarajiwa at Imperial College London. Project: Developing Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Investigate Epigenomic Regulatory Logic in Disease States. This opportunity sits at the intersection of Computational Biology , Biomedical AI , Epigenomics , Regulatory Genomics , and Deep Learning , with a clear disease-focused biomedical application. The post is advertised by Shamith Samarajiwa , Associate Professor, Research Group L...

[Fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD Studentship in Functional Genomics of Health and Unhealthy Fat Distribution at the University of Exeter, in collaboration with the University of Cambridge. This funded doctoral project investigates why fat distribution differs between individuals and how genetic regulation influences healthier subcutaneous fat storage versus higher-risk visceral fat accumulation. The research focuses on identifying coding and non-coding variants linked t...