Shamith Samarajiwa

Two fully funded PhD studentships are available in the United Kingdom, with projects spanning computational biology, biomedical AI, epigenomics and functional genomics. Funding is available for UK home students only; international or overseas tuition fees are not covered. Each studentship includes UK home tuition fees and a stipend at UKRI rates. The first project, Developing Artificial Intelligence Approaches to Investigate Epigenomic Regulatory Logic in Healthy and Disease States , will use computational biology and biomedical AI to study genomic variation, transcription-factor and epigenomic dynamics, and enhancer-promoter interactions that regulate gene expression. Applications include biomedical models and disease states such as cancer, aging, and inflammation and immunity. The second project, Functional genomics of organelle communication networks controlling human β cell maturation , is a joint project involving Professor Alejandra Tomas Catela and collaborators at Imperial College London. It offers multidisciplinary training in functional genomics, cell and molecular biology, engineering biology, data science and computational biology, with relevance to human genetics, diabetes and metabolic disease. Outstanding graduates with interests in biomedical AI, gene regulation, disease epigenomics, functional genomics, cell biology, human genetics or diabetes research are encouraged to review the project instructions. Prospective applicants may contact Associate Professor Shamith Samarajiwa for further information.

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 Leader, and Director of the Computational Biomedicine Program at Imperial College London. The announcement states that the studentship is fully funded . Interested applicants should review the project details, read the requirements carefully, and contact the supervisor if they would like to discuss the project before applying. Deadline: 31 October.