PhD studentship

PhD project in chemical biology and microbiology focused on developing new ways to target bacteria by disrupting essential cell division protein interactions . The project addresses the urgent problem of antibiotic resistance and aims to design, synthesise, and test compounds that block protein-protein interactions needed for bacterial growth and spread. The work uses Mycobacterium smegmatis as a harmless model for Mycobacterium tuberculosis , with an emphasis on discovering peptide-based or rel...

The Institute of Chemical Research of Catalonia (ICIQ) is offering a fully funded PhD position in chemistry for highly qualified graduate students from around the world. This third call of the 2026 ICIQ Fully-Funded PhD Programme leads to a doctoral thesis in partnership with the Universitat Rovira i Virgili (URV) in Tarragona, Spain. The advertised project is supervised by Prof. Marcos G. Suero and focuses on Single-Atom Skeletal Modification to Impact Drug Discovery and Chemical Biology . The ...

PhD Studentship in Malaria Parasite Protein Degradation at the University of Cambridge This PhD studentship is based in the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge and focuses on malaria , Plasmodium falciparum , protein degradation , and the ubiquitin system . The project, titled Turning the Malaria Parasite's Protein Degradation Machinery Against It , is supervised by Professor Katerina Artavanis-Tsakonas and co-supervised by Laura Itzhaki (Department of Pharmacology). The resea...

The Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) is offering a full-time PhD scholarship in the Faculty of Sciences and Bioengineering Sciences, Department of Chemistry. The project focuses on the development of new allosteric ligands that bind to membrane-bound proteins and channels, with the goal of evaluating their therapeutic potential. The doctoral research will involve the design and synthesis of bioactive, peptide-based ligands, including the preparation of customised amino acids where needed. The su...

[Fully funded studentship with UK tuition fees covered plus salary, consumables, and travel budget; funding noted as £40,000 to £50,000 per annum subject to bi-annual exchange-rate review.] A fully funded PhD studentship is available at the University of Southampton as part of the Horizon Europe MSCA Doctoral Network ON-TRACT (OligoNucleotide Technologies for Rapid Advancement of Cancer Therapies). The project is based in the School of Chemistry & Chemical Engineering and focuses on the design a...