PhD Studentship: Designing Plant Gene Expression with Explainable AI University of East Anglia in United Kingdom

[Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship with tuition fees paid directly to the university, a stipend of £21,805 for 2026/27, and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia on engineering gene drives for pest insect suppression, with a focus on the Mediterranean fruitfly (medfly), a globally important agricultural pest that causes major crop losses and is expected to expand its range under climate warming. This project sits within the Norw...

[Fully funded 4-year PhD studentship including tuition fees paid directly to the university, a stipend of £21,805 per year (2026/27 rate), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia and the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership, hosted at the Earlham Institute. This interdisciplinary project is led by Dr Conrad Nieduszynski and brings together expertise from the Li, Hall, Grandellis and Nieduszynski groups...

[Home tuition fees plus a Doctoral Stipend for up to 4 years.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter on rare variant functional genomics for better understanding, prevention and treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. This interdisciplinary studentship focuses on uncovering the genetic architecture and biological mechanisms underlying disabling musculoskeletal conditions such as osteoarthritis and Dupuytren’s contracture. The project combines large-scale human genomics, statistical analysi...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD DTP studentship; includes tuition fees paid directly to the University, a stipend of £21,805 for 2026/27, and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship: Engineering Fitness in Disease-Resistant Crops at the University of East Anglia . This PhD studentship explores a major challenge in agricultural biotechnology: how to engineer crop disease resistance without compromising plant growth and yie...

MIBTP is recruiting for fully funded 4-year PhD studentships in the biosciences across a major UK training partnership. The programme spans partner institutions including Aston University, the University of Birmingham, Coventry University, Harper Adams University, the University of Leicester, and the University of Warwick. Research projects are grouped into four broad themes: Sustainable Agriculture and Food , Renewable Resources and Clean Growth , Understanding the Rules of Life , and Integrate...