PhD Studentship: Investigate How Bacterial Hosts Control Domesticated Viral Machines to Drive Horizontal Gene Transfer in Marine Environments University of East Anglia in United Kingdom

The Wellcome Sanger Institute is inviting applications for its 4-year PhD Programme, beginning on 1 October 2027 at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom. The programme is designed for students interested in genomics, genome research, genetics, molecular biology, bioinformatics and biomedical science. At least 12 funded PhD studentships are available on a competitive basis. Successful students receive full financial support, including University of Cambridge tuiti...

Fully funded PhD opportunity in marine ecology, ecotoxicology, environmental science, and biology focused on pollution in a warming world . The project, titled “Pollution in A Warming World: Emerging Contaminants and Heatwaves in Estuarine Ecosystems,” will investigate how emerging pollutants such as tyre-wear particles and pharmaceuticals interact with marine heatwaves and rising temperatures to affect ecologically important estuarine invertebrates. The PhD is being recruited through the ARIES ...

Fully-funded PhD opportunity in Bat Virology and Metagenomics at the University of Essex , in collaboration with the Quadram Institute and the West Yorkshire Bat Group (WYBG) . The project, titled Virome Dynamics and Viral Discovery in Rehabilitated Bats Revealed by Longitudinal Metagenomics , will investigate how viral communities change in bats during rehabilitation. The research uses longitudinal sampling , shotgun metagenomics , and viral genome discovery , with strong links to virology , mi...

[4-year PhD DTP studentship with 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.] This PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia explores how wheat plants regulate immunity against yellow rust, a major biotrophic pathogen of bread wheat. The project focuses on the link between branched-chain amino acid (BCAA) metabolism and salicylic acid (SA)-mediated defence, building on prior findings ...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, a maintenance stipend of £21,805 p.a. for 2026/27, and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited international studentships available with the home/international fee difference waived; relocation, visa, and UK health surcharge costs are not covered.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia in the ARIES Ecology and Biodiversity theme. This project, titled Cloaks and Daggers: Fitness Effects of Ceratotoxin Antimicrobials in a Global Fru...