PhD Studentship: The hidden immune system of fungi uncovering the roles of NLR genes University of Birmingham in United Kingdom

The University of Cambridge Department of Pathology, in collaboration with AstraZeneca, is offering a four-year, fully funded PhD studentship beginning 1 October 2027. The project, based at the University of Cambridge and the AstraZeneca Discovery Centre in Cambridge, investigates improved 2A peptides for co-translational separation of polyproteins. 2A peptides enable ribosome skipping, allowing multiple proteins or pathway components to be expressed from a single promoter. The research will inv...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship; tuition fees covered directly to the University; stipend of £21,805 for 2026/27; Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD studentship at the University of East Anglia, based in the Ding laboratory at the John Innes Centre, on how RNA behaves in plant cells during cold conditions. This project focuses on COOLAIR, a family of antisense long non-coding RNAs produced from the FLOWERING LOCUS C (F...

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...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship including tuition fees paid directly to the university, a stipend of £21,805 (2026/27 rate), and a Research Training Support Grant of £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia in partnership with the Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Programme (NRPDTP). This project asks a fundamental question in microbiology: how do fungi and bacteria communicate? The studentship wi...

Fully funded PhD opportunity at Newcastle University for Black students interested in cancer research , with a project focused on decoding ancestry-specific kinase signalling in prostate cancer and addressing disparities in Black men's health. The project sits within the CRUK Black Leaders in Cancer PhD Scholarship Programme and is designed for students interested in genomics , molecular biology , drug discovery , CRISPR gene editing , RNA sequencing , functional genomics , and bioinformatics . ...