la Caixa Foundation Postdoctoral Junior Leader Fellowships

PhD opportunity at the National University of Malaysia (UKM) in Neuroscience , hosted in the Department of Anatomy, Faculty of Medicine, UKM, Cheras . The project is titled “Exploring the Role of Connexins in Rotenone-Induced Parkinson’s Disease: Insights from an Adult Zebrafish” . This is a research-focused doctoral opening for candidates interested in neuroscience, biology, and medical science, especially disease mechanisms, zebrafish models, and neurodegeneration/Parkinson’s disease. Funding:...

[UKRI-funded four-year PhD studentship with UK/Home tuition fees, a Doctoral Stipend matching the UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum for 2026/27, updated each year), and additional research training and support funding of up to £5,000 per annum.] The University of Exeter is offering a PhD studentship through the GW4 BioMed3 MRC Doctoral Landscape Programme on investigating molecular mechanisms underlying resilience to dementia and age-related disorders . The project uses a m...

[Four-year MRC-funded studentship with UK/Home tuition fees, a Doctoral Stipend matching the UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum for 2026/27, updated each year), and up to £5,000 per annum in additional research training and support funding.] The University of Exeter is offering a PhD Studentship through the GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme , part of a major MRC-funded partnership supporting up to 18 studentships across biomedical disciplines. This studentship starts ...

[Four-year MRC-funded PhD studentship with UK/Home tuition fees, a Doctoral Stipend matching the UK Research Council National Minimum (£21,805 per annum for 2026/27, updated each year), and additional research training and support funding of up to £5,000 per annum.] University of Exeter is offering a fully funded PhD studentship through the GW4 BioMed3 Doctoral Landscape Programme: “Sequencing babies: understanding penetrance of childhood epilepsy to inform newborn screening.” This project sits ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Barcelona in the Mauvezin Lab, focused on cell biology , lysosomes , autophagy , and cancer research . The group studies how lysosomes and autophagy regulate cancer cell biology, aiming to uncover mechanisms with therapeutic potential. The lab combines advanced cell biology, microscopy, genomics, and translational approaches to address fundamental questions in cancer biology. This opening is for students interested in applying for the FPU 2026 Fellowship to p...