PhD, Master’s & Postdoc Opportunities in Genomics in United Kingdom

Google DeepMind’s Genomics team in London is hiring a Student Researcher for 2027 through the Student Researcher Program. The opportunity is designed for PhD students interested in applying advanced machine-learning methods to genomic models. The research focus combines machine learning, post-training and reinforcement learning with genomics. The successful researcher will contribute to projects exploring how these methods can be used to develop or improve models for genomic applications, within...

The EBI–Sanger Postdoctoral (ESPOD) Programme is a collaborative fellowship scheme linking EMBL-EBI and the Wellcome Sanger Institute on the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton near Cambridge. It supports postdoctoral researchers working across both institutes in projects that deliberately combine experimental wet-lab research with computational dry-lab analysis . Fellows can propose their own research ideas, building a project around one group at each institute, or select from a list of projects ...

The Roslin Institute at the University of Edinburgh is recruiting a highly motivated and skilled postdoctoral researcher in quantitative genetics and epidemiological modelling of infectious diseases in aquaculture. The successful researcher will be based at the Roslin Institute and join an international team of aquaculture, genomic, and modelling specialists from academia and industry. The project aims to reduce disease transmission and improve disease resilience in farmed fish, combining quanti...

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...

Alexandre Almeida, Group Leader at the University of Cambridge, is inviting expressions of interest from prospective PhD students for an October 2027 intake. The research opportunity focuses on the human gut microbiome at the intersection of bioinformatics, genomics, multi-omics and artificial intelligence . Projects may also include experimental work, offering opportunities to combine computational and laboratory-based approaches to investigate microbiome biology. Both home and international st...

[Competition-funded 4-year PhD studentship. Covers UK tuition fees and a stipend at the standard UKRI rate. International students have the fee difference covered by university funding.] PhD studentship at the University of Birmingham in the Department of Cancer and Genomics Sciences, joining the group of Dr Tianyi Zhang and Dr Rui Monteiro. This 4-year, competition-funded project is offered through the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership and is open to UK, EU, and internationa...

The University of Cambridge is recruiting a Postdoctoral Research Associate in Agentic AI for Cancer Care, based jointly in the Department of Radiology and the Early Cancer Institute and listed under the Department of Oncology. The successful researcher will join IMPACT-OC, a major European multi-centre project developing a multi-agent AI system for ovarian cancer. The project integrates medical imaging, genomics, histopathology, and clinical records, with privacy-preserving federated learning a...

[Fees plus stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on next-generation machine learning for predicting genetic interactions in cancer, with a specific focus on pancreatic cancer. The project sits at the interface of computational genomics, machine learning, and cancer biology, and is funded by the Medical Research Council (MRC). The research tackles a major challenge in oncology: identifying genetic interactions, including synthetic lethality, that on...

[Fully funded studentship covering fees, maintenance stipend (£21,805 p.a. for 2026/27), and a research training and support grant (RTSG). Limited support is available for international applicants via waived home/international fee difference; relocation, visa, and health surcharge costs are not covered.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia focusing on how bacterial hosts control domesticated viral machines to drive horizontal gene transfer in marine environments. This project explor...