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

The University of Birmingham is recruiting a full-time Research Fellow in the Department of Pharmacy, School of Health Sciences, College of Medicine and Health. Based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, UK, the fixed-term Grade 7 post runs until April 2029. The Research Fellow will work on an MRC New Investigator Research Grant titled “Targeting lysine metabolism for treatment of epilepsy in tuberous sclerosis complex.” The project involves neurobiology, stem cell biology, metabolism, biochemistry, pharma...

The University of Birmingham is recruiting a full-time, fixed-term Research Fellow in the Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, based in Edgbaston, Birmingham, United Kingdom. The appointment runs until January 2028 and offers a Grade 7 salary of £36,636, subject to the stated funding limit. Based in Professor Melanie Madhani’s research group, the post will investigate novel therapeutic approaches for hypertension. The successful researcher will work in a multidisciplinary cardiovascular resear...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership PhD studentship; tuition fees paid directly to the University; stipend £21,805 per year (2026/27); Research Training Support Grant £5,000 per year.] PhD Studentship at the University of East Anglia on A Hostile Niche: How Mutant Blood Stem Cells Damage Their Healthy Neighbours . This project investigates how age-related mutations in blood stem cells may do more than simply give mutant cells a growth advantage: the work sugge...

Postdoctoral Research Scientist opportunity in mitochondrial biology at the CRUK Scotland Institute in Glasgow. The post sits within the ARIA-funded Precision Mitochondria programme and the CONTROL-MITO team, which is developing a chemical-genetic toolkit to switch specific mitochondrial proteins on and off using small molecules. The project focuses on engineered mitochondrial DNA expression, maintenance, and transfer in vivo, with a strong emphasis on mitochondrial phenotyping in bioengineered ...

The University of Edinburgh is advertising postgraduate research study in Cardiovascular Science , offering both PhD and MScR routes through the Centre for Cardiovascular Science in the School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences. This programme is designed for highly motivated candidates with relevant research experience and a strong interest in cardiovascular physiology and disease. Research spans fundamental discovery science, translational work, and clinical studies, with major themes...

[4-year Norwich Research Park Biosciences Doctoral Training Partnership 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: Watching a fungus fight back: mapping antimicrobial resistance in 3-D as it happens at the University of East Anglia is an interdisciplinary doctoral project exploring how fungi respond in the hours after exposure to non-lethal chemic...

We are hiring a post-doctoral researcher to join the research group of Daniel Tennant at the University of Birmingham . The project focuses on SDHB-deficient cancers and the metabolism of SDH-deficient cells , using novel cell models available in the group. This is a strong fit for candidates interested in cancer metabolism , cell metabolism , and broader metabolism biology . The team describes itself as friendly and collaborative, with a focus on discovering how SDH-deficient cells alter their ...

PhD opportunity at the University of Edinburgh in the School of Neurological and Cardiovascular Sciences (College of Medicine and Veterinary Medicine) on how endocrine disrupting chemicals (EDCs) from plastic pollution affect pancreatic β-cells. This project sits at the intersection of environmental science , biology , and medical science , with a strong focus on metabolic disease , type 2 diabetes , glucose metabolism , and insulin secretion . The research aims to uncover the molecular mechanis...

PhD opportunity at the University of East Anglia (Norwich Medical School) in blood stem cell biology , clonal haematopoiesis , ageing , immunology , genetics , cell biology , bioinformatics , and metabolism . This project, A Hostile Niche: How Mutant Blood Stem Cells Damage Their Healthy Neighbours , is supervised by Dr Jayna Mistry and based in the Mistry and Rushworth Lab at Norwich Medical School, UEA , with collaborators across the Norwich Research Park and the Earlham Institute . The resear...