
Taught vs Research Master’s: Funding, PhD Entry & an 8-Question Checklist
ApplyKite Editorial 3 Nov 2026
19 positions foundnewest posted
Universities with open PhD positions in spatial transcriptomics include Heidelberg University, University of Sydney and University of Utah.
Henrik Kaessmann
Just Landed
Heidelberg University
Germany
Posted Yesterday
Just Landed
A PhD position in Evolutionary Genomics is available in the group of Henrik Kaessmann at Heidelberg University in Heidelberg, Germany. The project is part of a highly collaborative research environment at the ZMBH and is focused on major questions in the origins and molecular evolution of organs in mammals and other vertebrates. The lab’s research emphasizes the evolution of gene expression and its regulatory basis, using extensive comparative genomics resources such as single-cell RNA-seq and A...
Posted Yesterday
Archita Mishra
Closing soon
Top university
University of Sydney
Australia
1 week ago
Closing soon
Top university
PhD opportunity at the University of Sydney in the Early-life Microbiome and Immunity group led by Archita Mishra . The project explores the foundations of human immunity before birth and how the developing immune system is shaped during fetal life. Research themes include immunology , microbiome , human development , and fetal development , with methods such as spatial transcriptomics , single-cell approaches , and tissue imaging . This is a strong fit for students interested in developmental b...
1 week ago
University of Utah
United States
1 week ago
Research Scientist (PhD) opening at the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, Utah, with the Pan Lab at the Huntsman Cancer Institute and the Department of Oncological Sciences. This is a computational research role focused on artificial intelligence, computational pathology, computer vision, deep learning, image processing, multi-omics, spatial biology, and precision oncology . The lab studies cancer using digital pathology and multi-omics data, with an emphasis on translating quantitative tiss...
1 week ago
Pallavi Singh
University of York
United Kingdom
1 week ago
PhD opportunity at the Centre for Novel Agricultural Products (CNAP), Department of Biology, University of York , in collaboration with the Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge . This project sits at the intersection of plant biology , engineering biology , 3D imaging , single-cell genomics , spatial transcriptomics , and computational genomics . The research asks how cells from two evolutionarily distant plant species recognise each other, reprogramme their identities, and form...
1 week ago
Imagine Institute for Genetic Diseases
France
2 weeks ago
Institut Imagine in Paris, France is recruiting for two research opportunities in the group of Araksya Izmiryan within the Laboratory of Genetic skin diseases: from disease mechanism to therapy (Lab Director: Alain Hovnanian ). The research theme is highly translational and focuses on genetic skin diseases , especially epidermolysis bullosa . The group works on genome editing , stem cell biology , patient-derived skin models, and advanced 3D systems to develop innovative therapeutic strategies. ...
2 weeks ago
Carlos P. Fitzsimons
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
3 weeks ago
Two PhD candidates are being recruited for a collaborative neuroscience project on repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI) and its role in long-term memory decline and dementia. The project is titled “From injury to decline: understanding cellular mechanisms driving traumatic brain injury-associated dementia” and is a joint effort between Carlos P. Fitzsimons at the Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam and Evgenia Salta at the Netherlands Institute for Neuroscie...
3 weeks ago
MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences
United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
Funded PhD project at the MRC Laboratory of Medical Sciences (LMS) in London, United Kingdom on pluripotency-specific regulation of transposable elements in mammalian development . The project sits in the Chromatin and Development (Percharde) lab and is co-supervised by Dr Veronique Azuara . It focuses on developmental biology , chromatin regulation , epigenetics , embryonic stem cells , pluripotency , transposable elements , immune sensing , and cell fate in early mammalian development. The stu...
3 weeks ago
University of Amsterdam
Netherlands
3 weeks ago
PhD position at the University of Amsterdam on the cellular and molecular mechanisms driving traumatic brain injury (TBI)-associated dementia . The project focuses on repetitive mild traumatic brain injury (rmTBI), long-term neuroinflammation, hippocampal dysfunction, memory decline, neurogenesis, astrogliogenesis, microglia activation, and conserved transcriptional programs in mouse and human hippocampus. The position is embedded in a collaboration between the Fitzsimons lab at the Swammerdam I...
3 weeks ago
University of Edinburgh
Top university
United Kingdom
4 weeks ago
Top university
PhD opportunity at the University of Edinburgh in veterinary immunology , bovine tuberculosis , ocular tuberculosis , cell biology , and immunology . This EASTBIO-funded project is titled “Mapping the ocular immune response to Mycobacterium bovis in cattle” and is based at the Royal (Dick) School of Veterinary Studies , University of Edinburgh, with collaboration from Moorfields Eye Hospital and University College London . The work focuses on bovine TB pathology in the eye, immune-cell populatio...
4 weeks ago
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Heidelberg University
Germany
2 months ago
Heidelberg University’s Center for Molecular Biology (ZMBH), Germany, is advertising a PhD position in evolutionary genomics in the group of Henrik Kaessmann . The project sits at the intersection of biology , bioinformatics , computational genomics , and experimental molecular biology . The lab studies the origins and molecular evolution of organs in mammals and other vertebrates, with a strong focus on the evolution of gene expression and its regulatory basis. Current research uses comparative...
2 months ago
Adjunct Professor
Università del Salento
Switzerland
Neurology
Pharmacotherapy
Multiple Sclerosis
Neurodegenerative Disease
Pharmacoepidemiology
Chief resident and Clinician/scientist (50% clinical work/50% research) (Psychiatry) Service
University Hospital of Geneva
Switzerland
Cell Biology
Systems Neuroscience
Glia
Alzheimer's Disease
Neuroprotection
Has grant
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
Cell Biology
Biochemistry
Spatial Transcriptomic
Transcriptomic
Tissue Biology
KTH Royal Institute of Technology
Sweden
Cell Biology
Biostatistics
Spatial Transcriptomic
Transcriptomic
Spatial Biology
Professor
Princeton University
United States
Cell Biology
Biostatistics
Transcriptomic
Spatial Transcriptomic
Cancer Biology
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