PhD Positions in Cell Biology in China

This PhD position is in medical science at Linköping University and is embedded in a research group working on the modulation and pharmacology of proton-activated chloride channels. The project addresses ion channels that have attracted attention as promising drug targets in areas such as ischemic stroke, cancer and viral entry into cells. The doctoral student will work on understanding how these channels function and how small molecules can modulate their activity. The research combines molecul...

[4-year funded PhD studentship with annual UKRI minimum stipend (currently £21,805 per year) plus £1,000 per year enhancement, and a research training support grant of up to £20,000 for the full programme. Open to Home (UK) and international applicants; funding is competitive and awarded to the strongest applicants.] This PhD studentship at The University of Manchester develops new chemically engineered proximity probes for sensing dynamic molecular neighbourhoods in living cells. The project ad...

This four-year PhD project at The University of Manchester will develop chemical sensors for measuring tensile forces in living cells and tissues. Mechanical forces influence cellular processes such as cell division, stem cell differentiation and gene expression, as well as tissue-level processes including morphogenesis, wound healing, immune responses and cancer metastasis. However, techniques for measuring forces inside live tissues remain limited. The project will use mechanochromic molecules...

A fully funded doctoral researcher position at the University of Helsinki invites applications to study protein synthesis in the lab of Sarah O’Keefe , with co-supervision from Brendan Battersby . The project, Inhibiting Protein Synthesis – Old, New, Borrowed, Blue , is based at the Viikki Campus in Helsinki and sits within the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. The project brings together cellular and chemical biology to investigate how protein synthesis works and how it can be d...

The Center for Infection Biology (ZIB) at Hannover Medical School offers an international PhD programme in Infection Biology for students interested in the complex interactions between host and pathogen. The programme combines fundamental research with tools from immunology, cell biology, and molecular biology, giving doctoral researchers a strong basis for studying infection-related biological processes. Students work on a three-year research project, attend seminars, conventions, and lab cours...

Osnabrück University is recruiting a PhD candidate or postdoctoral researcher as a Research Associate for an interdisciplinary project in immunology and mechanobiology. The project, “Cyclic Mechanical Forces Sustain Cytotoxic Immune Competence,” explores how physiological mechanical forces encountered during circulation and breathing help preserve cytotoxic immune function. The research focuses on cytotoxic T lymphocytes (CTLs) and natural killer (NK) cells, which are essential for immune survei...

The University of Oldenburg is offering a doctoral researcher position in microalgal systems biology within the Institute for Chemistry and Biology of the Marine Environment (ICBM), based in the General and Molecular Microbiology group led by Prof. Dr. Ralf Rabus. The research is part of the Lower Saxony collaborative project Marine Algal Systems Biology (MAlSyB) , a joint initiative involving the Universities of Oldenburg, Hannover, Braunschweig, and Göttingen, together with the DSMZ in Braunsc...

The University of Oslo’s Oral Physiology and Cancer Research Group (OPCG), within the Institute of Oral Biology at the Faculty of Dentistry, is offering a PhD research fellowship on tumor–host interaction in oral squamous cell carcinoma (OSCC) . The project examines how extracellular vesicles released by cancer cells influence normal cells both near the tumor and at distant sites. The PhD candidate will investigate whether OSCC-derived extracellular vesicles alter the phenotype and function of n...

Kim Lab at the Lithuanian University of Health Sciences is recruiting PhD students and postdoctoral fellows to join an expanding cancer research team. The lab also seeks research technicians. Building on recent work published in Molecular Biomedicine , the group studies the molecular mechanisms that allow cancer cells to adapt to therapeutic stress, reprogram their molecular networks, and develop treatment resistance. The research is moving beyond a single tumor type, with particular relevance t...