PhD Opportunities in Microfluidics in Ireland

Fully funded PhD position in molecular microbiology is available at the Drescher Lab, Biozentrum, University of Basel, Switzerland . The doctoral thesis will investigate emergent behaviours in bacterial biofilm communities , with a focus on molecular microbiology and bacterial community biology. The project may involve approaches such as transcriptomics, bacterial genetics, confocal microscopy, bioinformatics, and microfluidic systems. Applicants should hold a Master's degree with a research the...

The University of Oxford is offering a 3.5-year DPhil studentship in Control and Engineering Biology on the project “Learning and controlling cellular dynamics.” The research sits at the intersection of engineering, biology, control theory and machine learning. Potential directions include developing mathematical and computational models of cellular behaviour, designing feedback-control strategies, and building experimental tools using microfluidics, automated microscopy and light-controlled gen...

PhD opportunity: Portable Microfluidic Cell-Function Diagnostics for Measuring Health Status The University of Southampton is offering a competition-funded Doctor of Philosophy project in the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences. The research will develop compact, point-of-care technologies for measuring neutrophil function from small blood samples, with the longer-term goal of providing early warning of infection closer to patients and healthcare professionals. The project combines biom...

[EPSRC-funded studentship providing fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD studentship at the University of Exeter on AI-enabled smart spectroscopy pixels for revealing how microbes respond to antibiotics. This interdisciplinary project combines physics, materials engineering, computer science, and bioscience to develop intelligent spectroscopy pixels and advanced photodetectors for biological sensing. The research will use compact quantum and nonlinear photodetector devices, ...

Doctoral Position: Development of an Organ-on-chip Platform at ETH Zurich (Bioanalytics Group, ETH Zurich in Basel, Switzerland). This PhD opening sits at the interface of biomedical engineering , biology , and microfluidics . The group is developing organ-on-chip / microphysiological systems and vascularized tissue models to study how cells, cell-secreted molecules, and drugs cross endothelial barriers and how compounds move from tissue into the bloodstream. The project is connected to understa...

[Funding of fees plus a stipend of £21,805 per annum for 2026/7.] PhD Studentship at the University of Exeter: Bioinspired fluidic metamaterials for passive directional water transport. This PhD project explores how engineered, plant-inspired surface patterns can be used to control the speed and direction of water transport. The research sits at the intersection of metamaterials, wetting phenomena, surface topography, and microfabrication, with inspiration drawn from carnivorous pitcher plants w...

We are inviting applications for a fully funded PhD position in an interdisciplinary joint programme between Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani and IISER Tirupati . The project focuses on the direct selection of RNA-based fluorescent light-up aptamer (FLAP) biosensors using microfluidics to detect and study metabolite dynamics in live cells . This opportunity is especially relevant for students interested in Chemical Biology , Organic Chemistry , Synthetic Biology , RNA Biology , ...

Doctoral Student in Environmental Bioengineering at ETH Zurich (Zurich, Switzerland). The Environmental Microfluidics Group of Prof. Roman Stocker in the Institute of Environmental Engineering is recruiting a PhD student for a project on bacterial chemotaxis , plasmid transfer , and the spread of antibiotic resistance in aquatic environments. The project is a joint effort with Prof. Jonasz Slomka at the University of Warsaw and is funded by a recently awarded SNSF grant . This is a highly experi...

PhD opportunity in the University of Glasgow in collaboration with Rose Ruiz Daniels and Martin Llewellyn . The project will investigate how climate change affects host-pathogen interactions in salmonids , with a focus on the immune and epithelial cells of fish gills and skin. The research includes animal-free models and experimental systems to study pathogen interactions at biological interfaces. Students will receive training in interdisciplinary methods such as microfluidics , microfabricatio...