Synthetic Biology Professors and Supervisors in United Kingdom

Prestigious Sainsbury PhD Studentships in Plant Sciences are available through the Gatsby Charitable Foundation for a four-year PhD starting in October 2027 . The programme supports high-calibre doctoral research in plant sciences , with a strong emphasis on rigorous training, research excellence, and professional development. Example project themes listed include AI protein design , structural biology , synthetic plant immune receptors , engineering synthetic gene clusters , genetic syntax , an...

PhD opportunity in Sustainable Supramolecular Structured Liquids at the University of York This funded PhD project explores supramolecular chemistry , structured liquids , polymer chemistry , organic chemistry , and synthetic chemistry to develop sustainable alternatives to oil-derived viscosification agents used in consumer and personal care products. The project aims to design low-molecular-weight building blocks that self-assemble into liquid modifiers with tunable performance and improved en...

Imperial College London’s Department of Chemical Engineering is advertising a funded PhD project in engineering synthetic cells for next-generation biotechnology . The project is led by Prof Yuval Elani and the Elani Group , a multidisciplinary team working across chemical biology , synthetic biology , and molecular bioengineering . The research aims to design, construct, and test synthetic cell-like systems built from biological components such as membranes, proteins, nucleic acids, and molecul...