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Engineering Biology in Cambridge

 

Funding, job and studentship opportunities in synthetic and engineering biology both within Cambridge and externally.

Opportunities by Category

Funding Opportunities: internal and external grant funding opportunities and other sources of funding.

Job Opportunities: a list of current and past postdoc, lecturer and senior academic roles as well as roles in Cambridge-based companies and wider opportunitites across synthetic and engineering biology.

Internships: placements outside of academia in industry, policy organisations and other environments. 

Postgraduate studentships: PhD studentships, Masters courses and other postgraduate placement opportunities.

Undergraduate placement opportunities: if you are looking for a summer placement or Part II or Part III project, we can signpost to relevant synthetic and/or engineering biology labs based on your interests. Please email coordinator@engbio.cam.ac.uk.

 

All Opportunities

The Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge invites expressions of interest from early career researchers who wish to be sponsored for external fellowships to establish an independent research group.

Successful candidates will be of the highest calibre, with an exceptional...

We are seeking an experienced and motivated researcher to work on one of the first projects contributing to the Cambridge-GSK Translational Immunology Collaboration (CG-TIC). CG-TIC is a new translational immunology initiative between Cambridge and GSK focused on renal and respiratory diseases....

The CRUK Cambridge Centre is seeking to recruit an Academic Training Manager to lead and oversee the management of the Centre's Training Programme.

This is an exciting opportunity to support one of the main strategic objectives of the CRUK Cambridge Centre: education...

A three-year PhD position in molecular biotechnology is available in the group of Prof. Johannes Kabisch at the Department of Biotechnology and Food Science at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim, Norway.

About the position The goal of the position is that...

This Plant Biology Exploratory Research Microgrant program seeks to empower those who wish to live in a world where plant biological research, naturalism, and education become an exciting aspect of personhood, where the tools and materials necessary to conduct meaningful research are...

Full details forthis round are not yet available, as the call is expected to open in January 2025. This communication is to bring the scheme to your attention to allow candidates sufficient time to prepare strong applications. The University’s internal selection process for...

Leeds University | Fixed term | Closes on Wednesday 5 February 2025

The ideal candidate will have a background in molecular (plant) biology and genetics...

The University of Cambridge has been awarded a BBSRC Flexible Talent Mobility Account (FTMA) in partnership with the Wellcome Sanger Institute. This award is focussed on data intensive bioscience and will enable cross-sector...

New interdisciplinary position across departments with a focus on new technologies to interrogate molecular and cellular information. The School of Biological Sciences is pleased to invite applications for four new...

Theme 1: Materials for Digital Devices Download this guidance as PDF We are excited to announce a funding opportunity for innovative research projects that explore the use of emerging materials, or novel applications of existing materials, for digital devices. This...

Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology (CEB), University of Cambridge and the new AstraZeneca Discovery Centre at Cambridge. The student will be working on a collaborative project jointly supervised by Prof Róisín M...

Applications are invited for a 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Chemistry, University of Cambridge and the new AstraZeneca Discovery Centre at Cambridge. The student will be working on a collaborative project jointly supervised by Prof David Spring (Cambridge) and Dr Jonathan...

Applications are invited for a fully-funded 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Pathology at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Dr Betty Chung (https://www.path.cam.ac.uk/directory/betty-chung)...

Applications are invited for an Ernest Oppenheimer Studentship to be held at Cambridge University in Colloid Science, as broadly interpreted within the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering. The Studentship is to support research projects directly leading to a...

The Milner Therapeutics Institute (MTI) at the University of Cambridge aims to accelerate translation of pioneering science into therapies. The newly established Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) at the MTI applies arrayed CRISPR screening in human cellular models to advance...

The Milner Therapeutics Institute (MTI) at the University of Cambridge aims to accelerate translation of pioneering science into therapies. The newly established Functional Genomics Screening Laboratory (FGSL) at the MTI applies arrayed CRISPR screening in human cellular models to advance...

A Postdoctoral Research Associate position is available in the group of Prof David Spring for a synthetic chemist with research experience in organic synthesis (preferably including complex total synthesis skills). The project involves new synthetic methodologies for the macrocylisation of...

Applications are invited for an Ernest Oppenheimer Early Career Research Fellowship to be held at Cambridge University in Colloid Science, as broadly interpreted within the fields of biology, chemistry, physics, materials science and engineering. These Fellowships are intended to provide an...

A postdoctoral position is available for 12 months, in the first instance, with a posible extension, from January 2025 to work with Professor Florian Hollfelder in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge (https://hollfelder.bioc.cam.ac...

The Open Bioeconomy Lab, headed by Dr. Jenny Molloy (openbioeconomy.org), is seeking a Postdoctoral Research Associate for OpenBioMAPS, a BBSRC Engineering Biology Mission Award developing open source tools for distributed biomanufacturing of enzymes and antibodies at low-cost using benchtop...

We are recruiting two Impact and Knowledge Exchange Facilitators, one to support Biological Sciences and another to support Clinical Medicine. These roles sit across our...

Funding to support ambitious research and innovation across UK Research and Innovation (UKRI)’s remit. You must be an early career researcher or innovator who is either: looking to establish or...

We welcome excellent candidates who can teach and perform research in Plant Ecology and will complement our expertise in forest ecology, conservation, and evolution. In particular, we are interested in applications from those with a focus on fieldwork, collection-based approaches, or big data...

The aim of this competition is to support outstanding innovation projects led by businesses. Your business must be growing your innovation activities in the agri-tech and food technology cluster in Eastern England. Innovate UK, part of UK Research and Innovation, will work with Norfolk County...

We are seeking an outstanding candidate with an excellent record of independent research who will be expected to direct a rigorous, high quality and externally funded research programme at an international level. Interdisciplinary and collaborative research is strongly encouraged across the...

The MRC have opened a call for outline proposals for round three of their Centre of Research Excellence (CoRE) opportunity to enable UK research organisations to tackle complex...