Engineering plant rubisco enzymes through high-throughput enzyme assays and cryo-EM (Plant BioDesign PhD Cambridge project). Every year plants remove over 100 billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere through photosynthesis. Engineering photosynthesis is a key technological challenge for...
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The Medical Research Council (MRC) Biostatistics Unit (BSU) is one of the largest groups of biostatisticians in Europe, and a major centre for research, training and knowledge transfer in biostatistics. We develop, apply and promote innovative statistical and data science approaches to advance...
The Centre for Doctoral Training in Nanoscience and Nanotechnology (NanoDTC) at the University of Cambridge invites applications for its 3.5-year interdisciplinary PhD programme. The programme combines hands-on training, cohort-based learning, and cutting-edge research, preparing graduates for...
There is an opportunity for a fully-funded combined 1-year MRes and 3-year PhD studentship in the EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training in Sensor Technologies and Applications for an Uncertain World (Sensor CDT), for a student eligible...
The Oliver Gatty PhD Studentship for full-time study and research training in the fields of Biophysical and Colloid Science is open to graduates in the broad area of biophysics. The Studentship is tenable for up to four years, commencing on 1 October 2026.
Candidates should identify a...
AZ funded non-clinical PhD studentship - Experimental and computational framework for optimising dosing strategies to mitigate T-cell exhaustion in T-cell engager therapies. T-cell engager (TCE) therapies are increasingly prevalent in the clinical pipeline of pharmaceutical companies. While...
Project title - Matchmaker: Prioritising the best cell line for expressing target proteins using CRISPR and machine learning. Applications are invited for a fully funded 4-year PhD studentship based in the Department of Biochemistry, University of Cambridge, and the new AstraZeneca Discovery...