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computational biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 159 computational biology PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Fully funded PhD in Computational Biology

The Computational Biology Department at MBZUAI sits at the cutting edge of biology, medicine, and AI. Our faculty lead efforts to model complex biological systems and extract insights from large-scale molecular data. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  International PhD Programme
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Developing algorithms for single-cell long-read nanopore sequencing

Project Description. Alternative splicing (AS) is one of the most powerful mechanisms generating protein diversity in the human brain. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Weatheritt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Discovering Therapeutic Targets for ALS Using CRISPR-dCas9 Single-Cell Perturb-Seq in Patient-Derived Motor Neurons

Project Description. Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) is a fatal neurodegenerative disease with no effective cure. Although several causal mutations (e.g. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Weatheritt
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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Advancing Untargeted Metabolomics through a Probabilistic and Context-Aware Annotation Pipeline

This project aims to develop a revolutionary AI-powered, "context-aware" pipeline to automate metabolite annotation in untargeted metabolomics data. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Del Carratore, Prof WB Dunn, Prof A Jones
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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2026 Antanaviciute Group (iCase): The Gut Chronicle project: Exploring intestinal epithelial and immune function across the lifespan

We have a fantastic doctoral training opportunity in human immunology, multiomics approaches, and computational biology, due to start in October 2026. Read more
 Supervisors: Dr M FitzPatrick, Dr A Antanaviciute
 12 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Combining genome-scale metabolic models and multi-omics data for a system level understanding of bacteria

Understanding microbial metabolism is essential for the exploitation of bacteria in a number of different biotechnological applications, the members of the Streptomyces genus being a particularly biotechnologically interesting example (Del Carratore et al., 2022). Read more
 Supervisors: Dr F Del Carratore, Prof R Goodacre, Prof S Paterson
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Join a graduate school at the interface of biology and computation: IMPRS-BAC in Berlin

We are looking for outstanding graduates from all over the world – whether you have a degree in biology, biochemistry, bioinformatics, computer science or mathematics, as long as you have a passion for working at the interface between molecular life sciences and computational sciences, this may be the place for you. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Max Planck Research Programme
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Single-cell spatial multi-omics for cancer biology

  Research Group: Wang Group
Project Reference. SW49712. PhD studentship. Single-cell spatial multi-omics for cancer biology. Supervisor. Dr Guiping Wang. Department/location. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr G Wang
 6 July 2026  PhD Research Project  Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)
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AI-driven prediction of environmental stress sensitivity across insect pollinators

·     Supervisors. Dr Rachel Parkinson (SBBS, Biology) – primary supervisor. Prof. Chris Bass (University of Exeter). Dr Chema Martin-Duran (SBBS, Biology) – co-supervisor. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr R Parkinson
 12 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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Science Research Opportunities at the University of East Anglia

The Faculty of Science is part of Norwich Research Park, one of Europe's leading research centres conducting cutting-edge multidisciplinary research with an annual research spend of over £130 million. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  PhD Opportunities
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RNA stress and neurodegeneration: how UPF1 protects cells from harmful RNA accumulation

RNA biology is emerging as a central theme in neurodegenerative disease. In ALS, FTD and related disorders, disruption of RNA processing, RNA-binding proteins and RNA-protein assemblies can lead to harmful aggregates and loss of cellular resilience. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr S Brogna
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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International Max Planck Research School

Apply for PhD positions in structural, molecular, cellular and developmental biology, bioinformatics, genomics, evolutionary biology, and more. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide)  Max Planck Research Programme
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Molecular Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation in Response to Hormones and the Cellular Microenvironment

Lead supervisor. Dr Andrew Holding. The student will be registered with the Department of Biology. Read more
 Supervisor: Dr A N Holding
 Year round applications  PhD Research Project  Self-Funded PhD Students Only
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Synthetic microbial communities for anaerobic digestion of waste to biogas

Background. Lignocellulosic plant biomass is the most abundant waste product generated by society, agriculture and industry. By 2025, global cities will generate approximately 2.2 billion tonnes of solid waste biomass per year, with significant impacts upon health and the economy at both local and global scales. Read more
 Supervisors: Prof J McDonald, Dr O Eyice
 15 June 2026  PhD Research Project  Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)
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John Innes Foundation Rotation PhD Programme in Plant and Microbial Sciences

Our long-running flagship Rotation PhD programme at the John Innes Centre, Earlham Institute and The Sainsbury Laboratory supports the most promising independent minded students to undertake in-depth postgraduate research training. Read more
 Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only)  4 Year PhD Programme

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