Microbiology (evolutionary ecology) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 13 Microbiology (evolutionary ecology) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

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Experimentally unravelling the evolution of an intracellular symbiosis

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology International Max Planck Research School

Background. Many insects engage in beneficial interactions with intracellular bacteria that provide nutritional supplementation to their host. Read more

Supervisors: Prof MK Kaltenpoth, Dr T Engl

18 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Disentangling multipartite symbiont and pathogenic associations in a leafhopper plant pest

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology International Max Planck Research School

Background. Numerous insects host symbiotic microorganisms (bacteria, fungi, protists and viruses) that are integral to their life history, ecology and evolution. Read more

Supervisors: Dr H Vogel, Prof MK Kaltenpoth, Dr T Engl

18 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Host effectors in symbiosis maintenance

Max Planck Institute for Chemical Ecology International Max Planck Research School

Background. Nutritional symbioses are widespread in insects, allowing them to exploit otherwise inaccessible ecological niches. Read more

Supervisors: Dr T Engl, Dr R Kirsch, Prof MK Kaltenpoth

18 April 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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Eco-evolutionary dynamics of environmental microbiomes

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

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Supervisors: Prof M Brockhurst, Dr S Nixon, Dr K Coyte

15 June 2024 PhD Research Project Competition Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Modelling the ecology and evolution of microbial communities

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

From the human gut to deep-sea sediments, microbial communities – or microbiomes – colonize virtually every habitat on earth. These microbiomes are central to ecosystem functioning and to host health, and therefore it is essential that we understand how and why they change over time. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Coyte, Dr C Knight

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Eco-evolutionary optimization of synthetic phage therapy

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Background. Bacteriophages are viruses that infect bacterial cells, use their cellular machinery to assemble new phage virions, and then kill the cell via lysis to release the virions. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Brockhurst, Prof P Cai, Dr CI Igler

15 June 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Interactions between introduced tree species and native mycorrhizal fungi in the UK

University of Reading Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology

Mycorrhizal symbioses are one of the most extensive and important biotic interactions in terrestrial ecosystems, typically providing plants with improved access to nutrients in exchange for carbohydrates produced via photosynthesis. Read more

Supervisor: Dr BJ Pickles

Year round applications PhD Research Project Self-Funded PhD Students Only

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Fungal disease risks under landscape homogenisation: tracking fungal transmission across plant-pollinator networks using contemporary and historic museum specimens

Imperial College London Department of Life Sciences

Leverhulme funded PhD position on Plant-Pollinator Holobionts. Supervisor. Dr Richard Gill, Dept. of Life Sciences, Silwood Park, Imperial College London (ICL). Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Gill

30 April 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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PhD Position: Discovery and characterization of novel prophages within human gut microbiome

Monash University School of Biological Sciences

A PhD position is available to work with A/Prof. Jeremy J Barr at Monash University, School of Biological Sciences, in Melbourne, Australia. Read more

Supervisor: Prof J Barr

Year round applications PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (Students Worldwide)

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International Ph.D. Programs in the Life Sciences

Life Science Zurich Graduate School International PhD Programs in Life Sciences

What is the Life Science Zurich Graduate School?. Life Science Zurich Graduate School offers more than 100 funded PhD positions. With around 500 research groups and more than 1600 Ph.D. Read more

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