Molecular Biology (systems engineering) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

We have 28 Molecular Biology (systems engineering) PhD Projects, Programmes & Scholarships

Funded opportunities at the Max Planck School Matter to Life

The Max Planck School Matter to Life (MPS MtL) offers an innovative integrated PhD program providing a highly interdisciplinary sciences education for excellent undergraduates. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Germany PhD Programme

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Oscillations in biological systems

University of Reading Department of Biomedical Sciences

Living systems are complex and are based on the basic building blocks of genes, proteins, chemical reactions, and physical forces. Read more

Supervisors: Dr N Vasudevan, Dr Y Hayashi, Dr Z Wang

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

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Data-driven optimal prediction of bacteria growth

The University of Manchester Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering

This project is devoted to an AI-based prediction of bacteria growth and its control by antibiotics. In synthetic biology, an improved understanding of bacterial regulatory circuits is required to develop complex biological systems with functionalities beyond existing in nature [1, 2]. Read more

Supervisor: Prof R Breitling

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

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Improving Photosynthetic Efficiency - Engineering and Evolution of Light-Harvesting Complexes via Synthetic Biology

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

Photosynthesis is the ultimate source of food and energy for almost all forms of life. Using sunlight as the energy input, photosynthesis removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere generating the oxygen and carbohydrate that support complex life. Read more

Supervisor: Dr D Canniffe

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

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Understanding pathogen reduction mechanism(s) in vermifilter ‘Tiger’ toilets - PhD

Cranfield University School of Water, Energy and Environment (SWEE)

An exciting PhD studentship opportunity fully-funded by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP). Read more

Supervisor: Dr MN Sule

22 May 2024 PhD Research Project Funded PhD Project (UK Students Only)

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Discovery of novel antibiotics through synthesis of lab-based (biochem/microbio) and computational microbiology (molecular dynamics/deep generative learning/AI)

University of Portsmouth School of Pharmacy and Biomedical Sciences

As stated by the World Health Organisation (WHO), antimicrobial resistance (AMR) is one of the greatest public health threats facing humanity. Read more

Supervisor: Dr R Draheim

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

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15 fully funded PhD positions in molecular technologies and systems medicine

CeMM PhD program

At CeMM, you will be supervised by a top scientist and the entire Faculty in a dynamic and highly multidisciplinary international research environment. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (Students Worldwide) Austria PhD Programme

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Saving the planet through carbon recycling: engineering bacterial capture of gasified waste for bioplastics production

University of Nottingham School of Life Sciences

Wider context. Climate change caused by the release of greenhouse gases from fossil fuels and through change of land use threatens life on our planet. Read more

Supervisors: Dr K Winzer, Prof N Minton

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

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Microfluidic models of 3D cell migration and metastasis in soft tissue sarcoma

Imperial College London Department of Bioengineering

Project Overview. We invite applications for a fully funded PhD studentship position supported by SarcomaUK and their donors. Read more

Supervisors: Prof DRO Overby, Dr P Huang, Dr S Au, Prof RJ Jones

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

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UCL SECReT: The International Training Centre for Security and Crime Research Degrees

University College London UCL SECReT

UCL's Security Science Doctoral Research Training Centre (UCL SECReT) was founded in 2009 with support from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (ESRC) and an array of public and private sector organisations working in crime reduction security and law enforcement. Read more

Funded PhD Programme (UK Students Only) EPSRC Centre for Doctoral Training

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Optimizing phage-antibiotic-synergies to kill bacterial pathogens

The University of Manchester Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health

Phage therapy, the use of viruses that only infect bacterial cells and kill them, is a promising potential solution to the antimicrobial resistance crisis that is threatening modern medicine1. Read more

Supervisors: Prof M Brockhurst, Dr CI Igler

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

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Building new nano-biosensors for healthcare: Linking biology to the world of carbon nanotechnology through synthetic biology

Cardiff University Cardiff School of Biosciences

Project Descriptions. Proteins are nature’s very own molecular machines carrying out functions ranging from catalysis to molecular recognition to energy conversion. Read more

Supervisors: Prof D Jones, Dr M Palma, Dr WK Kelton

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

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Engineering more water-use efficient crops: functional genomics of CO2 fixation during Crassulacean acid metabolism

University of Liverpool Institute of Systems, Molecular and Integrative Biology

The world is getting hotter and drier due to climate change, and the human population is growing rapidly. Furthermore, it has been predicted that we will need to increase crop yields by 50 - 70 % by 2050 in order to feed the predicted 9 - 10 billion people. Read more

Supervisors: Dr J Hartwell, Dr P Walley

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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