ISMB 4 year Interdisciplinary Studentship at UCL/Birkbeck

4-year Interdisciplinary PhD Programme ‘From Structures to Systems’ at the Institute for Structural and Molecular Biology at UCL and Birkbeck

Fully funded PhD studentships available for entry in Autumn 2020

In this exceptional programme students are exposed to a wide range of multidisciplinary training necessary to address essential problems in fundamental biology and biomedicine. We aim at pushing the frontiers of science using multiscalar approaches - from the atomic to the systems level – and are ideally positioned to train the next generation of scientists.

The first year of the programme comprises intensive training and three lab rotations in key disciplines spanning across Structural, Molecular, Systems, Computational and Chemical Biology. Students are able to choose from a range of taught programmes from undergraduate to masters level which enhance and consolidate their academic training within the ISMB’s multidisciplinary environment.

Research rotations in the laboratories of the ISMB’s principal investigators empower students with opportunities for discovery from the beginning of their studies while shaping their own unique experience of interdisciplinary research before choosing their PhD project. This experience provides the basis for an informed choice of PhD project and an ideal platform for progress in years 2-4.

Above: African Swine Fever Virus promoter motif- and transcriptome analyses Finn Werner’s laboratory

Funding & Eligibility

Successful applicants will receive a 4-year PhD studentship including a tax-free maintenance stipend of £17,798 per annum and tuition fees paid in full at the home/EU rate. The stipend rate increases each year according to UKRC rates.

All applicants will be required to satisfy English language entry criteria and a minimum upper-second class (2.1) honours degree (or overseas equivalent) in a relevant subject area. Overseas students are eligible to apply but if successful, would need to fund the difference between the home/EU fees and overseas fees for the duration of the award.

Structure of the nascent protein chain bound to the ribosome John Christodoulou’s laboratory

How to Apply & Deadline

For all details of the application procedure please visit the programme website: www.ismb.lon.ac.uk/ismb_studentships_available

Deadline for applications: 5pm, Friday 20th March 2020

Shortlisting will take place soon after. Shortlisted applicants will be invited to attend an interview on Tuesday 21st April 2020.

Above left: Dynein-2 assembly with intraflagellar transport trains Anthony Robert’s laboratory
Above right: Assembly of novel alkaloids using the norcoclaurine synthase Helen Hailes’ laboratory