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🎓 Biological Sciences PhDs

Optimising Welfare and Survival in Live Lobster Exports
University of Galway Dr Alex Wan 🎓 Biological Sciences 🎓 Ecology Deadline: 24 Apr 2026

Fully funded PhD at the University of Galway investigating lobster welfare, survival, and stress biology in live export systems using genomics and physiology.

Microbiome-based strategies for enhancing drought resilience in native vegetation
Western Sydney University Dr Eleonora Egidi; Prof Paul Rymer 🎓 Biological Sciences 🎓 Climate Science Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Fully funded PhD at Western Sydney University investigating how soil and root microbiomes enhance drought resilience in native vegetation, combining laboratory, field, and applied ecological research.

MSCA Doctoral Network CAFE-BIO – A Coherent Analysis Framework for Emergence in Biological Systems
The University of Edinburgh Multiple Supervisors 🎓 Biological Sciences 🎓 Mathematics Deadline: 01 Apr 2026

Fully funded MSCA Doctoral Network offering 15 PhD positions across Europe, focused on applying statistical and condensed matter physics to understand emergence in biological systems through interdisciplinary modelling …

Continuous-flow 14C-LC-mass spectrometry development for the life-sciences
University of Glasgow Prof Stewart Freeman 🎓 Biological Sciences 🎓 Chemistry

Fully funded interdisciplinary PhD developing continuous-flow 14C-LC mass spectrometry, combining analytical chemistry and ion beam physics to enable highly sensitive radiocarbon detection for drug development and life-…

Vascular Contributions to Dementia and Neurodegeneration
University College London Multi-institutional programme (BHF & UK DRI collaboration) 🎓 Biological Sciences 🎓 Biomedical Science Deadline: 14 Apr 2026

4-year fully funded PhD programme on vascular contributions to dementia across leading UK universities, with lab rotations and interdisciplinary training in neurodegeneration research.

Postdoctoral Researcher Position (m/f/div) in Metagenomics
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Prof Gianni Panagiotou 🎓 Bioengineering 🎓 Bioinformatics Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Three-year postdoctoral position at Leibniz-HKI in Jena, Germany, focusing on computational microbiome research and multi-omics integration to study gut bacteria’s systemic impact on human physiology.

Doctoral Researcher Position (m/f/div) in Metagenomics
Leibniz Institute for Natural Product Research and Infection Biology Prof Gianni Panagiotou 🎓 Bioengineering 🎓 Bioinformatics Deadline: 30 Apr 2026

Four-year PhD at Leibniz-HKI in Jena, Germany, investigating computational microbiome research and multi-omics integration to study gut bacteria’s systemic impact on human health.