Competition-funded PhD project in Dr Tatiana Dimitriu's group (with Prof M F White), School of Biology, University of St Andrews, through the EASTBIO Doctoral Training Partnership. It characterises the mechanism of lethal zygosis, where…
University of St Andrews (EASTBIO) — PhD project advert on FindAPhD
Four-year PhD position in Empa's Biointerfaces Laboratory in St. Gallen, Switzerland, in antimicrobial biomaterials, microbiology and bacteriophage therapy. The project develops injectable, self-healing hydrogels that deliver probiotics and…
Empa, Biointerfaces Laboratory, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Fully funded PhD place in the University of Leeds School of Molecular and Cellular Biology, pursuing research in phage display and protein engineering to develop methods that identify druggable pockets on target proteins, in collaboration…
University of Leeds — PhD project PGR-P-2545
Competition-funded PhD project in the School of Biochemistry and Biomedical Sciences, University of Bristol (Dr Maisem Laabei, Dr Scott Lovell), through the GW4 BioMed3 MRC DTP. It uses a covalent phage display platform from the Lovell lab…
University of Bristol
Four-year doctoral position in Medical Science at the Department of Molecular and Clinical Medicine, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, on the project "The role of gut mucosal phages in cardiometabolic…
Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden
Four-year doctoral position in the Microbial Evolutionary Genetics (MEG) Lab led by Johannes Cairns, Department of Experimental Medical Science, Lund University. The project investigates how species interactions shape antibiotic responses,…
Lund University — doctoral student position PA2026/2741 (Varbi)
Four-year GW4 BioMed3 PhD project with Edze Westra on antibiotic–phage combinations and bacterial resistance. October 2027 start; UK and international applicants eligible. Applications close October 21, 2026; the programme may close early.
University of Exeter, Penryn, United Kingdom
The University of Exeter lists a PhD project on optimising phage treatments for bacterial co-infections in the GW4 BioMed3 MRC doctoral programme for 2027/28 entry. Applications are due at 5 pm on October 21, 2026, but may close early.…
University of Exeter
GW4 BioMed project with Brian Jones and UKHSA on phage–microbiome co-evolution and phage therapy, using molecular, genomic and directed-evolution approaches. Applications close October 21, 2026.
gw4biomed.ac.uk
Self-funded PhD project in the University of Manchester's Division of Pharmacy and Optometry (Dr Alain Pluen, Prof Andrew McBain, Dr Robin Curtis, Dr Claudia Igler) to characterise sewage-derived phages, formulate single phages and…
University of Manchester
The Université de Sherbrooke (Department of Chemical and Biotechnological Engineering, Dr Ilaria Rubino, with Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada) has a funded PhD project to develop phage- and antimicrobial-peptide-based sprayable…
Université de Sherbrooke — research project OPR-1217
Self-funded PhD project at the University of Leicester (Molecular and Cell Biology; Dr Abhinav Koyamangalath Vadakkepat and Dr M Clokie) to characterise the RexA/RexB abortive-infection system of E. coli by X-ray crystallography and…
University of Leicester — PhD project advert on FindAPhD
The University of Leicester's Becky Mayer Centre for Phage Research (College of Life Sciences; Dr Spyridon Megremis, A Millard, E Galyov, M Clokie) offers self-funded PhD projects covering all aspects of phage biology, from fundamental…
University of Leicester (Becky Mayer Centre for Phage Research) — PhD project advert on FindAPhD
A PhD project listed by the Midlands Integrative Biosciences Training Partnership, with the student registered at the University of Leicester, uses phage display to screen a synthetic nanobody library for binders to key circadian clock…
MIBTP, University of Warwick — PhD project listing
The De Buck Laboratory (Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Calgary) is recruiting an MSc or PhD student, starting September 2026 or earlier, to develop a rapid, PCR-free, on-farm phage-based diagnostic for Johne’s disease using…
University of Calgary Faculty of Veterinary Medicine — graduate position description (PDF)
Self-funded PhD project at the Queen’s University Belfast School of Pharmacy (Dr Timofey Skvortsov, Dr Sheiliza Carmali) to mine phage and prophage genomes for endolysins, depolymerases and receptor-binding proteins, engineer modular…
Queen’s University Belfast — PhD project advert on FindAPhD