Positions: 2021 PhD student programme

Applications to the 2021 Crick PhD student programme are open until 12:00 noon (GMT) 12 November 2020.

Only group leaders listed below are recruiting students to join their labs. It is not necessary to contact group leaders to discuss your application before submission.

Positions available

Neural circuit basis underlying instinctive behaviour

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of .Johannes Kohl.

Evolution of neural circuits

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Lucia Prieto Godino.

How cell morphology and mechanics bias cell fate decisions during organogenesis

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Rashmi Priya.

Mapping neural circuitry in the human and mouse brains at the single cell level

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Sam Rodriques.

Mechanisms of neural circuit function

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Andreas Schaefer.

The role of the cytoskeleton and signalling during Vaccinia virus replication and spread

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Michael Way.

Dissecting the role of RNA structure in respiratory virus replication

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of David LV Bauer.

Single-molecule visualisation of chromatin replication

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Hasan Yardimci.

Evolutionary pressures on the influenza A virus non-structural protein 1 (NS1) in the human host

A joint Crick-King's College London PhD position for the 2021 programme between the labs of Steve Gamblin and Hannah Mischo.

Characterisation of the mTOR phosphoproteome during neurodevelopment

A joint Crick-King's College London PhD position for the 2021 programme between the labs of Sila Ultanir and Joseph Bateman.

Mechanisms and regulation of chromosome segregation

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Frank Uhlmann.

Identifying the role of metabolic pathways in primary tumours and metastases

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Mariia Yuneva.

Resolving the evolutionary dynamics of renal cancer metastases and therapy resistance

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Samra Turajlic.

Using patient hiPSCs to understand the cellular and genetic mechanisms driving neuroblastoma

A joint Crick-King's College London PhD position for the 2021 programme between the labs of Andrea Serio and Karen Liu.

Cell signalling through novel protein oxidations

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Peter Ratcliffe.

Mechanisms regulating neutrophil identity and function in sepsis and cancer

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Venizelos Papayannopoulos.

Cyclin dependent kinase and eukaryotic cell cycle control

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Paul Nurse.

Modelling human development using Embryonic Stem cell-derived human gastruloids

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Naomi Moris.

Evolution of novel immune system function through endogenous retroelement exaptation

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of George Kassiotis.

Origins and evolution of organs: vertebrate placentas

A Crick PhD position for the 2021 programme in the lab of Margarida Cardoso Moreira.

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Positions: 2021 PhD student programme

Positions available

Neural circuit basis underlying instinctive behaviour

Evolution of neural circuits

How cell morphology and mechanics bias cell fate decisions during organogenesis

Mapping neural circuitry in the human and mouse brains at the single cell level

Mechanisms of neural circuit function

The role of the cytoskeleton and signalling during Vaccinia virus replication and spread

Dissecting the role of RNA structure in respiratory virus replication

Single-molecule visualisation of chromatin replication

Evolutionary pressures on the influenza A virus non-structural protein 1 (NS1) in the human host

Characterisation of the mTOR phosphoproteome during neurodevelopment

Mechanisms and regulation of chromosome segregation

Identifying the role of metabolic pathways in primary tumours and metastases

Resolving the evolutionary dynamics of renal cancer metastases and therapy resistance

Using patient hiPSCs to understand the cellular and genetic mechanisms driving neuroblastoma

Cell signalling through novel protein oxidations

Mechanisms regulating neutrophil identity and function in sepsis and cancer

Cyclin dependent kinase and eukaryotic cell cycle control

Modelling human development using Embryonic Stem cell-derived human gastruloids

Evolution of novel immune system function through endogenous retroelement exaptation

Origins and evolution of organs: vertebrate placentas

Find out more

PhD student recruitment

How to apply: 2021 PhD programme

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Neural circuit basis underlying instinctive behaviour

Evolution of neural circuits

How cell morphology and mechanics bias cell fate decisions during organogenesis

Mapping neural circuitry in the human and mouse brains at the single cell level

Mechanisms of neural circuit function

The role of the cytoskeleton and signalling during Vaccinia virus replication and spread

Dissecting the role of RNA structure in respiratory virus replication

Single-molecule visualisation of chromatin replication

Evolutionary pressures on the influenza A virus non-structural protein 1 (NS1) in the human host

Characterisation of the mTOR phosphoproteome during neurodevelopment

Mechanisms and regulation of chromosome segregation

Identifying the role of metabolic pathways in primary tumours and metastases

Resolving the evolutionary dynamics of renal cancer metastases and therapy resistance

Using patient hiPSCs to understand the cellular and genetic mechanisms driving neuroblastoma

Cell signalling through novel protein oxidations

Mechanisms regulating neutrophil identity and function in sepsis and cancer

Cyclin dependent kinase and eukaryotic cell cycle control

Modelling human development using Embryonic Stem cell-derived human gastruloids

Evolution of novel immune system function through endogenous retroelement exaptation

Origins and evolution of organs: vertebrate placentas

Find out more

PhD student recruitment

How to apply: 2021 PhD programme

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