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Are you interested in our research and looking to join our team? Whether you are a postgraduate student, postdoc or are seeking a host for your MSci or MPhil project, we welcome genuine and well-thought-out enquiries. Please see below for further information and any current openings.
Current openings
We do not currently have any funded positions available. For other options, please see instructions below.
Postdoc positions
Some of our postdoc positions are funded through external grants and will be advertised. If we have no funded position available, we may be able to help you secure your own a postdoctoral fellowship. Applicants already in the UK may consider applying for the Herchel Smith, The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851, BBSRC Early Independency, Wellcome Trust Early Career Award, and Branco-Weiss fellowships. International applicants have additional options, including the EMBO, MSCA, HFSP. Newton International postdoctoral fellowships. Please reach out to discuss your suitability and potential projects. We may in some circumstances also be able to provide short-term funding.
PhD students
We will be offering a PhD project through the Cambridge Biosciences DTP PhD Programme with application deadline 8 December 2026. This is a fully funded four-year programme with two 10-week rotation projects followed by 3.5 years of PhD research. If interested, please read more about the programme here. The programme is open to both UK and international students. You can apply for this programme directly and do not need to contact us in advance.
Prospective PhD students can also apply directly to us to be considered for central university funding (such as Cambridge Trust and Gates Cambridge) through the PhD in Biochemistry application portal, or apply for funding in their home countries. Please contact us before applying (instructions below) to discuss your fit and qualifications for this route as we will only be able to nominate one or two applicants per year. Helpful advice on the PhD application process is available here.
Masters and undergraduate projects
If you are interested in pursuring a Master's or undergradudate project with us, we have previously hosted both Master's thesis projects for students from abroad, and MSci projects as part of the University of Cambridge Part III Systems Biology and Part III Biochemistry courses, as well as a summer internships. We encourage students wishing to pursue similar opportunities to reach out to us to discuss their suitability, potential projects, and time frame. Please note that we will not be able to cover your living expenses in Cambridge but may help you secure external funding.
Advice for expressing your interest
To contact us, please use smb2088@cam.ac.uk. We are a small team driven by a desire to learn fundamental biology using computational and data-driven methods. When contacting us or applying for a position, please clearly explain how your training and research interests align with our goals. As a computational team, we expect candidates to have experience with coding and command line tools in line with their career stage. However, if you're only interested in developing computational methods without a desire to understand the underlying biology, you may not flourish here.
If you're interested in a specific job advert, please apply using the official University of Cambridge application system. You don't need to email your application to us, but feel free to reach out if you have any queries about the position. For general enquiries about future projects and positions in the team, or if you want to apply for your own funding, please attach a CV, contact details of two academic references, and briefly explain why you're interested in joining us. We look forward to hearing from you!
