Research opportunities

AMBER

A consortium including LISCB has been awarded major funding from the EU Marie Skłodowska-Curie (MSCA) COFUND scheme for a project entitled Advanced Multiscale Biological imaging using European Research infrastructures (AMBER). AMBER will fund a five-year postdoctoral programme for 47 postdoctoral researchers to address key needs for biological imaging of fundamental importance to human health.

The consortium has six core partners:

• Lund University/MAX IV
• European Spallation Source, Sweden
• The European Molecular Biology Laboratory
• Institut Laue-Langevin, France
• The International Institute of Molecular Mechanisms and Machines, Poland
• Leicester Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, United Kingdom.

PhD opportunities

Funding

External funding for PhD positions is available through the schemes below. Students who are interested in doing doctoral research at the Institute are encouraged to apply to these and get in touch with Dr Tennie Videler (email hv33@le.ac.uk) beforehand. We can support you to put in the strongest possible application as these are very competitive.

BBSRC MIBTP

MIBTP is a BBSRC-funded Doctoral Training Partnership (DTP) between the University of Warwick, the University of Birmingham, the University of Leicester, Aston University and Harper Adams University with an emphasis on interdisciplinarity. The application window will open in December.

MRC Advanced Inter-disciplinary Models (AIM)

AIM is a Doctoral Training Programme funded by the MRC between the Universities of Birmingham, Nottingham, and Leicester. Doctoral students benefit from a diverse range of skills within the cohort, stimulating students to think ‘outside the box’ and perform innovative, world-leading research. The partner universities contribute project ideas, which prospective doctoral students choose from. The application window will open in December.

Doctoral Training Programme

To introduce PhD students to the full extent of technical capabilities and resources in the Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology, we have established a doctoral training programme for each new PhD cohort. By following this training element in the research degree, we hope for students to develop independence and a critical way of thinking, and become equipped with technical expertise beyond the specific tools and method used in their projects. The first year of the training programme is focussed on building skills across a broad range of techniques in structural and chemical biology. Subsequent years of the training programme are focussed on transferable skills, building independence and preparation for post-degree careers.

Job opportunities

We are always looking to explore options of gaining fantastic new colleagues. Please get in touch with Tennie at hv33@le.ac.uk or individual academics to discuss.

Why the Institute of Structural and Chemical Biology?

Profit from the informed teaching fuelled by the cutting-edge research at the Institute

• Access to the world class facilities at the Institute as well as the facilities at the University such as the award-winning David Wilson Library
• Members within the Institute will also benefit from the expertise and support from the Departments of Chemistry, Molecular and Cell  Biology and Respiratory Sciences.