PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Investigating mechanisms of cell-to-cell spread of persistent viruses

Deadline: 2 Dec 2026 · 20 days left

Institution: University of Cambridge
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Deadline: 2 Dec 2026 · 20 days left

About this position

Many viruses establish long-term or life-long persistent infections. To be maintained within their hosts, these viruses must be able to spread to new uninfected cells in the face of an active immune response to them. How such viruses balance the need to spread within their host organism while evading detection and possible clearance is not well understood. This project seeks to understand the mechanisms by which members of two diverse types of viruses (herpesviruses and polyomaviruses) promote their efficient spread from one cell to the next. Such important steps in the viral life cycle could

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Applications close on 2 Dec 2026 (20 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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Official call: https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DTG786/phd-studentship-investigating-mechanisms-of-cell-to-cell-spread-of-persistent-viruses

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