PHD POSITION

PhD Studentship: Antibiotic Discovery in Streptomyces Bacteria

Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

Institution: University of East Anglia
Country: United Kingdom
Field: Life sciences and medicine
Type: PhD position
Pay: £21,805
Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 · 18 days left

About this position

Antimicrobial resistance in disease-causing bacteria represents a significant threat to global health. To address this, we urgently need to replenish the antibiotic discovery pipeline with new molecules. Most antibiotics in clinical use are derived from specialised metabolites made by Streptomyces bacteria that were discovered last century. However, genome analysis indicates that we have discovered only 3% of the specialised metabolites encoded by these bacteria with the rest remaining “silent” under laboratory growth conditions. To activate these silent pathways, we first need to understand h

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Applications close on 30 Nov 2026 (18 days from today). Apply on the official page; PhD Atlas does not collect applications.

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